REPORT: Vikings to release Jonathan Allen. Who's playing DT?!?!? (Part 1)

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks about ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reporting that Jonathan Allen is being released. The D-line that was good last year might end up having a complete overhaul in 2026. Can Brian Flores find answers? Do they need to take DL in the draft? The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar here.
0:10.5	And, well, of course, the show presented by Fandul.
0:14.2	I promised yesterday last night, I said, you know, I don't know if there'll be a live show tomorrow.
0:20.3	I guess we'll kind of wait and see and see how it I don't know if there'll be a live show tomorrow. I guess we'll
0:20.9	kind of wait and see and see how it plays out. And if there's any news, then I will be back
0:27.3	live again. And guess what, my friends, there is news. So we'll jump right into it. And then I've got
0:35.3	some bigger thoughts and there's a couple other news items.
0:38.4	And then I've rolled up, stick to the model here, the website.
0:43.8	And we're going to try to figure this out.
0:45.7	We're going to try to do a Vikings off season with some of the moves that have been reported
0:50.4	that they're already rolling out at this moment and try to figure out how this is all
0:55.7	going to work for them to put together a 53 man roster with the guys that are getting
1:01.6	lopped off once the league year begins. So we'll jump into the news the day. And that is from
1:08.1	ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. The Vikings are expected to release defensive tackle Jonathan Allen due to salary
1:15.7	cap constraints per sources.
1:18.1	The former pro bowler had 68 tackles and three and a half sacks and 17 starts.
1:22.5	The Vikings are 40 plus million over the cap and need to get under.
1:27.1	This is further evidence of what we talked about just one night ago as we're trying
1:33.9	to sort out.
1:34.7	Now, wait a minute.
1:35.5	Why would they move Jonathan Granard?
1:39.7	Like, why would they decide to get rid of Jonathan Grenard and put him on the trade block,
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