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Vikings Player Personnel Director George Paton Gets GM Interview

Dan Zinski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:53:36 +0000

Jeff Curry-US PRESSWIRE

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Rams on Monday will interview Vikings player personnel director George Paton for their GM job. Paton has worked under Rick Spielman since 2001, first in the Dolphins’ front office and then with the Vikes. The Rams will also interview Jets VP of college scouting Joey Clinkscales (awesome name) for the same job.

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Titans Claim Randy Moss

Dan Zinski — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:30:26 +0000

The Tennessee Titans have won the Randy Moss sweepstakes. The flightly receiver, who was cut by the Vikings Monday after just four games with the team, is expected to report to Tennessee just as fast as he can get there (hopefully he will show more urgency in getting to Tennessee than he did in running most of his routes with the Vikings).

A few pieces of advice for the Titans: 1) Submit all menus to Moss for approval before serving food. 2) Run all game management decisions – when to go for it on fourth down, stuff like that – by him before coming to a final determination. 3) Make sure you stock up on Pepto Bismol.

Seriously though, I hope Randy does well in Tennessee. I wanted it to work out for him in Minnesota but, that Moss-Brad Childress combination was just toxic. Jeff Fisher, being a coach who is respected by his players, will probably have an easier time with Moss than Chilly. Moss got one whiff of the tense, anti-Chilly atmosphere in the Vikings locker room and that was all she wrote.

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Collins Takes a Page Out of Gus's Playbook

Dan Zinski — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:14:32 +0000

Titans QB Kerry Collins has followed the example of our own (for now) Gus Frerotte by announcing that he will either start at quarterback for someone next season or he will shuffle off into the sunset. “I made my case known, that I’d like to be here and feel that I can be a part of several more good seasons. I have several good years left in me, I know that,” the 36-year-old Collins told the Tennessean. “I will pack up and go somewhere else. I don’t want to, but that’s the reality of this business. . . . I am a starter in this league and if nothing materializes that way I will retire.”

Collins can make a play like this because, had it not been for his leadership after Vince Young melted down, the Titans would have been dead in the water. Gus Frerotte’s situation with the Vikings is slightly different: Yes, Gus definitely gave the team a spark after replacing Tarvaris Jackson, and it can be argued that the Vikes would not have made any kind of playoff run had it not been for his efforts throughout the middle of the season. However, Gus did break down physically, and Jackson played well enough after returning to the line-up that it’s hard for Gus to argue he should absolutely be handed the starting job were he to return. In other words, Gus doesn’t have the kind of leverage with the Purple that Collins has with Tennessee. That’s why most observers believe the Vikes will be shopping for a new veteran to compete with T-Jack in camp. That veteran will probably not be Collins, who the Titans would be well-advised to hold onto, as the starter, unless they have designs on turning the ship over to the fragile Mr. Young (I’m sure Jeff Fisher has more sense than that).