While the Minnesota Vikings fell short against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium, taking a 28-22 loss to drop to 3-3 on the season, Jordan Addison, as we predicted he would, had a solid outing, catching a career-best nine passes for a team-high 128 yards.
Suspended for the first three games of the season after reaching a plea deal in mid-July to resolve a 2024 DUI citation, Addison has been fantastic since returning to the lineup.
In his season debut in Dublin against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4, the 23-year-old caught four passes for 114 yards, a performance highlighted by an 81-yard reception in the fourth quarter that at least gave the Vikings a chance in what turned out to be a 24-21 loss. He probably should have scored on the play, but we'll let that slide.
The following week in London, facing the Cleveland Browns, Addison was actually benched for the first quarter after missing a team walkthrough. But he still came in to catch five passes for 41 yards, the last three of which came on Minnesota's final three offensive plays of the game, with the last being a 12-yard touchdown grab with 25 seconds remaining that lifted the Vikings to a 21-17 win.
And then, as mentioned, he went for 128 yards on nine grabs against the defending champion Eagles.
Minnesota Vikings WR Jordan Addison has hit the ground running in 2025
While Justin Jefferson is one of only a few players who can claim to be the top WR1 in the NFL, Addison, who could easily be the top option for many franchises right now, undoubtedly belongs in the conversation as one of the top WR2s in the game. And it won't be long before he'll expect to be paid accordingly.
Currently in the third year of his rookie contract, Addison is eligible to receive an extension following this season. With him being a first-round pick, however, the Vikings could just exercise his fifth-year option and then worry about a long-term extension following the 2026 campaign.
An extension for Addison could see him command $30 million per season if he continues to put up the kind of numbers he has during the first two-plus years of his career.
Now, it will be interesting to see what happens moving forward this season, as all three of Addison's appearances thus far have been with Carson Wentz at quarterback. And obviously, the two have developed a strong rapport.
But with J.J. McCarthy returning to practice last week for the first time since suffering a high-ankle sprain in Week 2 and Wentz not having the best overall game against Philadelphia, Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell hinted in his postgame presser that a change under center could happen as soon as Thursday night when Minnesota visits the Los Angeles Chargers.
It's not as if Addison has zero familiarity with McCarthy, as the two had training camp and the preseason to develop some chemistry.
Regular-season action hits differently, of course, but Addison is the type of receiver that seems comfortable no matter who's getting him the ball. And if he can get comfortable with McCarthy, his value will only continue to rise.