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After Joe Webb’s dismal showing in their playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings clearly needed to add a more suitable backup quarterback behind starter Christian Ponder, who missed the game with an arm injury. Multiple veterans were considered possible options, and the team signed Matt Cassel to a two-year deal after he was released [...]
The Minnesota Vikings have been in the market for linebackers virtually all offseason, with rumors surrounding their possible interest in Brian Urlacher right up until he announced his retirement. They did use two draft picks in April on the position, taking Penn State linebackers Gerald Hodges (4th round-120th overall) and Michael Mauti (7th round-213th overall), but [...]
For the past two seasons, wide receiver Stephen Burton has been an afterthought for the Minnesota Vikings. Despite shining during OTAs and showing some promise as a seventh-round pick, the West Texas A&M product hasn’t quite lived up to his billing as a sleeper. Heading into his third season in the NFL, Burton is facing [...]
Rhett Ellison is going to be a very intriguing member of the Minnesota Vikings to follow in 2013. Coming into his second year in the NFL, Ellison will be competing for more playing time this summer. Right now he’s the backup fullback, and the third-string tight end, but that could change before the end of 2013. [...]
Jamarca Sanford had been a solid special teams contributor for the Minnesota Vikings through his first three seasons, but the fact he started 15 games in 2011 had more to do with the team’s sad situation at safety then his own good play. 2012 looked like a potential make-or-break season for the former seventh-round pick, [...]
Fans never like to see headlines with key players and surgery mentioned at the same time, but that’s unfortunately the reality for Minnesota Vikings‘ fans and Chad Greenway. The Pro Bowl linebacker underwent arthroscopic knee surgery this past Wednesday, to help alleviate joint pain in one of his knees. It wasn’t disclosed which knee Greenway had the [...]
The Minnesota Vikings made a notable change at kicker prior to the 2012 season, releasing veteran Ryan Longwell and going with sixth-round pick Blair Walsh in his place. Walsh was surely expected to be superior to Longwell on kickoffs, and if he could turn things around after a tough senior season at Georgia (21-for-35 on field [...]
From time to time you will hear of athletes turning down more lucrative contracts or taking pay cuts to create a better situation, if not for themselves, but for their teammates even. Well, free agent wide receiver Mike Wallace falls directly into that boat. According to a report, Wallace turned down a $76 million contract [...]
Terrell Owens isn’t good for much anymore, except a good laugh. This guy just won’t go away. He still thinks he’s going to play in the NFL again, but it’s just not going to happen. As if character issues weren’t enough, now he’s old. There’s not a real strong market for idiotic washed up receivers, but [...]
