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Training Camp Stock Report

Every few days The Viking Age will sift through all the various camp tweets and other blogs and articles by the Vikings‘ beat reporters to try and get a feel for where the new guys, and some of the…Read More

Training Camp Preview: Offensive Line

The five starting offensive line positions would appear to be set. Bryant McKinnie will line up at left tackle, even though there are plenty of people rooting for Phil Loadholt to shift over there.  Steve…Read More

Chester Pitts Says He Has Spoken to the Vikings

For the past seven months, Houston Texans guard Chester Pitts has been rehabbing the knee he injured last September against the Titans. When and if Pitts is able to return from the injury, which required…Read More

Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Ryan Cook Will Remain a Viking

Today the Vikings came to terms with three of their restricted free agents: o-lineman Ryan Cook, defensive tackle Fred Evans and safety Eric Frampton. Cook in particular became important when the Vikings…Read More

Free Agency Update: Artis Hicks Gone, Second Kicker on Radar, Old Cornerback

The Vikings are not making the good kind of waves so far in free agency.  As of now, the only news is the loss of top back-ups Chester Taylor and Artis Hicks, a report that the Vikes are mulling adding…Read More

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10 Points: Vikings Fall to Panthers in Controversial Fashion

This may seem a tad harsh, but trust me, it would’ve been harsher 12 hours ago.  I decided to…Read More

Injury Report Getting Alarmingly Long for Vikes

The talk earlier this week was about Kurt Warner possibly missing this Sunday’s game between the…Read More

Winfield Will Sit After All

During the week, Antoine Winfield gave every indication that he intended returning to the playing field…Read More

Viking Injury Report: AD, Winfield, Herrera

The Viking train is rolling so fast and hard right now, it seems that nothing can derail it. Except a…Read More

Artis Hicks Fined; Percy Back at Practice

Artis Hicks has been slapped with a $5000 fine for unnecessary roughness against Rams defensive tackle…Read More

7 Days of Draftsmas: Loadholt Not Being Handed the Starting Job

Phil Loadholt may indeed be a load, but that doesn’t mean he’s being handed the starting…Read More

7 Days of Draftsmas: Remembering 2006

The 2006 NFL draft marked the debut of Brad Childress and his new regime, who inherited from ousted coach…Read More

The Ins and Outs

Bernard Berrian missed a lot of practice this week with a bad ankle but will play this afternoon.  Cedric…Read More

Evans, Kennedy, Cook In

The inactives have come across for the Vikings.  Pat Williams is the major missing man, obviously. …Read More

Vikings 35, Cardinals 14

The frozen North has been living up to its name the last few days, but the Vikings have provided a welcome…Read More

Herrera May Miss Lions Game; Sullivan May Get First Career Start

Lost in all the Williams confusion has been Anthony Herrera‘s absence from practice this week while…Read More

Chilly Pulls the Trigger on Cook

It finally happened – Brad Childress got fed up with Ryan Cook‘s penalties and whiffs on…Read More

Vikings 12, Lions 10

Here was the plan as I conceived it in my brain:  Vikings come out strong against the Lions, run their…Read More

I'll Believe it When I See It

Bryant McKinnie has returned to the Vikings after serving a 4-game suspension for fighting with a bouncer…Read More

Adrian Questionable

The injury report lists Adrian Peterson as questionable for Sunday’s game vs. Carolina.  Peterson…Read More