http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/teams/minnesota_vikings/54 Recent articles about Minnesota Vikings en-us The case of two massage therapist who sued former NFL quarterback Brett Favre over racy text messages has been settled – with little detail. The women’s lawyer, David Jaroslawicz wouldn’t comment Friday on the terms of the [...] Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:26 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/brett_favre_racy_text_message_case_settled/13689287 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/brett_favre_racy_text_message_case_settled/13689287 Brett Favre racy text message case settled http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/brett_favre_racy_text_message_case_settled/13689287 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png In the last year of his contract, Jared Allen admits this may be his last year in Minnesota (Credit: ESPN.com) With news coming out earlier this week that the Minnesota Vikings and Jared Allen have not spoken about a new contract, it looks as though Allen’s days in Minnesota are numbered. With Allen’s future unknown, he has been speaking to the media about his future. Allen spoke to Dan Wiederer of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and says he has absolutely no idea where he will end up playing in 2014. Allen admitted that he believes this may be the last year for him in Minnesota, which is not the best case scenario for him. “Best-case scenario would have been that we would have never gotten to this point. Best-case scenario would have been the organization would have gotten something done a few years back,” Allen said. “Well ya know what? That’s not the case. And I understand it. … I’m just happy I’m in a spot where both sides are honoring the contract.” At 31 years old, this may be the fi Fri, 24 May 2013 14:40:36 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/jared_allen_has_absolutely_no_idea_if_hell_stay_with_the_vikings/13688195 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/jared_allen_has_absolutely_no_idea_if_hell_stay_with_the_vikings/13688195 Jared Allen has “absolutely no idea” if he’ll stay with the Vikings http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/jared_allen_has_absolutely_no_idea_if_hell_stay_with_the_vikings/13688195 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/2/b26c989d2b67bbc50fc177666e68c524f82745ee/mini/6689588.jpg Have you ever wanted a Vikings themed party bus? Well then this is your lucky weekend, as some random bro on Craigslist is looking to sell his purple short bus in a moving sale.  Think of how cool you'd look driving up to the new stadium in what is being marketed as a "Vikings Short Bus" - YES, a short bus! - that is a refurbished 1993 Bluebird. It only has 100,000 miles on it, but DOES come equipped with a keg-a-rator built in. SWEET! All of this for only $7,950.00 or best offer.  But that's not all! This amazing Craigslist listing also has older Vikings jerseys on sale, too. Specifics of the jerseys aren't listed, but it does appear in the photo above that there is a collection of Vikings away jerseys hanging together in the back. They do all appear to be the crappy jersey design from the 2006-2012 season, so that can't be worth very much. But hey, I bet you could get a packaged deal between all the jerseys and the Short Bus if you real... Fri, 24 May 2013 10:58:43 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/you_can_buy_this_vikings_short_bus_this_weekend/13686389 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/you_can_buy_this_vikings_short_bus_this_weekend/13686389 You Can Buy This Vikings Short Bus This Weekend http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/you_can_buy_this_vikings_short_bus_this_weekend/13686389 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png As Vikings defensive end Jared Allen enters the final year of his current contract, he admits that he has no idea where he’ll be playing next year. “I pray about it,” Allen said, per the Star Tribune. “I talk to my wife. And we’ll end up going where the good Lord takes us. But I don’t know where that path is headed.” Allen turns 32 years-old next April.  He should have a few years left in him.  It will be interesting to see if the Vikings are willing to re-sign him. Need NFL Tickets? The post Jared Allen has no idea where he’ll be playing football in 2014 appeared first on Pro Football Zone. Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:05 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jared_allen_has_no_idea_where_hell_be_playing_football_in_2014/13683623 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jared_allen_has_no_idea_where_hell_be_playing_football_in_2014/13683623 Jared Allen has no idea where he’ll be playing football in 2014 http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/jared_allen_has_no_idea_where_hell_be_playing_football_in_2014/13683623 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/7/37b7dbd34764e1bf98d21386e63915e8078e55ab/mini/6872984.jpg EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. For the second straight week, a member of the Minnesota Vikings kicked off the weekly release of the NFL's Top 100 players. Defensive end Jared Allen fell precipitously to No. 60 in the annual rankings of the NFL Network's Top 100 list of players, as chosen by votes of players in the league. Ten players' names are released weekly leading up to the top 10. Linebacker Chad Greenway was named No. 70 on the list last week. For Allen, it's a drop from No. 13 last year, coming off his 22-sack