Much A-Poo About Nothing: Chad Greenway
Welcome to the offseason doldrums at Purple Jesus Diaries! To pass the time, we're introducing a new feature called "Much A-Poo About Nothing," which will chronicle a variety of Vikings players throughout history in comparison to bowel movements. What? Yes. Referencing the de facto Poop-tionary "What's Your Poo Telling You?" by Josh Richman and Anish...
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10 days ago
Vikings Chad Greenway makes Pro Bowl; It’s About Time
Finally in his 6th NFL season, Vikings LB Chad Greenway is going to the Pro Bowl. This is an honor that is long overdue to a man that once played 9 man football in Mount Vernon, SD (population 462). He has led the Vikings in tackles for the past 4 seasons, and set his personal best this year with 154 total tackles. He got snubbed last year when he recorded 144 tackles, 109 of them...
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January 09, 2012
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January 09, 2012
Vikings LB Greenway picked for Pro Bowl
Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has been picked for his first Pro Bowl.
Greenway, who had a personal-best 174 tackles this season, will replace the injured Lance Briggs of Chicago. The Vikings made the announcement Monday.
Greenway has led the Vikings in tackles for four straight seasons. The team said he has 104 solo and 70 assisted tackles this season.
Minnesota defensive...
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January 09, 2012
Greenway selected to first career Pro Bowl
Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has been selected to his first career Pro Bowl after finishing the season with a personal-best 174 tackles.
Im excited to be going to the Pro Bowl, representing the Vikings and to be there with Jared. I couldnt have done it without a lot of help and support from my teammates and coaches. Even though we didnt have the kind of season we wanted to as...
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January 09, 2012
Greenway named Community Man of the Year
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Chad Greenway has been selected as the Vikings 2011 Community Man of the Year.
Since being drafted in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft, Greenway has been an active member of the team's community outreach. He has volunteered his time with several local organizations, including: Memorial Blood Center, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Sanford Hospital...
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December 28, 2011
Heavily paid Greenway hopes to step up
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings coaches like to classify turnovers and big defensive plays as "splash" plays.
Minnesota has relied on linebacker Chad Greenway making many of those type ofplays in the past four seasons. Greenway had 5.5 sacks in 2008, the fourth-highest single-season total for a linebacker in Vikings history. The versatile linebacker also had eight fumble...
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November 12, 2011
Greenway Resigning Among Other Items Offers Yet Another Glimpse of Lack of Transparency on Stadium Issue
If you think that the Vikings' extension of Chad Greenway is primarily about winning football games and appeasing fan sentiment to retain the second best linebacker on the team, think again. Greenway's five-year, $40 million deal includes $20 million in guarantees. Prior to negotiating the extension with Greenway, the Vikings were on the hook for $10 million for Greenway...
Via Vikes Geek
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September 06, 2011
Chad Greenway extension is slowish
According to this report via Vikings Now the Vikings and Chad Greenway have not been making any progress on a new contract extension. Greenway is being paid handsomely this year, making $10.1 million due to the franchise tag. I find it interesting that negotiations are continuing and wonder if there will be a date where they postpone talks. … [visit site to read more]
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August 23, 2011
Do the Vikings Have a Problem With Chad Greenway Too?
Do we need to add Chad Greenway to the growing list of Viking players who are suffering from mild to severe cases of off-season discontent?
Don’t know. But there is something slightly mysterious going on with him.
Apparently, throughout this weekend’s minicamp, Greenway came out to stretch with the team, but instead of practicing, returned with other injured players...
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June 17, 2010
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