After a 9-8 campaign in 2025, the Minnesota Vikings are making changes.
The franchise confirmed on Friday, Jan. 30 in a statement that they have fired general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah after four years at the position.
Adofo-Mensah came to Minnesota after seven years with the San Francisco 49ers and two with the Cleveland Browns. He had been the vice president of football operations with Cleveland before his arrival as general manager with the Vikings in 2022.
Adofo-Mensah’s arrival coincided with the hiring of head coach Kevin O’Connell. Minnesota has made the playoffs twice in the four seasons under that tandem but has not recorded a win in either playoff berth.
The Vikings made the choice ahead of the 2025 season to not retain quarterback Sam Darnold, who is playing in Super Bowl 60 with the Seattle Seahawks. With J.J. McCarthy at quarterback, Minnesota dropped to a bottom-eight scoring offense for the first time under O’Connell.
Adofo-Mensah spoke on Thursday on the decision not to keep Darnold.
“There are nights you wake up and stare at the ceiling and ask yourself,” Adofo-Mensah said. “I always go back to the process and what we thought at the time. I still understand why we did what we did. The results maybe didn’t play out the way we wanted them to, but ultimately, at the end of the day I think we could have executed in certain places.”
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