{"id":427781,"date":"2026-09-06T05:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427781\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:18:43","slug":"lunchbreak-espn-bullish-on-dallas-turners-production-in-3rd-vikings-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427781\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchbreak: ESPN Bullish on Dallas Turner\u2019s Production in 3rd Vikings Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

“In talking to people with the Vikings, it sounds like Turner has reached another gear this offseason and should be positioned to flourish in his third year in Brian Flores’ defense. The Vikings need Turner to be a dominant presence off the edge, and during the offseason and training camp, he has impressed teammates and coaches alike with his command of the defense and the advances he has made in technique.”<\/p>\n

To add some color, we will note Turner constantly was in Minnesota’s backfield \u2014 and Baltimore’s backfield during joint practices \u2014 this summer, applying pressure and popping through for tackles. When the Ravens were in town, he often matched up against veteran Ronnie Stanley, and he often won.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, in the NFC North \u2026 here’s what Graziano shared in his story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Don’t be surprised if \u2026 the Bears still trade for an edge rusher.<\/p>\n

Don’t be surprised if \u2026 Jameson Williams is the [Lions’] leading receiver.<\/p>\n

Don’t be surprised if \u2026 \u00a0MarShawn Lloyd takes the [Packers’] starting running back job and \u2014 pun intended \u2014 runs with it.<\/p>\n

The latter two offer intrigue because Amon-Ra St. Brown has posted three consecutive seasons of at least 115 catches, 1,250 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. And, Lloyd, a third-round pick by Green Bay in 2024 has only played one NFL game due to multiple lower-body injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“In talking to people with the Vikings, it sounds like Turner has reached another gear this offseason and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,20716,30542,30541,30543],"class_list":["post-427781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-turner","tag-lunch-break","tag-news-index","tag-news-lunch-break"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}