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      <title>Vikings will rely on Rhodes to slow NFC North foes </title>
      <description>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.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:20:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Look at This Awesome Old Vikings Sweater</title>
      <description>Look at this god damn thing. It's a work of art. The deep purple, the kingly gold, the horizontal stripes. It's like whatever grandmother knitted this reached deep into my wet dreams and retrieved this from the ether to display it so finely on a weird ass mannequin. Not that I'm complaining. While I'd love to wear it, I will also gladly ogle it like a picture of Jennifer Lawrence in a bikini, because dat ass.

	Or, in other words, dat sweater.


	I regret to inform you I have no other real information about this sweater. I found it from our Pinterest page (yes, we do have one, and it's only like 74% filled with gay stuff) and while the original link from that post is down, we were able to track this piece of boner material down again, with it likely being the one on a user's page called &quot;andyhaul.&quot; Looks similar, yes? I don't know if it's the same one or not, but it doesn't matter.

	This is apparently a Cliff Engle brand sweater,...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:18:07 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vikings have plan to get rookie Patterson involved</title>
      <description>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 &quot;plan&quot; 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.
&quot;People just want to go off of what they hear, that 'He don't want</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:38:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vikings have plan to get rookie Patterson involved</title>
      <description>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 &quot;plan&quot; 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.
&quot;People just want to go off of what they hear, that 'He don't want</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:38:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Is Minnesota&#8217;s Christian Ponder the Rodney Dangerfield of NFL Quarterbacks?</title>
      <description>Somehow, I know quite a few Minnesota Viking fans. A common trait they all share is their displeasure &#8212; bordering on embarassment &#8212; in regard to Minnesota&#8217;s starting quarterback, Christian Ponder. &#8220;We&#8217;d be fine if we had a better quarterback&#8221; is a phrase I&#8217;ve heard more than once from more than one disgruntled fan.
I must be honest and say that I haven&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;s starting quarterback.
Let&#8217;s be honest here. Homefield advantage is important, however, it is not worth a 17 point swing between two playoff teams. Yet that&#8217;s what happened last season when Minnesota won the first matchup with G</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The book on: WR Rodney Smith</title>
      <description>One of the Vikings&#8217; top undrafted signings, Rodney Smith has the measurables desired in NFL receivers. At Florida State, he was solid and unselfish but didn&#8217;t produce gaudy receiving numbers.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Break Out Review: Kyle Rudolph</title>
      <description>Over the course of the off-season we&#8217;ll be looking back at some of the major players who &#8216;broke out&#8217; or outperformed their ADP by a drastic amount in the hopes that we can get a feel for what their 2013 fantasy football season holds and whether the break out is here to stay.&#160; Today the review subject is Kyle Rudolph.

There were a lot of breakout Tight Ends in 2012 &#8211; Dennis Pitta and Heath Miller come to mind &#8211; but I don&#8217;t know if I will be covering all of them so I wanted to highlight a guy we talked about in pre-season as a 2012 fantasy sleeper in Kyle Rudolph.&#160; Kyle finished tied for second for touchdowns scored on the year among tight ends with Jimmy Graham and only 1 ahead of Heath.&#160; However, Kyle played the whole season unlike the other two so I&#8217;m going to say he really finished 4th.&#160; But outside of the touchdowns, there was still plenty to like about Rudolph&#8217;s season and also plenty to hate.&#160; With that let&#8217;s take a look back on his 2012 break out season and see how it holds u...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:15:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vikings&#8217; Chris Cook says he&#8217;ll &#8220;handle&#8221; opposing number one receivers</title>
      <description>Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook knows what he&#8217;s going to tell rookie Xavier Rhodes when it comes to covering the number one receiver of opposing teams. &#8220;Just let me handle them,&#8221; 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. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to coming back if that&#8217;s in the cards, and I definitely would love to stay here,&#8221; Cook said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a contract year, but I&#8217;m not playing for a contract. I&#8217;m just playing for a good year and playing for this team.&#8221; Cook says they&#8217;ll be playing more press coverage this coming season. &#8220;I definitely know we&#8217;re going to play a lot more press coverage, because we have two big guys on the outside now,&#8221; Cook said. &#8220;Coach (Leslie) Frazier likes those type of guys on the outside. Everybody seems to like bigger guys on the outside now, and it&#8217;s because of the big receivers now.&#8221; With Antoine Winfield now gone, Cook will need to step up his play and stay </description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:21:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vikings new stadium will have a self-cleaning roof</title>
      <description>The Minnesota Vikings&#160;vice president of public affairs/stadium development, Lester Bagley spoke with the St. Paul Pioneer Press and was asked how the roof on the new stadium will be cleaned since it will be clear.
The ETFE product is self-cleaning. It&#8217;s the largest clear roof in the world and the first on a stadium in the U.S. There are some in Europe.
He was then asked how it will clean bird droppings off.
With rain and moisture, this product is self-cleaning.
Bagley also confirmed that the roof is designed so snow will slide right off.
There&#8217;s a basin that catches the snow and prevents it from going down to the street. It slides off the roof into a gutter, essentially, and it breaks up from there. It will be very safe.
I really like how the stadium looks and the design sounds almost unreal.
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      <title>The Vikings Powerball Number is 7 </title>
      <description>With the Power Ball jackpot hitting upwards of $600 million, it seems like owner Zygi Wilf and the rest of the Vikings owners should buy some tickets to cover the rest of the cost of the Vikings awesomely designed new stadium.