season in 2011 when he was a half-sack shy of reaching Michael Strahan's single-season record. Dealing with injuries for much of last season, Allen played all 16 games and was slowed to 45 tackles and 12 sacks. He added one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Since being acquired in a 2008 trade with the Kansas City Chiefs, Allen has 74 sacks in five seasons with Minnesota and he leads the NFL since his rookie season with 117 sacks. He is second place in NFL history for most sack Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:11 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/allen_named_no_60_on_nfls_top_100_player_list/13683170 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/allen_named_no_60_on_nfls_top_100_player_list/13683170 Allen named No. 60 on NFL's Top 100 player list http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/allen_named_no_60_on_nfls_top_100_player_list/13683170 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/7/37b7dbd34764e1bf98d21386e63915e8078e55ab/mini/6872984.jpg EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. For the second straight week, a member of the Minnesota Vikings kicked off the weekly release of the NFL's Top 100 players. Defensive end Jared Allen fell precipitously to No. 60 in the annual rankings of the NFL Network's Top 100 list of players, as chosen by votes of players in the league. Ten players' names are released weekly leading up to the top 10. Linebacker Chad Greenway was named No. 70 on the list last week. For Allen, it's a drop from No. 13 last year, coming off his 22-sack season in 2011 when he was a half-sack shy of reaching Michael Strahan's single-season record. Dealing with injuries for much of last season, Allen played all 16 games and was slowed to 45 tackles and 12 sacks. He added one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Since being acquired in a 2008 trade with the Kansas City Chiefs, Allen has 74 sacks in five seasons with Minnesota and he leads the NFL since his rookie season with 117 sacks. He is second place in NFL history for most sack Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:11 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/allen_named_no_60_on_nfls_top_100_player_list/13683152 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/allen_named_no_60_on_nfls_top_100_player_list/13683152 Allen named No. 60 on NFL's Top 100 player list http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/allen_named_no_60_on_nfls_top_100_player_list/13683152 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/2/b26c989d2b67bbc50fc177666e68c524f82745ee/mini/6689588.jpg By most standards, the Minnesota Vikings did a pretty darned good job in the 2013 NFL Draft, but one cylinder on the defensive side may have misfired.  Staring any number of needed linebackers in the face during the final stages of Round One, the Vikings managed to move back up into that late first round gold mine and select……a wide receiver.  The long term upside for the selection of Cordarelle Patterson is still under review, for his immediate impact on this 2013 team appears to be limited, while the selection of a quality linebacker would have had the immediate and significant impact that the picks of DT Sharif Floyd and CB Xavier Rhodes will have.  As it stands right now, there is a gaping hole in the linebacker corps and some questions remain about that unit as well as the receiving group, most created by Patterson’s selection... Read more Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:28 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/minnesota_vikings_have_trouble_spots_looming/13680794 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/minnesota_vikings_have_trouble_spots_looming/13680794 Minnesota Vikings have trouble spots looming? http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/minnesota_vikings_have_trouble_spots_looming/13680794 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png If that headline doesn't work for the internet, then nothing will. What you see above is a picture from a video from Vikings players proving that the Harlem Shake phenomenon isn't QUIET dead yet. Unfortunately. It also proves that Harlem Shake videos are only enjoyable when they are shorter in length, and when they involve shirtless NFL players doing them. I also can't embed the video directly for you here because WHAT THE HELL HTML AND YFROG!! But go watch it anyway. Frankly, the only way this could have been any better is if former Vikings and locker room hero Visanthe Shiancoe showed up for a cameo spinning everything like a helicopter.  I do need help identifying everyone though so we can get them into the Shirtless Vikings gallery, and continue to build our library of chestiness. I'm pretty sure I see Andrew Sandejo wearing a bucket on his head. Harrison Smith also is there (what other white guys do we have?) being Dirty Harry. I can't tell who... Thu, 23 May 2013 10:17:43 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/red_alert_shirtless_vikings_do_harlem_shake_video/13678301 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/red_alert_shirtless_vikings_do_harlem_shake_video/13678301 RED ALERT: Shirtless Vikings Do Harlem Shake Video http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/red_alert_shirtless_vikings_do_harlem_shake_video/13678301 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Minnesota Viking defensive end Jared Allen said no one from the team’s front office has approached him about restructuring his contract. However, if that were to happen, it better not be a pay cut because Allen wants no part of that at all. The veteran is open to move some money around, but he isn’t going to take less money than what he signed for. