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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 he dealt with the death of his older brother.  Showing a tad more compassion than he did to Troy…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 offense efficiently and finish off drives with points, avoid turnovers and other mistakes, play…Read More

What This Team Needs…

What do the Vikings need worse than anything else?  Well, yes, a win.  But more than that, the Vikings need a good, solid, convincing win.  Yes it was nice to get the victory against New Orleans, but…Read More

A Conversation With Matt Birk

Believe it or not, this dopey blog actually scored an interview with a player.  And not just any player either.  We got an interview with Matt Birk.  Yes, the same Matt Birk who has been playing center…Read More

Mutiny?

A lot of people are shocked at the suddenness with which Brad Childress reversed course on Tarvaris Jackson.  Among them is Pioneer-Press columnist Tom Powers, who has suggested three possible things…Read More

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Captains Named

The Vikings have begun a new tradition by naming team captains for the season (yes they get to wear the…Read More

The Rhythm is Gonna Get You

The Vikings offense didn’t look like much of anything Saturday night against Pittsburgh, and Brad…Read More

Upshaw Dies; Birk Doesn't Call Him a Piece of Bleep

Raiders Hall-of-Famer and long-time NFLPA chief Gene Upshaw has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer…Read More

No Jared in River Falls

The Vikings are in River Falls, Wisconsin today to meet the Chiefs in their annual scrimmage. I was going…Read More

The Heck With Favre…I'll Take Rodgers

There are fairly firm arguments behind the Favre-to-Minnesota speculation.  One:  Favre is a West Coast…Read More

LeCharles Bentley to Displace Matt Birk?

Matt Birk‘s days in Minnesota may be more numbered than we thought…if we are to take seriously…Read More

Minicamp!

Vikings minicamp has begun.  Matt Birk reported as we all knew he would.  From here on in it’s…Read More

Matt Birk Skips OTAs; Chester Taylor Also a No-Show

OTAs began Monday for the Vikings, with the media access period to start on Tuesday (so there will be…Read More

Matt Birk Thinks Tarvaris Jackson is Ready

Matt Birk (who remains disgruntled about his contract situation as far as I know) appeared on KFAN’s…Read More

Purple Sixth Round: Center John Sullivan, WR Jaymar Johnson

The Vikings had two picks in the sixth round, and used them on center John Sullivan from Notre Dame,…Read More

Brad Childress Confirms – No Extension for Matt Birk

Matt Birk will not get a contract extension, Brad Childress confirmed today. Everyone suspected Matt…Read More

Matt Birk Skips Voluntary Off-Season Program; Contract Rumblings Begin

Matt Birk has decided not to participate in the Vikings‘ voluntary off-season conditioning program. …Read More

Gameday, Dec 23.

The Vikings take on the Redskins tonight at the Dome.  Don’t know what it’s doing in Minneapolis…Read More

7 Vikings on Pro Bowl Roster

Back in the day, you could always count on the Vikings sending multiple players to the Pro Bowl (mostly…Read More

Staying Alive

It wasn’t always pretty, but the Minnesota Vikings got the job done last night against their hated…Read More