2018 Minnesota Vikings season
Player Position College
Jeff Badet WR Oklahoma
Mike Boone RB Cincinnati
Curtis Cothran DT Penn State
Garret Dooley LB Wisconsin
Armanti Foreman WR Texas
Chris Gonzalez G San Jose State
Holton Hill CB Texas
Tyler Hoppes TE Nebraska
Hercules Mata'afa DE Washington State
Trevon Mathis CB Toledo
Tray Matthews DB Auburn
Kamryn Pettway RB Auburn
Peter Pujals QB Holy Cross
Korey Robertson WR Southern Miss
Roc Thomas RB Jacksonville State
Jake Wieneke WR South Dakota State
Jonathan Wynn LB Vanderbilt
Roster changes -- Draft
Main article : 2018 NFL Draft Draft trades ^ a b c The Vikings traded their third-round selection ( 94th overall ) to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for Tampa Bay 's fourth- and sixth-round selections ( 102nd and 180th overall ) . [ 3 ] ^ The Vikings traded their fourth-round selection ( 130th overall ) and 2017 first-round selection ( 14th overall ) to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for quarterback Sam Bradford . [ 4 ] ^ a b c The Vikings traded their fifth- and seventh-round selections ( 167th and 225th overall ) to the Jets in exchange for the Jets ' fifth-round selection ( 157th overall ) . ^ a b c d The Vikings traded two sixth-round selections ( 180th and 204th overall ) to the Jets in exchange for the Jets ' fifth- and seventh-round selection ( 167th and 204th overall ) . ^ a b The Vikings were awarded two sixth-round compensatory picks ( 213th and 218th overall ) . ^ The Vikings traded their 2019 fifth-round selection to the Denver Broncos in exchange for Denver 's seventh-round selection ( 225th overall ) and quarterback Trevor Siemian . [ 5 ] ^ The Vikings traded their seventh-round selection ( 248th overall ) to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for cornerback Tramaine Brock . [ 6 ]
The 2018 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 58th in the National Football League, their third playing their home games at U.S. Bank Stadium and their fifth under head coach Mike Zimmer. Following a Week 8 loss to the New Orleans Saints, the team could no longer improve on their 13-3 record from the 2017 season, in which they won the NFC North division and reached the NFC Championship before losing to the eventual Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles. With a 24-10 loss to the Bears in Week 17 (coupled with an Eagles win), the Vikings failed for the second time in three years to qualify for the playoffs.