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:23:13 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jared_allen_isnt_about_to_take_a_pay_cut_if_anybody_asked_me_to_take_a_pay_cut_id_be_through_the_first_door_out_of_there/13677734 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jared_allen_isnt_about_to_take_a_pay_cut_if_anybody_asked_me_to_take_a_pay_cut_id_be_through_the_first_door_out_of_there/13677734 Jared Allen isn’t about to take a pay cut: ‘if anybody asked me to take a pay cut, I'd be through the first door out of there’ http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/jared_allen_isnt_about_to_take_a_pay_cut_if_anybody_asked_me_to_take_a_pay_cut_id_be_through_the_first_door_out_of_there/13677734 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is in the last season of the contract he signed in 2008 and is due to earn $14.3 million this season, which could be his last in a Vikings uniform. The 31-year-old spoke to Dan Wiedere of The Star Tribune and confirmed that Minnesota hasn’t asked him to restructure Thu, 23 May 2013 09:09:11 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jared_allen_vikings_havent_talked_contract_one_iota/13677674 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jared_allen_vikings_havent_talked_contract_one_iota/13677674 Jared Allen: Vikings haven’t talked contract ‘one iota’ http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/jared_allen_vikings_havent_talked_contract_one_iota/13677674 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/d/ad3e4596a17abc97f9b57560faa38e006a20d68e/mini/6882422.jpg The Star Tribune caught up with Minnesota Vikings defense end Jared Allen and asked him if he was asked to renegotiate his contract this past offseason. “You use the word restructure and that to me makes it feel like they’d want me to take a pay cut,” replied Allen. “And if anybody asked me to take a pay cut, I’d be through the first door out of there. So no. We haven’t talked one iota. It is what it is. And we’re going to go about our business and play good ball and try to win a Super Bowl. And like I said the business stuff? We take care of that in the offseason. I have people to do that. That’s why I don’t get into it. You’re not going to hear it from me. I won’t complain. I go about my business.” I don’t think the Vikings could justify asking Allen to take a pay cut.  He’s been a monster throughout his career and has consistently put up impressive sack numbers even when he played injured.   Need NFL Tickets? The post Jared Allen says the Vikings haven’t asked him to re Wed, 22 May 2013 23:25:35 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/jared_allen_says_the_vikings_havent_asked_him_to_renegotiate_his_contract/13675964 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/jared_allen_says_the_vikings_havent_asked_him_to_renegotiate_his_contract/13675964 Jared Allen says the Vikings haven’t asked him to renegotiate his contract http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/jared_allen_says_the_vikings_havent_asked_him_to_renegotiate_his_contract/13675964 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/a/ea806e0d7b6fb7fb40c4668f03d72edf75b76f27/mini/6689658.jpg EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Apparently members of the Minnesota Vikings' secondary couldn't resist getting into the Harlem Shake craze, creating their own video of the dance that had become an internet sensation a few months ago. Of course, Minnesota's outspoken safety Jamarca Sanford is leading the way in this video, which appears to include safeties Harrison Smith, cornerback Bobby Felder safety Mistral Raymond and defensive tackle Fred Evans. With much of the team in town for voluntary workouts and organized team activities beginning next week, the Vikings are apparently already doing organized team activities. The song was created by Baauer and has become an internet meme with sports teams, members of the military and many others doing their own crazy versions of the dance. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:15 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/vikings_secondary_late_to_the_harlem_shake_party/13673902 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/vikings_secondary_late_to_the_harlem_shake_party/13673902 Vikings' secondary late to the 'Harlem Shake' party http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/vikings_secondary_late_to_the_harlem_shake_party/13673902 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png OK people, I'm not going to lie. This post is total corporate shill, but it's for a good cause. Namely, you may get free stuff out of it! And it's weird from my perspective, so we're totally rolling with it. Word around the burning Metrodome campfire is that Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder will be attending a grand re-opening of a Champs Sports location at the Mall of America this Thursday night, at 6PM. This Champs will also include a Nike Yardline area. He'll be around for an hour signing all sorts of stuff (presumably the new, sexy Vikings jersey!) and doing more Nike stuff. How knows? Maybe Samantha Ponder will even show up! That would be like an added bonus. But that's not all. Purple Jesus Diaries may also be able to secure one of these signed items so that we can turn it around and give it to one of our lucky, poor, weirdly dedicated readers. COOL! First, here's the requisite information: NIKE AND C... Wed, 22 May 2013 10:49:36 