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While this inevitably will be a rebuilding year, a legitimate wild-card run could be in the equation for 2013.

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Although we won't know who did best in the draft for years to come, the selections did offer plenty to debate.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

As the Vikings stadium bill moves closer to becoming a done deal, the measure apparently is being caught in the gears of broader deal-making. Mike Kaszuba of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune explains that the stadium bill essentially has become a bargaining…

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With the legislative session in its final days, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP legislators dug in their heels over taxes and a bonding bill.

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The Vikings signed UCLA's Derrick Coleman, who reads lips and uses hearing aids to help him compete.

Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com

Dan Wiederer of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the Vikings have agreed to terms with 15 undrafted free agents. The Vikings used ten draft picks on Thursday through Saturday, so in all they’ve brought aboard 25 rookies in less than a week. Th…

Sean Newell, deadspin.com

Caleb King was an undrafted free agent last year from Georgia and spent most of the year on the Vikings practice squad. This weekend he was invited to a birthday party that apparently raged until 3:00 a.m., only to end with King allegedly beating a fell…

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 The Coon Rapids man allegedly attacked by a Vikings player suffered a fractured skull.

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Browns president said the team would have lost out on Richardson if it didn't make the trade.

Matt Loede, vikingsgab.com

Chase Baker, DT, Boise State Derrick Coleman, RB, UCLA Kevin Cyrille, DE, Florida Atlantic Nicholls State CB Bobby Felder Bowling Green WR Kamar Jorden Eric Latimore, DE, Penn State Tyler Nielsen, LB, Iowa Ernest Owusu, DE, Cal Corey Paredes, LB, Hawaii…

Randy Perrin, vikingsgab.com

After adding safety Harrison Smith late in round 1, the Vikings used their next pick on cornerback Josh Robinson. Robinson brings rare speed to the back end and that is something the Vikings have lacked for a long time. Many projected Robinson as a seco…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

More details have emerged regarding Saturday’s arrest of Vikings running back Caleb King.  And they’re as troubling as they are ludicrous. According to a statement from the Anoka County Sheriff, via Jeremy Fowler of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the al…