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The Vikings have played 34 regular season games over the last two seasons, but they've only had left tackle Christian Darrisaw for half of them.

Darrisaw tore ligaments in his knee in October of the 2024 season and he missed seven games last year after returning to action. Darrisaw also missed portions of several other games, which left the Vikings to do a lot of shuffling along the offensive line on their way to missing the playoffs with a 9-8 record. sports24.club

The line took another hit when center Ryan Kelly retired this offseason, but Darrisaw said on Thursday that he feels he's turned a corner in terms of his health.

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“Best it’s felt in two years,” Darrisaw said, via Emily Leiker of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “I’m trending in the right direction. Full motion, everything feels great.”

The Vikings have to settle on a quarterback for the 2026 season, but any choice will have a better chance to succeed if Darrisaw is available more often this fall than he's been the last two seasons.

Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs is heading into the fourth season of his rookie contract, which means he's eligible to get a new deal, and surely wants to become one of the highest-paid running backs in football. But he says that's not on his mind.

Gibbs is participating in the Lions' voluntary offseason workouts, and he said he'll let his agent and Lions General Manager Brad Holmes figure out his contract.

"I'm just letting my agent and Brad and all them do do all that right now. I'm just worried about the team and ball," Gibbs said.

Asked again about his contract, Gibbs made clear that it's not his focus.

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"I don't know. I don't really pay attention to all that stuff," Gibbs said. "I let my agent and Brad do all that — or whoever does it up there, I don't know. But I just let him do that and I just be out here."

Gibbs, who was born and raised in Georgia and played his college football at Georgia Tech before transferring to Alabama, said he never envisioned Detroit becoming his home. But after three years, it has.

"I love the people here. I love the sports teams here. It's just been fun overall — I never thought I'd be here in Detroit growing up, but I really like it here," Gibbs said.

And the Lions really like having Gibbs, which means an agreement on a new contract shouldn't be hard to work out.