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Matt Birk Just Misses Going to the Super Bowl. Again.

As a back-up center on the 1998 Vikings, Matt Birk had a front-row seat for Gary Anderson’s infamous field goal miss in the NFC title game, a miss that denied the Vikings a chance to make the Super…Read More

The Vikings Offensive Line is a Bleeping Mess

The general consensus after the first preseason game is that the Vikings‘ offensive line looks about as stout as a group of fourth graders attempting to protect their school from a 50-ft tsunami…Read More

Brett Favre Thinks Brad Childress is Clueless

To all the Vikings fans out there who think Brad Childress is a nincompoop who only has a job today because he lucked into Brett Favre:  You’re not alone. Evidently, Brett Favre himself agrees with…Read More

Update: Matt Birk Has Not Been Traded to the Steelers

Matt Birk spent his entire career with the Vikings until last year when he signed a free agent contract with the Baltimore Ravens. And now Birk is making his second move in as many years. According to…Read More

Ways to Make the Vikings Better: Upgrade the Offensive Line

Laying out the top ways for the Vikings to improve themselves this off-season, so maybe next year, instead of making it to the brink of the Super Bowl, they can actually, you know, make the Super Bowl… So…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

10 Points: Vikings Stumble in Arizona

Lots to discuss this week, obviously… 1.  Everyone has their pet theory as to why the Vikings‘…Read More

Week 6: Ravens @ Vikings – Getting Tested

The storylines are pretty obvious going into Sunday afternoon’s Metrodome tilt with the Ravens: Matt…Read More

Don't Ask Pat Williams About Matt Birk

The Vikings have evidently been getting a lot of questions about their former teammate Matt Birk, who…Read More

Antoine Winfield Tries to Explain His Absence

Antoine Winfield has elected not to participate in any of this week’s OTAs, which would not be…Read More

Extending Cedric

Cedric Griffin has received a contract extension believed to be for four years.  The cornerback has…Read More

Birk's Gushing is Making Me Ill

Matt Birk is a Baltimore Raven – and he’s very, very happy about it.  And not shy about…Read More

Update: Matt Birk to Sign With Ravens

A bad off-season for the Vikings just got worse with the news, per Mike Florio‘s sources, that…Read More

Matt Birk Watch Begins

The Matt Birk Watch may not be as compelling as the T.J. Houshmandzadeh Watch, but given how thin the…Read More

Jason Brown Will Hit the Market

The man believed to be A-numero-uno on the Vikings‘ free agency wish list, Ravens center/guard…Read More

Free Agent Rumblings, Rumors and Regurgitations

The NFL‘s free agent signing period – the Christmas shopping season for football teams –…Read More

A 180 on Birk?

Various alleged insiders, including Adam Caplan, had me convinced that Matt Birk would not be returning…Read More

Adam Caplan Spreads Some Vikings Knowledge

Adam Caplan is a pretty well-respected NFL insider who has broken plenty of stories (I believe he knew…Read More

Falcons 24, Vikings 17

Let’s say you were the kind of person who got enjoyment out of deducing the winners of football…Read More

Six to Pro Bowl

The NFL just announced this year’s Pro Bowl rosters – a somewhat pointless exercise given…Read More