INDIANAPOLIS — The final hours leading up to the NFL’s cut deadline can feel like forever.

Until the call comes.

Mekhi Blackmon had a feeling something was coming in Minnesota.

He didn’t know what. The 2023 third-rounder got off to a great start as a rookie, then tore his ACL on the first day of training camp in 2024, and while he rehabilitated his knee, the Vikings overhauled their cornerback room, signing a pair of free agents and saying goodbye to a bunch of veterans.

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