{"id":852535,"date":"2026-09-18T21:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852535\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:20:12","slug":"deejay-dallas-hopes-to-send-a-message-with-his-headshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852535\/","title":{"rendered":"DeeJay Dallas hopes to send a message with his headshot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vikings running back DeeJay Dallas, who has earned a roster spot following the placement of Jordan Mason on IR with a thumb injury, has provided a headshot for the ages, with eyes bulging wide.<\/p>\n<p>Via Dawn Mitchell of Fox 9, Dallas has explained the facial expression he adopted for his pose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want the other teams to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dawnatfox9\/status\/2100718410933973115?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">put it up in their meeting<\/a>,\u201d Dallas said. &#8220;[W]hen you see that, you kind of feel like it kind of embodies, like, the Viking mentality, like, that berserker mentality, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did the same thing <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/deejay-dallas-mimics-brandon-tanev-s-look-from-seattle-kraken-picture-335261146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in Seattle<\/a>, and it was inspired by NHL player <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeattleKraken\/status\/1449056779573157891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brandon Tanev<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Was the goal to make teams wonder whether they need to look out for Harris?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou probably need to look out,\u201d Dallas said. \u201cBut, nah, I\u2019m a good guy, maybe. . . . I mean, teams probably will look at it and say, \u2018Oh, this guy is making a joke.\u2019 I\u2019m not making a joke. I\u2019m serious. I\u2019m so serious. And if we are on the field and you got a chance, try it. Try it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fourth-round pick in 2020, Dallas has played for the Seahawks, Cardinals, Panthers, and Jaguars. He has 85 regular-season appearances and two starts.<\/p>\n<p>In Minnesota, Dallas is listed as the third-string running back, behind Aaron Jones Sr. and Demond Claiborne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vikings running back DeeJay Dallas, who has earned a roster spot following the placement of Jordan Mason on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-852535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}