Dan Zinski

Dan Zinski is a pop culture maven and all around good egg. His takes are basically 100% accurate all the time. And if you disagree? You are an idiot. Reach me at [email protected]

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Jeff Locke Punts While Chris Kluwe Tweets

The punting competition has not officially begun between Jeff Locke and Chris Kluwe. That’s good news for Kluwe because I don’t think he’s mentally ready yet. Just the impression I get from the…Read More

Let Us Please Waste No More Time Talking About Joe Webb

It has happened again. Joe Webb has somehow become a topic of conversation in Viking Nation. It’s the usual stuff. The Vikings are going to try Joe Webb at receiver…again. They have plenty…Read More

Should We Be Concerned About Christian Ponder’s Arm?

You probably already read about the scary incident this offseason for Christian Ponder. There is a full account of the situation over on 1500 ESPN but I will briefly summarize. The incident involved Ponder’s…Read More

Greg Childs is Running, Doing Receiver Drills

Will Greg Childs ever contribute to the Vikings’ cause? Who knows. After last year’s training camp double knee blow-out his career is still very much up in the air. But Childs does seem very…Read More

Vikings Announce Full List of UDFA Signings

Rookie camp starts on Thursday and this is the list of the 16 guys who will be coming in to get physicals and sign UDFA deals. Of course there are additional guys being brought in for try outs. Duron Carter,…Read More

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Chris Kluwe Was Told He Will Get Chance to Compete

It is not apparently a foregone conclusion that Chris Kluwe will soon be a former Viking. Even though…Read More

Cris Carter’s Son Duron is Not a Member of the Vikings. Yet.

Not sure how a thing like this gets confused but it did. Sunday afternoon amid the flurry of UFA signings…Read More

Is Brian Urlacher In the Picture for the Vikings?

The Vikings took steps to address their linebacker situation during this weekend’s draft…kind…Read More

Vikings Post-Draft Depth Chart

The draft was three days of pure craziness. Actually for the Vikings it was two days of craziness with…Read More

Vikings Draft DT Everett Dawkins in Seventh Round

Everett Dawkins of Florida State, congratulations. You are the final player taken by the Minnesota Vikings…Read More

Vikings Draft Offensive Guard Travis Bond in Seventh Round

The Vikings have picked themselves a very large guard. Some would say this guy is too large. How large…Read More

Vikings Draft Linebacker Michael Mauti in Seventh Round

Double-dip again? Why not? Earlier today the Vikings took Penn State linebacker Gerald Hodges. And in…Read More

Vikings Draft Guard Jeff Baca in Sixth Round

Trader Rick was up to his old tricks again, swapping picks around late in the draft. When the dust settled…Read More

Vikings Draft Punter Jeff Locke in 5th Round

Leave it to the Vikings to find drama in the drafting of a punter. Yes the Vikings took a punter. Jeff…Read More

Vikings Take Penn State Linebacker Gerald Hodges in 4th Round

Everyone figured the Vikings would address their linebacker need at some point in the draft. I’m…Read More

Draft First Round Rewind: Why Did the Vikings Not Take Manti Te’o?

We might as well address this thing head-on and not make any bones about it. A lot of people including…Read More

Draft First Round Rewind: Did The Vikings Give Up Too Much For Cordarrelle Patterson?

A lot of crazy stuff happened in the first round of the draft. There were a bunch of trades and a bunch…Read More

Vikings Draft First Round Rewind: Was Sharrif Floyd Really a Steal?

Rick Spielman is getting a lot of pats on the back for this one. The narrative goes like this. Sharrif…Read More

FanSided Featured on National Football Post Mock Draft Analysis

All us FanSided football editors were asked to participate in a mock draft. The results of said draft…Read More

Ian Rapoport: Vikings Will Trade Ahead of Bears to Draft Manti Te’o

  Ian Rapoport has given us this to chew on as we wait for the draft to begin: The #Vikings and…Read More