2022 Free Agency Outlook: LB

New General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was asked specifically about Barr at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine.

“That’s an incredible person. Every day, I walk past his Man of the Year [display in the team facility], and you think of Anthony Barr and what he’s meant to this community, to this team,” Adofo-Mensah said. “When we all do these interviews for GM jobs, you look at the roster: ‘Anthony Barr, whoa, can we work with him?’

“He’s incredibly versatile, especially in a 3-4 scheme and things like that,” Adofo-Mensah said, going back to Barr’s days with the Bruins. “Again, it’s the puzzle pieces, though. We’ve got a lot of things to consider, a lot of ways to go forward. He’s somebody I texted just to, first and foremost, tell him I appreciated him and ‘I’m here and I’d love to hear your opinion,’ and things like that. But I can’t speak to more specific things than that right now.”

Beyond that dynamic duo, which could be split if Barr isn’t here, the linebackers have room to grow with increased opportunities, and the Vikings could try to add experienced depth via free agency or find impact players in the draft, or both.