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Wake Forest CB Smith to Visit Vikings
March 27, 2009 by
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The Vikings will be talking to CB Alphonso Smith, along of course with a bunch of other teams. The defensive secondary is another position that the Vikings will look to upgrade through the draft, and Smith is a player the Vikings have their eyes on. PFT reports on the CB talking to a [...]
Vikings to Keep FB Tahi After Matching Offer Sheet
March 27, 2009 by
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The St.Paul Pioneer reports that the Vikings have matched the offer sheet for FB Naufahu Tahi. Here is the report:
The Vikings have decided to match the $1.4 million offer sheet fullback Naufahu Tahi received from Cincinnati, keeping Tahi in Minnesota. Tahi took over the lead fullback...
Couple of College Prospects Set to Visit Vikings
March 26, 2009 by
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I will continue to make an effort to keep an ongoing list of all draft prospects that the Vikings arrange for a visit. The list grew today and now looks like this:
Eben Britton, OT, Arizona
Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland
Phil Loadholt, OT, Oklahoma
Vikings.com Needs To Be Careful
March 25, 2009 by
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My experience with Vikings.com is that it is a site full of fluffy P.R. stories and has too many graphics and videos and tabs and flash menus and tons of other crap to ever load correctly or quickly. It
Childress Talks A Lot
March 25, 2009 by
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Chip Scoggins of Access Vikings has posted some transcripts of comments made by Brad Childress on Wednesday. The entire story can be seen here and here are a few highlights:
* There will be a legitimate competition between Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels during training camp...
Cutler Opportunity Already Came And Went
March 25, 2009 by
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Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports has a very interesting article in which a source tells him that the Vikings, not the Bucs, were the first team to make an offer to require Jay Cutler.
A source told Robinson that the Vikings were indeed the first team to inquire about Cutler, and...
McDaniel’s Antics: Olive Branch or Nail In The Coffin?
March 25, 2009 by
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While it may not have been as shocking as Mike Singletary dropping his trousers, Josh McDaniels turned to some odd antics during his interview at league meetings. According to denverpost.com coaches were asked to wear throwback jerseys for their respective teams for a photo shoot...
A Rule For Jared?
March 25, 2009 by
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I read on scout.com that the NFL has found it necessary to clarify a rule which spurned a great deal of debate last season. The rule in question centers around defensive players lunging at the ball carrier from the ground.
This point (click links to see video examples) is best illustrated...
Approaching The Draft: Guards and Centers
March 24, 2009 by
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I decided to put these two positions into one category because, well, that
Vikings Update League On Stadium Efforts
March 24, 2009 by
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I haven’t been a Minnesota resident for quite some time now, so you will seldom hear me chime in on the Vikings stadium debate. I feel that it is an important issue in which Minnesotans will eventually have to decide how to spend their tax monies, and that non-residents should...
Vikings Get Zilch In Compensation
March 24, 2009 by
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The league handed out compensatory draft picks today according to PFT and the Vikings didn’t receive any. The compensatory draft picks are given to teams to make up for free agents lost during the previous offseason. The formula used is actually one of the best kept secrets in...
Vikings Get Snubbed During Opening Weekend And Thanksgiving
March 24, 2009 by
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Last year the Vikings got to play the hated Packers on Monday Night Football to close out the season
Cook Claims Ten Teams Call on Cutler
March 22, 2009 by
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According to multiple reports ten teams Jay Cutler’s agent, Bus Cook, claims ten teams have called the Broncos interested in trade scenarios. There were even recent rumors of a three-way trade involving Cutler, Matt Cassell, and Jason Campbell. Currently, it is thought that a...
The Visit List
March 22, 2009 by
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I am going to attempt to keep an ongoing list of draft prospects that will be visiting the Vikings prior to the draft. The Vikings are allowed to bring in around 30 players for these pre-draft interviews, but out of gamesmanship (or some crap like that) the Vikings are not an organization...
Approaching The Draft: Wide Outs
March 22, 2009 by
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CURRENT STATUS: The Vikings would obviously like to make an upgrade to their starting wide outs. Bernard Berrian has been a success since signing with the club last year. Sidney Rice has been plagued by injury and inconsistency. Bobby Wade seems to understand his routes better than...
Approaching The Draft: Running Backs
March 21, 2009 by
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CURRENT STATUS: The Vikings only have two running backs currently on the roster. However, since those two players are Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor, nobody is too worried about it. Maurice Hicks was released a while back, so there is room for the Vikings to bring in another back. It is [...]
Peterson Story A Lie
March 21, 2009 by
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Yesterday we reported that Adrian Peterson and three unknown players gave Northern Iowa $150,000 to help save their football program. The source of that story was NIACC assistant coach Kevin Griffith
Griffin Gets A Vote Of Confidence
March 21, 2009 by
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Vikings cornerback Cedric Griffin was rewarded for his improved play at the end of the 2008 season. While details are not yet known, Griffin received a contract extension today. Brad Childress said,
Approaching The Draft: Quarterbacks
March 20, 2009 by
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My hope is that between now and the draft I will go through the Vikings roster position-by-position and give some insight as to what the Vikings could/should/might be doing on draft day. I
Reason Number 109,701 We Love Adrian
March 20, 2009 by
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CFT reports that Adrian Peterson and three other presently unknown players have helped to save a junior college football program in Northern Iowa. Due to financial concerns, the program was about to be cut after about 65 years of tradition. Peterson and friends came together to donate...
Tendered Tahi Gets Offer
March 20, 2009 by
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Vikings restricted free agent fullback, Naufahu Tahi, received a tender from the Vikings in the amount of $1.01 million. That offer was out-done significantly by the Bengals as they offered Tahi $1.4 million. Because of the tender placed on Tahi, the Vikings have the right to match...
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