The Minnesota Vikings can’t seem to catch a break this off-season. Their offensive coordinator kicked this off with a drunk driving incident a few months ago. Wide receiver Jordan Addison added a DWI of his own this past week, mere days after his rookie teammate, Khyrie Jackson, was killed during another. They didn’t get the quarterback they wanted, Drake Maye, in the draft and had to settle for J.J. McCarthy. Now McCarthy is approaching a holdout because they refuse to fully guarantee his signing bonus. If all of that weren’t bad enough, Justin Jefferson got in on the fun.
The superstar wide receiver just signed a contract extension to make him the highest-paid player at his position in NFL history. He has now rewarded his team by confirming through court documents that he got a woman pregnant, tried to make her abort it, and fought paternity through legal means. In the end, it didn’t work. Jefferson was confirmed the father and is now being forced to pay child support, according to Alex Raskin of the Daily Mail. A stain on the reputation of one of the NFL’s biggest stars.
“Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has been established as the father of a baby girl, according to an order issued by a family court judge in New Jersey.
That order, made by Judge Aldo J Russo on June 26 and obtained by DailyMail.com, states that an ‘”‘interim child support obligation’ has been agreed to between Jefferson and the child’s mother, Andrea Galea…
…Galea accused Jefferson of pressuring her to abort her child after she became pregnant in 2023…Galea decided to have the child and gave birth to baby Stella in December, according to her paternity lawsuit.”
If you look at the way he carries himself, you will see that he’s very much in that “diva” category. It is far more about him than it is about the team. While that might be the best way to motivate himself, it can be grating on others in the locker room. This latest fiasco is another black eye on an organization that liked to carry itself as one of the NFL’s most upstanding. When your best player does stuff like this, it shows cracks in the foundation. If nothing else, it gives something for Chicago Bears fans to laugh at.
One thing Justin Jefferson must worry about is who will throw him the football this season. Kirk Cousins is gone. For all the criticisms, the former Pro Bowler was an accomplished passer. The same can’t be said for Sam Darnold, a former draft bust who has bounced between multiple teams in recent years. It is either that or McCarthy, who is both a rookie and somebody with a somewhat dubious track record as a passer. Jefferson’s life is about to get more difficult.
