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Vikings-Buccaneers Connections
Buccaneers rookie safety Antoine Winfield, Jr., is the son of Vikings Legend Antoine Winfield, who locked down the nickel position for the Vikings from 2004-12 and earned three consecutive trips to the Pro Bowl (2008-10).
Vikings receivers coach Andrew Janocko began his NFL coaching career as an offensive assistant with the Buccaneers (2012-13).
Minnesota long snapper Andrew DePaola played his first three pro seasons (2014-16) for Tampa Bay.
Buccaneers assistant coach Tom Moore was born in Owatonna and attended high school in Rochester. He worked two stints as Gophers offensive coordinator in the 1970s and was assistant head coach of the Vikings from 1990-93.
Tampa Bay cornerbacks coach Kevin Ross guided the Vikings secondary from 2003-05.
Professional Connections
Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer overlapped in Dallas with Buccaneers Defensive Coordinator Todd Bowles and defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers.
Bowles previously worked with Vikings tight ends coach Brian Pariani (49ers in 1991) and overlapped with Co-Defensive Coordinator Andre Patterson, Special Teams Coordinator Marwan Maalouf and running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu with the Browns a decade later.
Rodgers played for the Steelers when Vikings Senior Defensive Assistant Dom Capers was with Pittsburgh. He overlapped as a coach in Dallas with Zimmer and in Miami with Maalouf.
Maalouf and Vikings assistant defensive backs coach Roy Anderson worked with Tampa Bay Head Coach Bruce Arians and Assistant Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator Harold Goodwin in 2012 in Indianapolis.
Maalouf and Anderson also worked with Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen and offensive line coach Joe Gilbert while with the Colts. Maalouf and Christensen later worked together with Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones while in Miami, overlapping with part of Bucs DT Ndamukong Suh's career. Suh was a teammate of Vikings QB Sean Mannion with the Rams in 2018.
Capers and Tampa Bay Special Teams Coordinator Keith Armstrong worked together at the Dolphins.
Polamalu's time with Jacksonville overlapped with part of Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Byron Leftwich's career as a quarterback.
Tampa Bay specialists coach Chris Boniol played for the Cowboys during Zimmer's first three seasons in Dallas. Boniol helped coach Vikings kicker Dan Bailey in his first three pro seasons in Dallas (2011-13).
Buccaneers LB Shaquil Barrett was previously with the Broncos, along with Vikings Offensive Coordinator Gary Kubiak, Offensive Line Coach/Run Game Coordinator Rick Dennison, Pariani, quarterbacks coach Klint Kubiak and assistant offensive line coach Phil Rauscher.
Dennison overlapped with Tampa Bay RB LeSean McCoy in Buffalo (2017) and DT Steve McLendon with the New York Jets (2018).
Vikings WR Tajaé Sharpe and Bucs K Ryan Succop teamed together with the Titans. Succop also overlapped with Vikings Co-Defensive Coordinator Adam Zimmer when they were with the Chiefs.
College Connections
Vikings DT Shamar Stephen and Bucs S Andrew Adams teamed at Connecticut.
Minnesota RB Ameer Abdullah and Tampa Bay LB Lavonte David were at Nebraska together. Vikings CB Chris Jones and Bucs DL Khalil Davis are also former Huskers teammates.
Vikings quarterbacks coach Klint Kubiak coached receivers at Texas A&M when Mike Evans played for the Aggies.
Minnesota QB Kirk Cousins teamed with Tampa Bay DL William Gholston at Michigan State.
Vikings WR Dan Chisena and Bucs WR Chris Godwin overlapped at Penn State.
Minnesota DT Armon Watts and Tampa Bay DL Jeremiah Ledbetter were on the same d-line at Arkansas.
Vikings TE Tyler Conklin and Bucs CB Sean Murphy-Bunting teamed at Central Michigan.
Minnesota T Rashod Hill and Tampa Bay DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches played together at Southern Mississippi.
Vikings WR Justin Jefferson and Bucs LB Devin White overlapped at LSU.
Minnesota DT Jaleel Johnson and Tampa Bay DL Anthony Nelson teamed at Iowa.