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
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
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