There is no doubt that that Mr. Wilf will fill in the number 28 on those little lottery tickets to represent Adrian Peterson.



I&#8217;ll go out on a limb and say that 3 is the next number for kicker Blair Walsh for the great season he had last year.


I&#8217;m guessing Zyg would go 52 for Chad Greenway.



You would think that General Manager Rick Spielman would chime in with 42 for Jerome Felton who just signed a nice contract for a fullback in the offseason.



The executive committee might recommend 16 with the signing of backup quarterback Matt Cassell.



The wildcard number would be 32 for Toby Gerhardt.&#160;&#160;&#160;Peterson has goal of 2500 yards, but injuries do happen.



The way Powerball works, one only has so many options when cho...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Gov. Dayton backs cigarette tax for Vikings' stadium</title>
      <description>Do you live in Minnesota and smoke? You may be helping to fund the construction of the NFLs newest project, the Minnesota Vikings 977 million stadium.
The Star Tribune reported on Friday that Minnesota governor Mark Dayton introduced a new revenue proposal that would more than double the tax on cigarettes from 1.23 per pack to 2.83 per pack by July 1. The state is currently on the hook for 348 million of stadium costs and revenue from electronic gambling games, the original source intended to cover that tab, has come in far short of original projections.
Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans noted that raising the tax on cigarettes would bring in an added 24.5 million in the first year and would replenish the stadiums reserve fund and cover any current shortfalls. 
The plan, which would also close a corporate tax avoidance loophole, was accepted in principle by legislative leaders in charge of drafting the tax bill by Monday at midnight. However, it does have its detractors with Republican legislators attacking it</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vikings' Greenway named to NFL Network Top 100</title>
      <description>EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.  Playing in the Minnesota Vikings' 4-3 defense, outside linebacker Chad Greenway doesn't always get the same credit the pass-rushing outside linebackers in 3-4 systems receive.

Greenway clearly has earned a strong reputation though.

Greenway was named No. 70 in the NFL Network's Top 100 list of NFL players, as chosen by votes of players in the league. It's Greenway's first time on the list.

Minnesota's first-round pick in 2006, Greenway has led the Vikings in tackles each of the past five seasons and finished off his second Pro Bowl season in 2012 with 148 tackles, three sacks, two fumble recoveries, four pass deflections and an interception. He's finished third in the league in tackles for two straight seasons.

