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Vikings K Blair Walsh Confident in Abilities, Despite Average Senior Season
Earlier this month, the Minnesota Vikings released long-time kicker Ryan Longwell. The move all but guaranteed new rookie kicker Blair Walsh the starting job for the purple and gold in 2012.
Walsh recently sat down for an interview, and made a few comments on his new job and on what he will bring to the table for the Vikings:
“Ryan (Longwell) is a great kicker. I grew up watching...
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Vikings stadium plan gets past major hurdle
One of the final hurdles in starting construction a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings was cleared on Thursday when the Minneapolis City Council voted 7-6 to approve a plan that would fund the facility using redirected sales taxes, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The Council still has to ratify the decision on Friday. Thursday's vote was a victory for Mayor R...
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Vikings' RB Gerhart ready if called upon
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The familiar refrain coming from Minnesota Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier and general manager Rick Spielman whenever discussion inevitably comes to the running back position and rehabbing Adrian Peterson has always been, "We have confidence in Toby."
Toby Gerhart, who seemed like a luxury pick two years ago, has been Minnesota's security blanket...
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Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Christian Ponder Reaches Out To Quarterback Recruit Kohl Stewart On Behalf Of CAA
Kohl Stewart was just your average high school recruit until Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder texted him. Stewart was so excited about the text that he uploaded it to Twitter. Unfortunately for him, it might cause him a lot of trouble.
Ponder said he was texting Kohl Stewart on behalf of the CAA. The CAA is also known as the Creative Arts Agency, which is a grouping...
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Vikings sign fourth-round pick Ellison
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings signed their other fourth-round pick, Rhett Ellison, on Wednesday leaving just the team's top three selections unsigned.
Ellison, a fullbacktight end out of Southern California, is the seventh of the team's 10 draft picks to agree to terms, officially signing a day after Minnesota signed fourth-round receivers Jarius Wright and...
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Vikings sign 4th-round draft pick Rhett Ellison
The Minnesota Vikings have signed tight end Rhett Ellison and now have seven of their 10 draft picks under contract.
The Vikings announced the deal Wednesday. Ellison was one of the team's three fourth-round selections. He was chosen 128th overall out of USC and could eventually take the place of longtime battering ram Jim Kleinsasser, who retired after last season.
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Vikings get contracts done for 6 of 10 draft picks
The Minnesota Vikings have six of their 10 draft picks under contract.
The team announced Tuesday that wide receiver Jarius Wright, wide receiver Greg Childs, safety Robert Blanton, kicker Blair Walsh, linebacker Audie Cole and defensive tackle Trevor Guyton signed their rookie deals. Wright and Childs were taken in the fourth round. Blanton went in the fifth round, Walsh in the...
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Video: Adrian Peterson On Track for Start of 2012 Season
If the video of Minnesota Vikings star RB Adrian Peterson‘s rehab workout is any indication, it looks like he’s going to be back and ready to play the 2012-13 NFL season and he’ll be in tip-top shape. Josina Anderson of ESPN had a chance to sit down with Peterson at his rehab facility and Peterson said that he’s currently on schedule to be back for the start...
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Vikings sign six of 10 2012 draft selections
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. One week away from their first organized team activities of the offseason, the Minnesota Vikings are starting to get their 2012 draft picks signed.
Minnesota signed six of its 10 picks from April's draft on Tuesday, coming to terms with fourth-round receivers Jarius Wright and Greg Childs, fifth-round defensive back Robert Blanton, sixth-round kicker Blair...
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Historical look at Vikings’ drafted QBs
Christian Ponder is only the fifth quarterback drafted by the Vikings to enter a season as the starter. The others have had mixed results, but Ponder has more starting experience than all but one of them when they were getting their first shot to begin a season as the starter.
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Point/Counterpoint: Is President Obama a Better Quarterback than Christian Ponder?
Welcome to Purple Jesus Diaries' Point/Counterpoint, where we interview two experts on a hotly contested topic of interest for Minnesota Vikings fans. This week, we talked with two Vikings fans who hold radically different political opinions on whether or not President Obama is a better potential quarterback than current starter Christian Ponder.The results may surprise you...
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Greg Childs: "I Will Be Onterrio Smith."
That seems a bit off-putting to say, right? "Remember that Onterrio Smith? I am going to be just like him for the Vikings. I'm going to give you half of one good season and then become involved with a huge plastic ****, a failed drug test, and an infamous product called the Whizzinator before going to play football in Canada where no one will ever hear from me again. Who...
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Packers plan to retire Brett Favre’s number
Brett Favre may be long gone from the Packers, and football in general (we think), but an ugly, high-profile parting of ways is not going to prevent his name from being etched forever into Green Bay lore.
On Thursday, Packers president Mark Murphy told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that the team is aiming to retire Favre's number within the next two years, when it is "...
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Josh Robinson Impressing Leslie Frazier at Vikings Rookie Minicamp
The Minnesota Vikings desperately needed to improve their secondary this off-season. They decided to use two of their first three draft picks on defensive backs, which instantly improved the unit.
Cornerback Josh Robinson was the second DB selected by the Vikings. Robinson of course is the fastest guy in the draft this year, running as low as a 4.29/40 at the combine.
With rookie...
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Best case scenario for the new-look Minnesota Vikings offense
The Minnesota Vikings finished in the bottom half of nearly all offensive statistical category in 2011, but their passing offense was especially bad – ranking 28th in the league (184.8 passing yards per game). The reason for this ranking? Well, that's a matter of opinion.
Some would point to the porous offensive line that allowed 49 sacks (fifth most in the NFL). Journeyman...
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