Doctors have told Pat Williams that he may go ahead and try to play Sunday when the Vikings face the Eagles in their first home playoff game since January 6, 2001 (when they beat the Saints).  “Pat Williams is going to try and make the push for this weekend,” Brad Childress told the media yesterday. [...]

The Lions will bring in Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to interview for the head coaching vacancy they created upon firing Rod Marinelli, who bears the dubious distinction of being the only man to lead a team to an 0-16 record (which is why he got canned).  The Lions sported the worst defense in the [...]

There was a time this season when it looked like Brad Childress might not last to the end of the year.  The Vikings, picked by some to contend for the Super Bowl before the season, were 1-3 after a Week 4 loss to Tennessee and had a tough road game coming up in New Orleans.  [...]

Adrian Peterson finished the season with 1760 yards, enough to lead the NFL in rushing – the first time a Vikings player has ever led the league in that category (no, even Alfred Anderson never did it).  Peterson led the team in touchdowns with 10.  Bernard Berrian and Visanthe Shiancoe shared the team lead in [...]

The NFL has kindly informed us that the Vikings-Eagles first round playoff game will happen next Sunday at 3:30 pm and be broadcast by the Fox television network.  Is there anything more excruciating than being the last game on a playoff weekend?  This is the only Fox game next weekend – NBC has two and [...]

Losses by the Bears and Buccaneers mean this afternoon’s Eagles-Cowboys game will decide who the Vikings host next weekend at the Metrodome in the first round of the playoffs.  I’m sure there’s a big part of Brad Childress that’s itching to get a shot at his old coach Andy Reid aka The Guy Who Wouldn’t [...]

The Packers could’ve given us all a good laugh by becoming the only team to lose to the Lions this year, but instead, they girded up their loins and defeated Detroit, snapping their own 5-game losing streak while extending the Lions’ to 16 – which, in case you weren’t keeping track, is the whole season.  [...]

Congrats to the Vikings on clinching their first-ever NFC North title and their first playoff berth since 2004.  They beat the Giants on a last-second field goal by Ryan Longwell after Brad Childress and his coaching staff and players demonstrated their genius by nearly allowing the clock to run out before the kick could be [...]

Kiss goodbye that 10-0 Vikings lead and then some.  The Giants have scored 16 unanswered, the last 7 on a David Carr touchdown pass to Domenik Hixon.  The Vikes looked like they might have a cakewalk after Adrian Peterson’s 67-yard TD run in the first half, but since then the Giants have established both their [...]

The Bears jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Houston, but since then it’s been all Andre Johnson, who has 7 catches for 101 yards and 2 touchdowns in the first half.  The Texans were aided in their efforts by a Devin Hester fumble on a kick-off return.  Things are going well for the Vikings [...]