Random Vikes LB minithread.
Like most [almost every] NFL team they do not play with a clear Sam/Mike/Will.
There's lots of ways to show this but here's the first three defensive plays of their 2019 season as a cheat sheet.

Anthony Barr is on the weak side edge.
Ben Gedeon playing on the strong side.
You can easily argue this is a 5-man line too of course.

2nd down. No TE so no strong side.
With no strong side and 2 LBs on the field how do you even define a Mike/Sam/Will?
This happens a lot in the modern NFL .
So how people are so sure which role various LBs have escapes me.
Note Barr is the more central LB though

3rd down.
Both LBs up on the LoS.
Barr is on the weak side. Kendricks on the strong.
Check how wide the DEs are here.

You get the idea.
NFL teams do not line up with the same LBs in the same alignment on every snap.
It's not the case at all.
Taking any time to check reveals it be false.
So why are people so very, very sure when they refer to certain LBs as a Will or a Mike or whatever?

In the specific field of IDP then it's doubly useless.
There are no real differences between [so-called] Mike and Will players.
In alignment or production.
So why on Earth bother with the distinction?

There ARE differences with Sam LBs.
Although the guys we call Sams often play on the weak side and not strong [see Anthony Barr above] so it's a misleading term.
It's weird we use old terms like this that are so often untrue.

The fun of football is how it evolves so fast [listen to the last episode of @TheReadAndReact !] but we still use terminology from bygone ages.
Although it's selective.
People talk about Wills. And H-backs.
But not wingbacks. Or split ends. Or weak safeties.

Anyway rant over.
Stop trying to break LBs out as Mikes or Wills. Or even Sams.
It's a waste of time.