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TJ in the Housh Before all the Brett Favre to Minnesota hoopla began last spring, another big name free agent made a splash with a visit to the Vikings’ Eden Prairie digs amidst fanfare and pageantry. Granted there were no helicopters involved, but there’s only one Fa ...

While yesterday’s overall performance by the Minnesota Vikings wasn’t as glorious as fans had hoped for, emerging wide receiver Sydney Rice made his case to move into the lead dog spot on Minnesota’s depth chart. In fact, he became only the fourth Viking wide out in his ...

How often can a team claim a win when they never even take the field? Well, for Vikings fans who paid attention to the division rival Green Bay Packers this weekend, that’s exactly what happened. While it wasn’t the sort of “W” that adds up in that all important column, ...

Yesterday, the NFL Channel ran a very interesting stat comparison between Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin over the last few games. As much as Peterson has done for the Vikings, it was surprising to see that Harvin has actually done more recently. In Sunday’s game again ...

His eleventh year out of Ohio State was promising to be his best. Going in to the week six game against the Baltimore Ravens, Antoine Winfield had amassed 28 solo tackles, 4 passes defensed and 1 interception. While those numbers don’t seem astronomical, take into accou ...

With the best running back in the game, a hall of fame QB and a few great men, the Vikings are giving notice they’ll be unleashing an assault on the rest of the NFL. Eighteen seconds into Monday Night Football, Adrian Peterson showed why Mike Mayock and many other expe ...

It was bound to happen, and it did; The Minnesota Vikings are spilt in two between having Sage Rosenfels and Tarvaris Jackson as the starting quarterback for the Vikings. Guess where Brett Favre stands? Nowhere because even though the Viking fans welcome him, and the p ...

Well the hoopa earlier this week is Brett Favre changed his mind yet again to play football for the Minnesota Vikings which ironcially is the same division the Green Bay Packers are in. I'm not slamming the fact that Brett Favre will head to the NFL Hall of Fame when h ...

Unless you’ve been hiding in a sports information Black Hole, you know that Brett Favre is now a Viking. While the information is still rolling in, let’s take a few minutes to extrapolate on the facts that are already available. Brett Favre, like most veterans, has no ...

When Brett Favre was signed to play for the New York Jets for the 2008 season, sparkles were flying all over The Big Apple. The best QB statistically to ever play in the NFL was now with the Jets. The thing is that the 2008 Jets started off hot but were well known for ...

The Minnesota Vikings signed Lake Lillian native Jake Nordin on Sunday, three days after he was cut by the Detroit Lions, losing a roster slot battle with rookie 7th round pick Dan Gronkowski. The 6'3", 263* Nordin was originally signed by New England as an undraft ...

T-Jacked Up: An Open Letter to Jackson While watching last night’s game, it certainly appeared on the surface that Sage Rosenfels clearly has the edge to be the starter when the Vikings face the Browns on September 13th. Upon deeper inspection, however (thanks to the ...

With the Vikings opening their exhibition season Friday night at Indianapolis there are several interesting things to watch that will affect play once the regular season starts.. The first three games should be anything but dull to fans who are into the finer points of ...

Reports of inconsistent play and bizarre injuries are coming out of Mankato regarding the signal callers of the Minnesota Vikings. Journalists at the camp have made comments about Sage Rosenfels throwing lame ducks, they’ve watched Tarvaris Jackson injure himself not on ...

Imagine you’re the head coach of a storied franchise. In three short years, you’ve taken the team from ‘rebuilding’ to Division Champion. You have one of the best defenses in the game, arguably the best Running Back to come along since Barry Sanders, solid lines on both ...

So who will back up Antoine Winfield and Cedric Griffin? If Charles Gordon is healthy, he and 3rd round pick Asher Allen should be locks. That will leave one spot open for Marcus McCauley, Benny Sapp, Karl Paymah, and just maybe Marcus Walker to fight over. Derrick Robe ...

Who protests a win? The NFL ... at least according to the mainstream media. Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson dismissed a lawsuit brought by the NFL Players Association on behalf of Minnesota Vikings Pat and Kevin Williams, two New Orleans Saints players ...

When I normally get ready to write about Brett Favre, I call up a few coaches and personnel people around the NFL and listen about his declining skill set. After season three of his NFL Network reality program, "Will he or won't he?" kicked off this week, I decided to ...

Sage Rosenfels is about to become a starting quarterback in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings have been after the highly regarded Houston Texans backup for two years. Last year, trade talks broke down when Minnesota offered a third-round pick and Houston insisted on a sec ...

Sunday was yet another epic border battle between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers. Once again, as it always seems to when the two lock horns, the game came down to the final seconds. The Vikings were ultimately able to escape with a 28-27 win thanks to run ...