The Vikings have a lot of decisions to make in the secondary this off-season, and one NFL Draft analyst has the team replacing a future hall of famer.

Minnesota Vikings pending free agent safety Harrison Smith is heading into the offseason with with bookkeeping to do.

Last offseason he pondered his future and decided to return. Now he’s more than 12,000 snaps into his career, and there’s one more difference: “I’m older.”

Vikings' Harrison Smith opens up on playing his final game in Brian Flores' defense next to Josh Metellus, Camryn Bynum in loss to Rams

Vikings veteran Harrison Smith admitted he's unsure about returning for a 14th season in an emotional locker room interview.

Harrison Smith was fighting back tears during an emotional interview after the Vikings were dumped from the playoffs by the Rams on Monday night.

For a fun little thought exercise, let's go through every single Vikings unrestricted free agent and hand out a percentage of likelihood that they'll be back for another season in purple in 2025. These are going to be totally speculative estimations — and the beauty of probability is that I won't technically be wrong if I give a player a 10 percent chance to return and it ends up happening.

A 2021 fourth-round pick, Bynum is coming off two impressive seasons under defensive coordinator Brian Flores. He totaled 233 tackles, five interceptions, 19 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries between the 2023-24 seasons.

The Minnesota Vikings’ season is over after a 27-9 loss to the L.A. Rams in the NFC Playoffs, and safety Harrison Smith was among those to take it hardest after the game.

Smith finished the 2024 season with 87 tackles (56 solo), including 1.0 sacks, 10 pass breakups, including three interceptions, and one fumble recovery across 16 regular-season contests. The 29th overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft,

The Vikings need help on the interior offensive and defensive lines and in the defensive backfield. Can they find it in free agency?

Linebackers Andrew Van Ginkel and Jonathan Greenard don't appear to be leaving the Minnesota Vikings anytime soon.