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Who Makes a Better Rambo: Aaron Rodgers or Jared Allen?

Dan Zinski — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:27:09 +0000

photo credit: Maxim/Alpha Media Group

These are the kinds of questions that can divide nations and turn brother against brother. Who makes a more convincing John Rambo: Aaron Rodgers, who dressed up as the famed Sylvester Stallone character at a Halloween party, or Jared Allen who donned the Rambo duds for a Maxim profile?

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Vikings vs. Cardinals: Quick Preview

Dan Zinski — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:03:10 +0000

The slow train wreck that has been the Vikings’ 2011 season continues today at the Metrodome against the Arizona Cardinals. Hey guess what everybody? This is a team we should be able to beat. Remember when we thought that last week before the Kansas City game? And then what happened? That’s right, we didn’t beat them. But at least the offense looked a little better, right? What’s a little better than awful? Almost mediocre? Nearly adequate? Bordering on the acceptable? Maybe this week the Vikings will make that giant leap up to average.

If they can play average on offense and not crap themselves on defense, they should be able to beat the Cardinals, who are not exactly great themselves. The thing we have to worry about is Larry Fitzgerald getting off the same way Calvin Johnson did two weeks ago and Dwayne Bowe did last week. The big play is killing this defense. Every week it’s the same story: They hold up reasonably well for awhile and then bam, they get burned.

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Antoine Winfield May Still Play Sunday

Dan Zinski — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:42:57 +0000

For the last couple days we’ve been worrying about Antoine Winfield. The cornerback has missed practice all week with what is being described as a muscle strain in his neck and on Wednesday there was a report saying he’d been ruled out for Sunday’s game. Now the reports are a little less dire: Winfield still may not play Sunday but the Vikings say they’re monitoring the situation and there’s still a chance he could get out there. If Winfield can’t go it will be Chris Cook and Cedric Griffin in the base defense and Asher Allen as the nickelback.

Losing Winfield would be a significant blow to a Vikings defense that has struggled mightily at times in pass defense. This crew was absolutely torched in the second half two weeks ago against Detroit, then followed that up by making a previously inept Chiefs offense look positively competent. This week they will face Kevin Kolb and Larry Fitzgerald. After the games Calvin Johnson and Dwayne Bowe put up against the Vikes, Fitzgerald must be licking his chops.

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