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The Vikings are 5-0 after beating New Orleans 23-13, with Minnesota’s special teams again shaping the field. Brett Thorson ’s three-punt outing was not spectacular by volume, but it was an important part of a broader ...
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The Vikings are 5-0 after beating New Orleans 23-13, with Minnesota’s special teams again shaping the field. Brett Thorson ’s three-punt outing was not spectacular by volume, but it was an important part of a broader ...
Brett Thorson has completed two consecutive full practices as he works back from the right hamstring injury that ruled him out of Minnesota’s previous two games. The Vikings have not yet confirmed his availability for...
Brett Thorson missed his second consecutive game as Minnesota beat Miami 15-10, with veteran Johnny Hekker again carrying the Vikings’ punting and holding duties while no return timetable has emerged.
Brett Thorson has yet to practise this week as Minnesota weighs whether its rookie punter can return from a right hamstring injury against Miami, with Johnny Hekker ready to step back in.
The Vikings have ruled Brett Thorson out of Sunday’s clash with Tampa Bay after the Australian punter missed all three practices this week, leaving veteran Johnny Hekker to step into a role Minnesota had only just han...
Minnesota’s rookie punter enters his first NFC North away game with a simple assignment: make Chicago’s explosive offence work the long field, especially after the Bears’ 59-point opener.
Brett Thorson ’s first regular-season outing was not spectacular, but it was controlled and useful: four punts, three inside the 20 and no blocks in Minnesota’s 39-22 win over Green Bay.
Brett Thorson has moved from undrafted rookie project to Minnesota’s Week 1 punter after edging Johnny Hekker, with the Vikings’ decision pointing to consistency, holding reliability and fit as much as distance.
Brett Thorson enters Minnesota’s 2026 season as the Vikings’ punter and holder, turning an impressive preseason competition into a Week 1 test of the club’s entire field-goal and field-position operation.
The Australian rookie has cleared his biggest preseason hurdle, with Minnesota naming Brett Thorson its punter and terminating veteran Johnny Hekker’s contract before the NFL’s initial-roster deadline.
The Australian rookie did not separate from Johnny Hekker in Minnesota’s preseason finale, but the result leaves the punting decision genuinely unresolved ahead of the 53-man deadline.
As the 2026 season approaches, Tory Taylor ’s place on Chicago’s active roster helps show how Australian specialists have become a durable NFL presence across several clubs.
Minnesota’s Australian rookie is competing with Johnny Hekker while the calendar compresses the decision. Against Baltimore, the useful evidence will be repeatable field position, not the biggest number on the stadium...