Vikings Front Office Shakeup Continues as Assistant GM Ryan Grigson Departs

Ryan Grigson is moving on. The veteran executive informed the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday that he would not be staying with the organization, opting instead to pursue a role with another NFL team. His departure comes less than three weeks after the Vikings hired Nolan Teasley as their new general manager and began reshaping the front office.

Grigson had been with Minnesota since 2022, initially hired as senior vice president of player personnel under then-GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. He was promoted to assistant general manager in 2025. But when the Vikings fired Adofo-Mensah on Jan. 31, 2026, the entire structure underneath him became subject to change.

What Grigson’s exit means for Minnesota

Teasley moved quickly to install his own lieutenants, bringing in Andrew Healy from the Cleveland Browns and Trent Kirchner from the Seattle Seahawks as assistant GMs. Grigson was offered a chance to stay in a different role. He said no.

So now both assistant GMs from the Adofo-Mensah era are gone. Demitrius Washington, who also held that title, is no longer with the team either. In their place, the Vikings have added former Chicago Bears GM Ryan Pace as an adviser. It’s a full-on rebuild of the football operations department under Teasley.

Grigson brings a long resume to wherever he lands next. Before Minnesota, he did scouting and personnel work with the Rams and Eagles — rising to Philadelphia’s director of player personnel in 2010. His biggest claim to fame remains his five-year run as general manager of the Indianapolis Colts from 2012 through 2016. The Colts went 49-31 under him, made the playoffs three times, and he got saddled with the Andrew Luck draft pick as his legacy.

But that tenure also included some roster misses and a reputation for tension with his coaching staff. He spent time with the Browns and Seahawks before joining Adofo-Mensah — a former Cleveland colleague — in Minnesota.

The Vikings are clearly betting on fresh eyes. Healy and Kirchner both have strong track records in personnel evaluation. Pace gives them an experienced former GM voice in the room. And Teasley, who came up through analytics and scouting, now has a front office that looks the way he wants it to look.

Grigson, meanwhile, will almost certainly land somewhere. He has enough history around the league that another team will take a look. But his time in Minnesota is done.