Phillips saw the benefits of the depth in June, saying he imagined his snap counts would decline from his 2023 peak of 74%. That year, he became the first Vikings defensive tackle to play more than 70% of the team’s snaps since Kevin Williams in 2012. His snap count was a more reasonable 60% last season; he said the Vikings’ young players would help Allen, Hargrave and him.
“The three of us are older players,” Phillips said, “so I think anytime you can go out there and platoon in three to five to six-play roles, you can really attack with waves, and because of the depth we have, we’ll truly have waves we can throw.”
Andrew Krammer of the Minnesota Star Tribune contributed to this story.
