Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield just finished his 14th season in the NFL, but he has no plans on retirement just yet.
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January 06, 2013
Joe Webb's size and athletic ability tantalized former Minnesota Vikings' coach Brad Childress, the type of talent that can tease NFL coaches and is hard to give up on. Minnesota drafted Webb in the sixth round of the 2010 draft out of Alabama-Birmingham and had decided to turn the former college quarterback into a wide receiver.
The 6-foot-4 Webb is big, strong and fast...
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January 07, 2013
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Adrian Peterson has pushed through a full calendar year of intensive workouts and amazing games, putting together one of the most remarkable seasons ever by an NFL running back less than a year removed from major knee surgery.
Peterson has a chance to rest now after the Minnesota Vikings were ousted from the playoffs at least for a week.
Peterson, who came up...
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January 07, 2013
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is facing the first surgery of his NFL career this offseason, but he's in no hurry to go under the knife.
Allen, Minnesota's nine-year veteran, played all year with a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Allen is going to have surgery on the shoulder soon, but he's planning on waiting until after the Pro Bowl...
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January 07, 2013
Theres been a lot of talk in recent weeks that Vikings WR Percy Harvin could be moved during the offseason given that hes reportedly had multiple conflicts with head coach Leslie Frazier. Harvin is obviously looking for a long-term contract extension, considering that he will be entering the final year of his rookie deal next season.
Despite these issues, Frazier expects...
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January 06, 2013
After this past Saturday’s playoff loss to the Packers, Vikings defensive end Jared Allen confirmed he’ll undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum in one of his shoulders.“This is the first time I’m ever going underneath the knife,” he said. “I had my tonsils out when I was 5 but that’s it.”Allen still racked up 12 sacks while playing injured. He did a great job...
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January 08, 2013
Once again, Leslie Frazier's support of quarterback Christian Ponder was unwavering.
"He's our starter," the Vikings head coach said today during his final press conference of the 2013 season.
As for the team's plans for No. 2 QB Joe Webb and No. 3 QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson, well, the support from the top of the Purple coaching tree was polite, but far...
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January 08, 2013
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Adrian Petersons willingness to make a difference knows no bounds.
The Minnesota Vikings superstar running back did everything he could to lead the team into the playoffs. Monday evening, he was making a difference in another way by calling a cancer-stricken New York teen following a Twitter campaign by the teens friends.
According to a report in the Rochester...
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier endorsed Christian Ponder as the team’s starter in 2013, reiterating the confidence Ponder expressed in himself one day earlier.
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January 06, 2013
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Packers were confident they were going to stop Adrian Peterson in Saturday's playoff rematch with the Minnesota Vikings. Based on the results of the two regular-season games against the NFL's best running back, that seemed like a long shot.
But, with improved tackling and better gap control, the Packers held Peterson who had 409 rushing yards combined...
The Packers prepped all week for the wrong quarterback – not that they knew. With Christian Ponder a late scratch, Joe Webb gave the Vikings little chance of leading an upset in the first round of the playoffs.
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January 08, 2013
The Green Bay Packers knew Lambeau Field would treat them well.And the Minnesota Vikings probably had a feeling that playing the Packers for the second time in two weeks would be tougher to win than the previous week's win in Minneapolis.Beating a team in the NFL two weeks in a row is difficult. Beating a division team two weeks in a row is even tougher.Beating a division team...
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January 07, 2013
27-year-old Arena Football League player Chandler Williams died Saturday while playing in a flag football tournament in South Florida. (Williams was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 and had...
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January 06, 2013
The NFL Wildcard game at Lambeau Field last evening between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings unfolded a bit differently than expected. The outcome was the same: a victory, as most had predicted, including yours truly, by a final score of 24-10. But how it all played out was...different.Ponder out, Webb inFirst, and to the surprise of many, ViQueens QB Christian Ponder...
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