Vikings to use Viper AI for game tape, draft scouting and free agency

The Minnesota Vikings are using Viper, a cloud-based, fully customizable video review platform developed with Microsoft Azure, to consolidate game, opponent and practice footage for offseason planning and player assessment.

Microsoft, in a product use case post, said Viper holds game, opponent and practice video, player tracking and historical records, and it is searchable through several queries, and receives hundreds of thousands of file uploads each season for staff review.

Coaches and analysts can filter footage by personnel, game situation or participation, and the Vikings’ development team uses tools such as GitHub Copilot to design and ship updates quickly during the season.

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Luke Burson, senior director of Football Information Systems, described rapid changes driven by coach and front office requests. “so, 20 minutes later, he had what he wanted to see,” Burson says. The platform is secured through Microsoft Entra ID with centralized authentication and conditional access to protect sensitive player information and production environments.

In the offseason, the Vikings are also using Viper to evaluate college players through the NFL Draft process, including tracking footage from the NFL Scouting Combine, in March, as well as supporting free-agent planning, with developers joining draft meetings to keep the platform updated and coaches focused on players.

The Recap

• Vikings use Viper for consolidated video and player evaluation.
• Hundreds of thousands of files uploaded to Viper each season.
• Vikings plan evaluations through the NFL Draft in April.