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/christian_ponder_to_sign_stuff_so_i_can_give_it_to_you/13670467 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/christian_ponder_to_sign_stuff_so_i_can_give_it_to_you/13670467 Christian Ponder to Sign Stuff So I Can Give It To You http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/christian_ponder_to_sign_stuff_so_i_can_give_it_to_you/13670467 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/8/7856476eb134ade5a0cc10ca53ab8a7ce1884157/mini/6855918.jpg EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Working out at the team's facilities, Minnesota Vikings receiver Greg Childs smiles widely, displaying a supreme confidence and looking nothing like a player in the midst of an intense rehab from a potentially career-ending injury. Childs has always had that swagger, that confidence in himself and his physical gifts. It's one reason that he never doubted he'd be back to play for Minnesota, even after suffering torn patellar tendons in both of his knees in training camp last season. Childs has been running for about three months. He says he can run routes, though he doesn't run through them full speed with his teammates yet. He's done some cutting on those two surgically-repaired knees, even jumping on the knees that have let him down too many times in his career. "I'm doing all the things I was doing before," Childs said earlier this month while working out during the team's offseason conditioning program. "I'm pretty much able to do all m Wed, 22 May 2013 01:41:39 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/confident_childs_creating_illusion_hell_be_back_in_purple/13668502 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/confident_childs_creating_illusion_hell_be_back_in_purple/13668502 Confident Childs creating illusion he'll be back in purple http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/confident_childs_creating_illusion_hell_be_back_in_purple/13668502 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Working out at the team's facilities, Minnesota Vikings receiver Greg Childs smiles widely, displaying a supreme confidence and looking nothing like a player in the midst of an intense rehab from a potentially career-ending injury. Childs has always had that swagger, that confidence in himself and his physical gifts. It's one reason that he never doubted he'd be back to play for Minnesota, even after suffering torn patellar tendons in both of his knees in training camp last season. Childs has been running for about three months. He says he can run routes, though he doesn't run through them full speed with his teammates yet. He's done some cutting on those two surgically-repaired knees, even jumping on the knees that have let him down too many times in his career. "I'm doing all the things I was doing before," Childs said earlier this month while working out during the team's offseason conditioning program. "I'm pretty much able to do all m Wed, 22 May 2013 01:41:39 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/confident_childs_creating_illusion_hell_be_back_in_purple/13668436 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/confident_childs_creating_illusion_hell_be_back_in_purple/13668436 Confident Childs creating illusion he'll be back in purple http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/confident_childs_creating_illusion_hell_be_back_in_purple/13668436 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. For the past several years, the Minnesota Vikings have entered seasons with a preferred set of cornerbacks they believed could help them negate the pass-happy offenses in the NFC North. Inevitably, injuries hit and poor performance left the secondary among the biggest weak spots for Minnesota. The injuries became a yearly issue with players like Cedric Griffin, Antoine Winfield and Chris Cook lost for large chunks of seasons. Griffin and Winfield are gone, and the Vikings believe, again, they are entering a season with set of corners able to withstand the matchups in the division. A big reason for optimism was the first-round draft selection of Xavier Rhodes, the tall corner from Florida State. At 6-foot-2, 217 pounds, Rhodes gives Minnesota another tall corner along with Chris Cook. Josh Robinson and A.J. Jefferson add depth, but Rhodes' talent has the Vikings thinking of versatility on defense. "We'd like to be able to (play more man-to-man coverage) at times and he'll Tue, 21 May 2013 10:20:01 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/vikings_will_rely_on_rhodes_to_slow_nfc_north_foes/13662262 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/vikings_will_rely_on_rhodes_to_slow_nfc_north_foes/13662262 Vikings will rely on Rhodes to slow NFC North foes http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/vikings_will_rely_on_rhodes_to_slow_nfc_north_foes/13662262 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. From the moment the Minnesota Vikings made perhaps the draft's biggest move by trading a bevy of picks to acquire Cordarrelle Patterson in the first round, they've talked about a "plan" for developing the talented, but raw receiver. Decision makers like general manager Rick Spielman and Leslie Frazier haven'tpubliclyspoken of details, instead offering generalizations about how they will handle Patterson, who played only one season of major college football at Tennessee. In conjunction with receivers coach George Stewart, they will have specific ideas on how to handle Patterson, because the playmaking ability is obvious on tape. One reason for the plan is Patterson's