After winning the NFC North thanks to a 13-win season, the Minnesota Vikings entered the offseason needing to reduce spending. Since then, we’ve seen Adam Thielen, Eric Kendricks, and Za’Darius Smith all either cut or traded.

In a perfect world, the Vikings wouldn’t have moved on from any of their former Pro Bowl players, but doing so has helped the roster get a lot younger heading into a new season. In Smith’s case, the Vikings had the potential to save as much as $9 million, but as Mary Kay Cabot reports, the Vikings paid some of Smith’s tab with the Browns.

Still, the Vikings now have more cap space than hey had before, which could lead to a number of follow up moves, including a potential free agent signing. Here are three available players who could still fill a need on coach Kevin O’Connell’s roster.

Matt Ioannidis

While Matt Ioannidis played 13 games with the Carolina Panthers in 2022, he is most-known for his six-year tenure with the Washington Commanders. The 29-year-old lineman plays multiple positions in the trenches, switching back and forth from defensive end and tackle, both areas that lack depth in Minnesota.

Having tallied 25.5 sacks, including 20.5 over a three-year stretch from 2017-19, Ioannidis would give defensive coordinator Brian Flores another chess piece to bring in on pass-rushing situations, anywhere along the line. Having never posted a Pro Football Focus pass-rushing grade below 69.1 since his rookie year, adding Ioannidis would be a low-risk move aimed at boosting the floor of a defense that struggled to generate consistent pressure a season ago.