Archive for June, 2007

This little clip tells all about the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in one minute. If this guy talked any faster he might be this guy’s brother.

Adrian Peterson kicks off the first wallpaper brought to by The Viking Age.

In case you’d forgotten, Drew Henson is currently a Minnesota Viking. USA Today felt the need to do a whole write-up about him. What, no pie-chart? On his blog Pacman Jonesin’, Adam aka The Boss calls the Jackson/Bollinger tandem “the shakiest QB platoon in the league.” Goin’ out on a limb there eh Adam? The Daily Norseman preaches some hope. Can I get an amen (and another swig of Chilly Aid)? Yardbarker (whatever that means) rates Adrian Peterson the third best rookie fantasy football pick, behind Calvin Johnson and Marshawn Lynch. Meanwhile, Adrian tells Rich Eisen (via NFL Draft Bible) [...]

Brooks Bollinger is totally on-board with Brad Childress’s Our Offense Doesn’t Stink campaign. Here’s what Bollinger said in defense of Chilly’s allegedly unimaginative play-calling: After a while, people start dreaming things up about why we’re not winning. If it works, it’s imaginative. It’s a matter of execution. Bollinger said this while hanging out at the Roger Maris Celebrity Benefit Golf Tournament in Fargo. So, you know, he’d been getting a lot of sun. Maybe he needs to wear a hat from now on to keep his brain from getting totally fried. Seriously, did Chilly hand Bollinger a script to read [...]

The Viking Age is happy to welcome Naptown’s Finest, an Indianapolis Colts blog, to the Just The Fans Network. The new site is written by a fellow named Jonathon LaRosa – how easy does Jonathon have it, writing about the world champs? There’s Jonathon at his computer with his beverage of choice all blissed out on his team’s awesomeness. Greatest quarterback ever, coach everybody loves, players who never get arrested for messing around on boats – gosh, I wonder what that must be like? Guess I’ll never know… Welcome aboard, Jonathon. Try not to brag on your team too much, [...]

The idea keeps being floated that the Packers should bring in Daunte Culpepper to back up Brett Favre. The thinking here is that Culpepper could sit a year behind Favre and get his knee all better, then Brett could retire and Culpepper could step in. This scheme depends on certain things happening of course – like Favre actually retiring, and Culpepper being able to come all the way back; oh, and Aaron Rodgers being more-or-less written out of the Packers’ plans. A lot of big “ifs” there. But “ifs” never got in the way of a juicy rumor – logic [...]

The Vikings receiving corps can be charitably described as unproven. Its most experienced member in terms of games played is Bobby Wade with 58, only 18 of them starts. Wade, with his 101 career receptions, is the presumptive No. 1. Troy Williamson, who is more known for big drops than big grabs, is number 2 in starts with 14, and second on the squad with 61 career catches. After those two there’s a hodge-podge – a little experience with Billy McMullen (45 catches in 4 years) and a whole lot of greenness in rookies Aundrae Allison, Sidney Rice, Todd Lowber [...]

Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has been named a breakout star for 2007 by Fox Sports.com’s Adam Schein. Here’s what Schein says about Greenway: Remember him? The Vikings’ first-round pick in 2006 shattered his knee last August and never played a down. He tells us he is over the injury and running faster than ever. Greenway had a great off-season program, leading teammate Darren Sharper to say you would have never even known he was hurt last year. Greenway tore his ACL last year, which in most circles would not be described as “shattering” his knee. Also, I think Darren Sharper’s [...]

First it was Fred Smoot sounding off about the Love Boat incident (again)…now it’s former Viking all-pro safety Robert Griffith revisiting another infamous moment from team history – 41-doughnut. We will of course never forget the 2000 NFC Championship Game, which the Giants led 34-0 at halftime and won 41-0, and which was christened “41-doughnut” by a dejected but still spunky Randy Moss. Griffith famously played his heart out in that game – but according to him, he was about the only one who did: I think a few guys quit in that game. It might have been me and [...]