inexperience and his lack of refinement as an outside receiver. The other is the reported issues with his intelligence and ability to pick up NFL offenses and a reported lack of work ethic. Patterson has heard the reports. "People just want to go off of what they hear, that 'He don't want Mon, 20 May 2013 12:38:28 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/vikings_have_plan_to_get_rookie_patterson_involved/13655548 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/vikings_have_plan_to_get_rookie_patterson_involved/13655548 Vikings have plan to get rookie Patterson involved http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/vikings_have_plan_to_get_rookie_patterson_involved/13655548 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Somehow, I know quite a few Minnesota Viking fans. A common trait they all share is their displeasure — bordering on embarassment — in regard to Minnesota’s starting quarterback, Christian Ponder. “We’d be fine if we had a better quarterback” is a phrase I’ve heard more than once from more than one disgruntled fan. I must be honest and say that I haven’t spent a lot of time watching Ponder or the Vikings play over the past few years. One game I did watch was the Viking’s Week 17 win over Green Bay, a game that clinched a playoff berth for Minnesota. I then tuned in the following week to watch the Vikings lose to that very same Green Bay team by two touchdowns. There were only two notable differences between the first and second game: the location and Minnesota’s starting quarterback. Let’s be honest here. Homefield advantage is important, however, it is not worth a 17 point swing between two playoff teams. Yet that’s what happened last season when Minnesota won the first matchup with G Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:21 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/is_minnesotas_christian_ponder_the_rodney_dangerfield_of_nfl_quarterbacks/13655515 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/is_minnesotas_christian_ponder_the_rodney_dangerfield_of_nfl_quarterbacks/13655515 Is Minnesota’s Christian Ponder the Rodney Dangerfield of NFL Quarterbacks? http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/is_minnesotas_christian_ponder_the_rodney_dangerfield_of_nfl_quarterbacks/13655515 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/0/20053c1c33fe3360f0ce2f7dced11fa34d19a2d3/mini/6809668.jpg Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook knows what he’s going to tell rookie Xavier Rhodes when it comes to covering the number one receiver of opposing teams. “Just let me handle them,” Cook said on 1500 ESPN Radio. Cook wants to sign an extension with Minnesota as he goes into the final year of his rookie deal. “I’m looking forward to coming back if that’s in the cards, and I definitely would love to stay here,” Cook said. “It’s a contract year, but I’m not playing for a contract. I’m just playing for a good year and playing for this team.” Cook says they’ll be playing more press coverage this coming season. “I definitely know we’re going to play a lot more press coverage, because we have two big guys on the outside now,” Cook said. “Coach (Leslie) Frazier likes those type of guys on the outside. Everybody seems to like bigger guys on the outside now, and it’s because of the big receivers now.” With Antoine Winfield now gone, Cook will need to step up his play and stay Sun, 19 May 2013 19:21:42 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/vikings_chris_cook_says_hell_handle_opposing_number_one_receivers/13651342 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/vikings_chris_cook_says_hell_handle_opposing_number_one_receivers/13651342 Vikings’ Chris Cook says he’ll “handle” opposing number one receivers http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/vikings_chris_cook_says_hell_handle_opposing_number_one_receivers/13651342 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/2/920e43af24835491964fcc554bdcf8499269ddf6/mini/6911178.jpg While Christian Ponder may be the incumbent, the Minnesota Vikings quarterback who actually started a playoff game after the 2012 season is no longer in the picture at the position. According to The Associated Press, the Vikings are planning to convert former backup QB Joe Webb into a full-time receiver for the team. Webb completed 11 of 30 passes for 180 yards in that 24-10 wild-card loss to the Green Bay Packers, but it’s Webb’s skills as a wideout at Alabama-Birmingham that Minnesota is looking at. During his time in college, Webb served as a QB-WR hybrid, with the Vikings selecting him in the 6th round of the 2010 NFL draft largely because of his athleticism — many believed Webb was actually being drafted as a receiver. However, Minnesota signed Matt Cassel to be Ponder’s backup this offseason, leaving Webb without a role. Webb was informed of the team’s decision after the Vikings took Tennessee receiver Cordarrelle Patterson in last month’s draft. “Coach brought me in the offic... Thu, 16 May 2013 11:54:47 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/vikings_move_quarterback_joe_webb_to_full_time_receiver_in_wake_of_matt_cassel_signing/13630679 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/vikings_move_quarterback_joe_webb_to_full_time_receiver_in_wake_of_matt_cassel_signing/13630679 Vikings moving Joe Webb to WR http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/vikings_move_quarterback_joe_webb_to_full_time_receiver_in_wake_of_matt_cassel_signing/13630679 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/a/ba0bd5f1a81508e84064273f6079a20af3b57ff0/mini/webb.jpg