Prior to the Vikings adding him in Week 3 on a $3 million deal on September 19, Risner was a free agent. After four weeks, Risner was given the starting position, which he kept for the whole year. Throughout his five-year career, the four games he did not start are the ones he played in Minnesota before earning the starting spot.
After the 2023 regular season, Zoltán Buday of Pro Football Focus (PFF) ranked the Vikings offensive line as the 12th best in the league, although he also listed Risner as one of the starting lineup’s weakest players.”Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill, the Vikings’ offensive tackle tandem, is among the best in the NFL, but they only played together in 12 games in 2023,” Buday said on January 10. Furthermore, even though Garrett Bradbury made progress in his pass protection early in the season, this team is hindered by their interior offensive line.
