Nailor has all the tools to have a big season — he just needs to stay healthy.
Talent has never been the issue for Jalen Nailor. Now in his third season, the 2022 sixth-round pick out of Michigan State has been a standout practice performer since the day he entered the NFL. He finished his rookie season with seven catches for 151 yards and a touchdown in a two-game stretch against the Packers and Bears, then had a dynamite offseason in 2023. Big things seemed to be in store.
"Jalen has done everything we've asked of him, and that really has not changed since we drafted him," Kevin O'Connell said on Saturday. "Things happen that are unfortunate sometimes, and adversity hits guys, and we certainly don't get to have any say in the matter. All Jalen's trying to do is make sure — what am I doing pre-practice, what am I doing post-practice, what am I doing throughout practice to make sure I can handle the workload. ...
The Vikings' 7-on-7 period in the low red zone turned into the Nailor show today. In a span of a few minutes, he caught a touchdown pass from each of the Vikings' top three quarterbacks. He made a nice lunging grab on a ball from Sam Darnold, snagged a one-handed catch on a Nick Mullens pass that was slightly behind him, and then leapt up in the back corner of the end zone and got both feet down for a score from J.J. McCarthy.
It's still early in camp, so you try not to read too much into it, but Darnold had a fairly shaky day. He threw an incomplete hospital ball to Justin Jefferson early in practice . In the red zone period, he stared down Johnny Mundt and threw an interception directly to Harrison Smith in the end zone. And Darnold should've had a second pick that was dropped by safety Theo Jackson.
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