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The Depth of AP

Note:  Before I begin this post, I’d like to introduce myself.  My name is Luke Sims and I am the editor/Lead Writer for Black and Teal.  I grew up in Minnesota watching Packers and Vikings games…Read More

Vikings-Lions Wrap: Is the Face-Mask Non-Call Even Worth Discussing?

Blown calls make good talkers. This is one of the immutable laws of the sports gab universe, right up there with “Tim Tebow conversations will always end with someone calling someone else an a-hole.”…Read More

Cedric Griffin Not In Leslie Frazier’s Doghouse Despite Comments

It’s safe to say Cedric Griffin was not happy about being yanked from Sunday’s game. After watching Cedric fail to execute proper Cover-2 technique on Titus Young’s 57-yard TD catch,…Read More

Christian Ponder Says Right Things After Getting Benched, Pouting

Part of being a professional quarterback and the leader of a team is answering tough questions. Christian Ponder had plenty of such questions to field after being benched Sunday for being too loose with…Read More

Vikings Vs. Lions: Five Questions With SideLion Report

Zac Snyder of SideLion Report helps us catch up with the Motor City Kitties… TVA: Ndamukong Suh is out for this week because of his suspension plus he has that weird car accident thing hanging over…Read More

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The Viking Age Visits With SideLion Report

The boys over at SideLion Report are getting their lockout football fix by doing a series of Q&A’s…Read More

Jared Allen With the Pick-Six Vs. Detroit (Video)

Your Viking highlight for the day:  Jared Allen picking off Shaun Hill and returning it for a touchdown. …Read More

Brett Favre Inactive

The last Brett Favre drama of the season (and, technically, the first of 2011) proved short-lived. …Read More

Vikings-Lions: Once More With Feeling

An incredibly exhausting, at times mind-numbingly frustrating season finally comes to an end today in…Read More

Five Questions for Side Lion Report

Our last five questions segment of 2010 features Zac Snyder of SideLion Report.  We begin the Q&A…Read More

The New Lions Look a Lot Like the Old Lions

Things were supposed to have changed this year for the Detroit Lions, but the team I saw yesterday looked…Read More

Vikings Face a Must-Win Situation Vs. Detroit

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say the season is on the line for the Vikings this…Read More

Vikings Fans Know, Shaun Hill is No Pushover

When Matthew Stafford went down in Week 1 with a shoulder injury, it was perceived by many as a death-blow…Read More

All-NFC North Defense

Yesterday I revealed the offensive squad the NFC North will feature in the big FanSided Network Division…Read More

Ndamukong Suh Wants to Sack Brett Favre

It wasn’t trash-talk when Lions #2 overall draft pick Ndamukong Suh named a certain (not-yet-confirmed-for-2010)…Read More

Vikings Trade 30th Overall Pick to Detroit

Hours of anticipation led to something of an anti-climax, when the Vikings traded the 30th overall pick…Read More

Ochocinco Threatens to Blow Vikings' Horn on Sunday

The ever-entertaining Chad Ochocinco has come up with a new bit:  tipping off ESPN’s Adam Schefter…Read More

Week 12: Bears @ Vikings – Hello, Stranger

Even with all the crazy stuff that’s happened so far this season, there’s still one thing…Read More

Week 11: Seahawks @ Vikings – Another Potential Trap

The #1 knock against the Vikings, for people who wish to debunk the notion that they are among the elite…Read More

10 Points: Lions @ Vikings

10 points on the Vikings’ somewhat mistake-ridden victory over the Lions… 1.  The Vikings…Read More