Greenway has started all but one game in the past six seasons since missing his rookie year with a knee injury. Greenway is one of the leaders on Minnesota's defense, and the Vikings locked him up to a new contract in 2011 through the 2015 season</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:28:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vikings moving Joe Webb to WR</title>
      <description>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&#8217;s Webb&#8217;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 &#8212; many believed Webb was actually being drafted as a receiver. However, Minnesota signed Matt Cassel to be Ponder&#8217;s backup this offseason, leaving Webb without a role. Webb was informed of the team&#8217;s decision after the Vikings took Tennessee receiver Cordarrelle Patterson in last month&#8217;s draft. &#8220;Coach brought me in the offic...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:54:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vikings' Joe Webb will be a full-time receiver this season</title>
      <description>Minnesota Vikings backup quarterback Joe Webb will be returning to the position that he was drafted as -&#160;wide receiver.  	The move was announced after the Vikings picked up former Patriots and Chiefs QB Matt Cassel, according to Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.  	&#8220;We had been talking about it for a while, and we made the decision that this was the way to go after we had our draft,&#8221; coach Leslie Frazier said.  	Webb looks to be a much busier man in 2013. He'll also contribute on special teams, the team said.  	&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be very interesting,&#8221; Webb said. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t played it since my rookie minicamp, but I think I can adjust to it pretty good.&#160; You just have to put in a lot of work.&#160; [Receivers coach George Stewart] will do a lot of that with me, so we&#8217;ll see what happens.&#8221;  	In college and the pros, Webb has caught 33 total passes for 480 yards and four touchdowns.</description>
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      <title>Vikings' Erin Henderson 'pissed' about lack of respect</title>
      <description>Minnesota Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson wants everyone to show him a little respect. &#8220;Coach told me all the time, &#8216;Play angry. You&#8217;re too nice sometimes. Play angry,&#8217;&#8221; Henderson told 1500ESPN.com by phone on Wednesday. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t been more pissed in &#8212; I couldn&#8217;t tell you. I don&#8217;t&#160;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:23:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>As a Vols fan, it was nice seeing a former player go in the first round of the NFL Draft after another abysmal year.However, that doesn't mean the pick will work out.When the Vikings took Cordarrelle Patterson 29th overall, it seemed like a good move until they revealed what was given up: a second, third, fourth and seventh round pick. &#160;That's basically the Vikings' entire draft!The Vikings selected Patterson because of his elite athleticism. That alone is worth the gamble, but he is also extremely raw and only played in D-1 football for one season.There are also concerns about Patterson's ability to learn a playbook and run the proper routes.While I expect him to have an impact in the return game immediately, you don't take a player in the first round with those intentions. I feel they could've waited until the second round to get him, but then again, I have no clue what goes on in those war rooms.Cordarrelle Patterson will bust in Minnesota because of these...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:15:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Damn! The Minnesota Vikings Fly Through Video of Their New Stadium is Badass</title>
      <description>Opening the roof over the new home of the Minnesota Vikings would have forced planners of the $975 million project to eliminate some of the fancy features. So the team, the public agency in charge of the stadium and the architects designing it literally saw the light. The yet-to-be-named multipurpose facility will have a translucent roof and moveable front windows. Bryan Trubey, the lead architect for the project for the Dallas-based HKS Sports and Entertainment Group, presented images to a crowd of fans, public officials and members of the Vikings organization Monday night. The event took place at the Guthrie Theater, a few blocks from where the stadium will be built in downtown Minneapolis. [Continue Reading]
My first reaction is: if this Stadium was going up in Southern California it&#8217;d be the most badass stadium ever built. It&#8217;s in Minnesota. Most of Football is played in the winter. Something just doesn&#8217;t add up here. With that said, the design looks unreal. These stadiums are i...</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Despite an earlier report that the Minnesota Vikings are interested in former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, it looks to be only a mere passing interest, and not a 'we're going after him' type of &#160;interest.

	The NFL Network's Ian Rapoport said Tuesday night that Minnesota is not currently interested in signing Urlacher and instead will focus on working with the talent they already have.

		From Total Access: #Vikings source on Urlacher report: Giving current players chance to compete at ILB &quot;barring unforeseen circumstances&quot;
	&#8212; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 15, 2013

	Curtis Crabtree of PFT writes: ' The most likely move for the Vikings will be to move Erin Henderson inside to middle linebacker. Minnesota is also expected to look at Audie Cole and Tyrone McKenzie as well as seventh-round draft pick Michael Mauti. If none of those options step up an take hold of the position, the Vikings could theoretically circle back to Urlacher if he&#8217;s still...</description>
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      <description>On Monday night, at a special event at a place most football fans have never stepped foot in before, the Minnesota Vikings took to the Wurtele Thrust Stage at the Guthrie Theater to unveil the design for their new stadium. Set to break ground in 2014, the new stadium is an engineering marvel, incorporating the world's largest ethylene tetrafluoroethylene roof, enormous pivoting glass doors out onto an expansive plaza, 1.6 million square feet of space, 65,000 seats expandable up to 73,000, and 125 suites with some offering the closest spectating location in all of the NFL. A true marvel.

	But what AREN'T the Vikings telling you about this new technological terror they've constructed? Purple Jesus Diaries, of course, has your answers.


	Lost amidst the flash and excitement of the stadium reveal were several little known facts about this new stadium that the Vikings failed to mention. Sure, the thing looks pretty, shiny with glass, and lots of neat seats and HD TVs a...</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:36:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>The Minnesota Vikings and HKS Sports &amp; Entertainment Group together unveiled the design of a new multi-purpose stadium on Monday in Minneapolis. The $975 million stadium design details will now be reviewed by the Minneapolis Stadium Implementation Committee and the City of Minneapolis.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:23:40 -0400</pubDate>
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