I just logged into ESPN, and the top headline to the right of their main story was that Tarvaris Jackson of the Minnesota Vikings has been benched in favor of Gus Frerotte for the remainder of the season. There are many things i have to say about this, but let's start here:You might as well leave   more...
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The Vikings go into camp with 80 men on their roster, and will have to trim that to 53 by the time the season starts.A The current position-by-position breakdown follows the jump (depth chart positions subject to debate in some cases; starters in italics):OffenseQuarterbackTarvaris JacksonGus   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/07/24/roste....

PropsThe season got off to a frustrating start for the Vikings in Lambeau Field Monday night.A The Purple fell to the Packers 24-19, their fifth straight loss to their bitter divisional rivals, and their first to new Packers QB Aaron Rodgers.A There is much to find fault with in the way the   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/09/09/packe....

The Vikings announced four cuts today and none of them are particularly exciting (unless you were really rooting for Derrick Pope to unseat Vinny Ciurciu).A The jettisoned players are:LB Derrick PopeOT Sean DumfordOT Brock PasteurWR Daniel DavisThis gives me a chance to post a revised roster plus
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/25/first....

The finalized 2008 53-man roster was just released on Vikings.com (in PDF format for some screwed up reason).A Here it is all sorted by position (don't say I don't work hard for you) followed by the final cut list:OffenseQuarterbackTarvaris JacksonGus FrerotteJohn David BootyRunning BackAdrian
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/30/53-ma....

Antoine Winfield is not only fine with lining up against the slot man, he actually welcomes the opportunity:I love the slot.A You get more action, the chance to make more plays. A lot of teams throw the ball to the slot receiver on third down, so there's just more opportunity out there. Vikings   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/07/28/winfi....

Brian Robison is facing the possibility of surgery to repair a funky vein in his left leg. As Robison explained it:It's been something that has been there for a while and it's just kind of flared up on me. I have a varicose vein on my left leg. It's something they are looking at and we went and   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/04/robis....