Vikings pass rusher Gabe Murphy is ‘man on a mission’ to make up for lost time

Vikings pass rusher Gabe Murphy is ‘man on a mission’ to make up for lost time

The elation shown by Vikings edge rusher Gabe Murphy, the purple blur responsible for two sacks and three other hits on Texans quarterbacks during Saturday’s preseason win, had been building for a year.

Vikings May Have Found a Gem in Gabriel Murphy

It’s often difficult, and truthfully unwise, to draw significant conclusions from any given preseason game. There were multiple points in the lead-up to last season when rookie Gabriel Murphy looked like someone to watch. Gabriel Murphy put on a show for the Minnesota Vikings on defense against the Houston Texans, and it may just be the beginning. As an undrafted product out of UCLA, Murphy wound up playing in just two games and got only 35 snap…