The Minnesota Vikings are ready to move on.
That was their message to last season’s opening day starting running back Alexander Mattison, the team’s leading rusher last season.
“Vikings informed RB Alexander Mattison today that they are releasing him, per source,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on February 29. “Mattison took over last season for Dalvin Cook and ran for 700 yards and caught 30 passes. Now he becomes a free agent again, like last year when he signed a two-year deal with Minnesota.”