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The Vikings are reportedly hosting former Cardinals WR Rondale Moore, a former second-round pick in 2021.
The Vikings have one of the best wide receiver duos in the NFL, but that isn’t stopping them from doing their homework and seeing if they can’t get even more explosive on offense.
On Friday morning, NFL insider Adam Schefter reported that former Cardinals and Falcons wide receiver Rondale Moore is visiting with Vikings.
Moore is a former second-round pick by the Cardinals in 2021. He played collegiately at Purdue where he was a 2018 consensus All-American and voted the Big Ten WR of the Year that same season. Unfortunately, a hamstring injury cost him eight games during the 2019 season and he played in just three contests during the pandemic-shortened 2020 Big Ten season that spanned just five games.
It’s been a rough journey for Moore since that spectacular 2018 collegiate season. Despite the injuries, his pure talent kept him afloat as an early day-two pick in the draft.
In his rookie season, Moore played in 14 games, his most since 2018, and earned seven starts. He ended that season with a career-high 435 yards and one touchdown to go with 76 rushing yards. In 2022, he missed nine games with another injury but still started all eight games he played in. The following season, his last with the Cardinals, he started eight games while playing in all 17, finishing with 352 yards and one score on 40 receptions.
Moore was traded to the Falcons prior to the 2024 season in exchange for quarterback Desmond Ridder. His time with Atlanta unfortunately ended before it began as he suffered a season-ending injury in early August during a training camp practice.
Should Moore be healthy, he’d be an ideal gadget player and a potential Brandon Powell replacement in the Vikings offense.
