Minnesota Vikings players are off for the next five weeks, but the same can’t be said for their new general manager.At the beginning of June, the Vikings officially announced Nolan Teasley as their new general manager, replacing Kwesi Adofo-Mensah after he spent four years in the role.The Vikings announced Nolan Teasley as their new general manager at the beginning of JuneGettyThere were two main reasons why Adofo-Mensah was let go in January just eight months after signing a multi-year extension.The first was his decision to allow Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones to walk and flourish as starting QBs in Seattle and Indianapolis, respectively. The second was the decision to select J.J. McCarthy with the No. 10 overall pick in 2024, with McCarthy enduring a turbulent and underwhelming start to his NFL career having missed his entire rookie season through injury.U.S. Bank Stadium needs major repair after weather damageOne of the first things on Teasley’s plate as new general manager will be organizing and overseeing repairs to the U.S. Bank Stadium.10 years after the venue opened in Minneapolis, it is dealing with a new maintenance issue tied to a hailstorm.Three years ago, golf ball-sized hail slammed the venue during a summer storm that shattered car windows, and caused damage to the translucent portion of the roof.It affected 60% of the slanted roof, which is covered with a product called ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, better known as ETFE.Now, the Vikings are trying to find the best long-term solution to repair or replace the ETFE roofing system, and they are accepting proposals for designs. “All Minnesotans can be confident that the roof at U.S. Bank Stadium is safe, that proactive steps are in place to preserve its unique environment, and the MSFA’s financial safeguards have protected this public investment,” the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority said in a statement.Insurance is expected to cover most of the costs. The MSFA said that “substantial use of public funds” would not be needed.A hail-storm in 2023 damaged roughly 60% of the slanted roof at U.S. Bank StadiumGettyInsurance is expected to cover most of the repair costsGettyThe exact issue was highlighted 13 years ago by a reporterGettyReporter predicted exact roof issue 13 years agoThe state-of-the-art facility that cost approximately $1.3bn to construct rose from the ashes of the 2010 Metrodome.Burdened by heavy snow, the roof of the venue collapsed during the middle of the NFL season.Construction and repairs were fully completed by 2011, and the Vikings played their final game in the Metrodome in 2013.Over a decade ago, before the roof was assembled, longtime Twin Cities reporter Chris Egert traveled all the way to Germany for Channel 5 (KSTP) and met with the company who makes the clear ETFE material that now needs repairs.Egert got the opportunity to jump up and down on a mock section of the ETE roof.On (approximately) his 92nd jump… the local reporter’s left heel busted a hole through a layer of the ETFE in an eerily prophetic moment for what would later come to pass.View Tweet: https://x.com/ChrisEgertKSTP?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwStadium officials will now be forced to confront a multi-million dollar architectural question: whether to patch up the current ETFE system or find an entirely new material that can actually withstand Minnesota’s brutal climate.Stay up to date with the NFL across all our talkSPORT platforms – subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest news, opinion, exclusive interviews and our daily unfiltered, unscripted show ‘The S* Word, from 8am ET