The excitement of the NFL never stops.
Less than three weeks removed from Seattle's success in Super Bowl LX, the football society — coaches, front offices and media members — are populating Indianapolis this week for the NFL Scouting Combine.
The first half of the week will be dominated by medical evaluations and interviews with clubs; then on Thursday punters, kickers, defensive linemen and linebackers will get going the on-field testing and drills.
Plenty of Vikings-centric content will be pushed out, beginning later today when Head Coach Kevin O'Connell and acting General Manager Rob Brzezinski take turns chatting with Twin Cities beat writers.
Updates on Minnesota's draft strategies since former GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was relieved of his duties, as well as insights on the team's current roster and updated coaching staff, will be hot topics discussed by O'Connell and Brzezinski. But, what about the actual players in Indy aiming to impress?
The Athletic's Dane Brugler is one of the topical experts — and there's 21 prospects he can't wait to see.
Brugler on Monday supplied briefs on Mississippi State WR Brenen Thompson, his pick for this year's fastest 40-yard dash; Oregon S Dillon Thieneman, who has been projected to Minnesota in many mock drafts circulating the web and has Brugler interested in how his range on tape translates to the athletic testing; Indiana CB D'Angelo Ponds, whose lack of size is what it is; and Cincinnati LB Jake Golday, whose buzz could get loud if he tests as well as some imagine he will at 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, among others.