The word just came across that Randall McDaniel has been elected to the Hall-of-Fame.  And all I can say is…about effing time.  It was always absurd that McDaniel, the best left guard of his era, had to wait as long as he did to gain election…but all that can be forgotten now; McDaniel will be [...]

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a fairly big game in the NFL this weekend between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pretty much everyone on earth will be watching, except maybe Dennis Green who will be too busy pulling weeds along the high-road (he likes to keep it nice and neat-looking).  I [...]

The Vikings will do just about anything to make Tarvaris Jackson into a legitimate NFL quarterback, including enroll him in mixed martial arts courses intended to improve his hip movement.  Apparently, Tarvaris has really tight hips and needs to loosen them.  I personally haven’t spent much time looking at or thinking about T-Jack’s hips, so [...]

The Patriots have a big decision to make on Matt Cassel, who had a bust out season in 2008 filling in for Tom Brady, and is set to become a free agent.  Should they let their newly-minted star quarterback hit the open market, where he would undoubtedly be snapped up, or should they slap the [...]

The St. Louis Rams are treating the Vikings‘ coaching staff like a buffet.  Today they hired away assistant defensive line coach Brendan Daly, who will serve as defensive line coach under new head man Steve Spagnuolo, who just a week ago snatched up former Vikings special teams coach Paul Ferraro as well.  Clearly, Spagnuolo has [...]

Adrian Peterson has been named the FedEx Ground Player of the Year after leading the NFL with 1760 yards.  FedEx will make a donation of $25,000 to the Minneapolis chapter of Safe Kids USA in honor of AD’s accomplishment.  Drew Brees of the Saints was named Air Player of the Year after nearly breaking Dan [...]

I suppose it was inevitable that the media would start cranking up the speculation about Brett Favre wanting to leave the Jets and join his buddies Brad Childress and Darrell Bevell on the Vikings, but I was hoping it would at least take until April or May, mid-March at the earliest.  Unfortunately, that fat tub [...]

The NFL has come to an agreement with the widow of Korey Stringer, who sued both the NFL and equipment-maker Riddell after her husband, a Pro-Bowl tackle for the Vikings, died of heatstroke during training camp in July 2001.  Financial terms have not been disclosed, but as part of the agreement, the NFL has agreed [...]

Former Viking great Carl Eller was found guilty on two misdemeanor counts at Hennepin County District Court this morning, one count of fourth-degree assault on a police officer and one of refusing a field sobriety test.  The charges stemmed from an incident last April in which Eller, in an apparent advanced state of inebriation, fought [...]

The firing of Herm Edwards as coach of the Kansas City Chiefs has touched off yet another round of speculation as to the future of Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, who has already been seriously considered for, and missed out on, no fewer than two head coaching positions this offseason.  A couple of our sister [...]