{
  "id": 6214917,
  "title": "Vikings share their team captains for the 2026 season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/vikings-share-their-team-captains-for-the-2026-season",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T02:25:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/vikings-share-team-captains-2026-022522731.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Minnesota Vikings have announced their team captains for the 2026 season, maintaining a roster of eight leaders. Among them are Brian O Neill, Josh Metellus, Andrew DePaola, Kyler Murray, Justin Jefferson, Andrew Van Ginkel, Blake Cashman, and Aaron Jones. O Neill, Metellus, DePaola, Jefferson, and Jones were the captains last season, while Murray, Van Ginkel, and Cashman have replaced J.J. McCarthy, Jonathan Greenard, and Harrison Smith, who returned to the team on a one-year deal. The selection of veteran leaders like Murray emphasizes the Vikings' confidence in the former No.1 overall pick, while Smith remains a key figure in the coaching staff's leadership strategy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}