Minnesota Vikings News and Rumors
Wiederer: Frazier's message of pride gets through under Packer-heavy backdropLeslie Frazier's postgame remarks in Green Bay were heavy with appreciation for a Vikings team that embraced his style and message. |
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Leslie Frazier is the dignified face of an organization with plenty of room to grow. But the right QB is a vital element in that vision, too. |
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Leslie Frazier said he was encouraged by Joe Webb's first drive, but the backup QB couldn't keep it up. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Darrell Bevell could be returning to the NFC North. The second-year coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks, who previously spent five years with the Vikings and six with the Packers, has landed on the Bears’ radar screen. According to Sean Jensen of the Ch… |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com Like many teams of late, the Packers decided to cut off the sale of booze earlier than usual to combat drunken disorderliness during Saturday's wild card game against the Vikings. Knowing full well that beer sales would be cut off at the end of halftime… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Packers defense got an unexpected opponent on Saturday night when Joe Webb started at quarterback in place of the injured Christian Ponder. Webb’s running skills led the Vikings to run some read-option plays early in the game, something that they do… |
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Vikings' DE Allen set to have first career surgery |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Lee Valsvik was just doing her job. The reporter for the Minneapolis NBC affiliate was hyping up Saturday night's game between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers, and was showing off the rooftop at Union. Easy enough, right? But then her camera… |
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After a wild 24 hours of news, action and quarterback intrigue for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings, let's catch up on the Chicago Bears' coaching search as it enters its second week. What stands out is how wide the Bears' net is. ESPN's Adam… |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com Everyone in Minnesota was in a frenzy about the Vikings rematch with the rival Packers yesterday. So, local news stations, why not send your reporters to fancy-looking restaurants to see how football-crazy the town is? As Edward R. Murrow said, "On… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com There’s a sad note this morning in the world of football. Chandler Williams, a seventh-round pick of the Vikings in 2007 and a current member of the Arena Football League’s Tampa Bay Storm, died on Saturday while playing flag football. According to … |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Good morning. What a wild night for the NFC North! Thanks for sharing your photo experiences with us on Twitter. I tossed in a few photographs on our Instagram account (kevinseifert_espn), and you can view them in the slideshow below. |
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The quarterback's arm "never got to a point where it was good enough" for him to play. |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Even in the context of their long and winding playoff history, the Minnesota Vikings took a bizarre left turn Saturday. A dozen warm-up throws shelved their starting quarterback, their coaches largely bypassed his backup's narrow skil… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com In four seasons, Green Bay Packers' linebacker has 45 sacks, but the first one he picked up during the Packers 24-10 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday night was the easiest. While attempting to get at Vikings quarterback Joe Webb, Matthews was … |
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Matt Loede, vikingsgab.com No Ponder, no chance. Bet you never thought you would read that, but that seemed to be the case Saturday night when the Vikings season ended with a 24-10 loss in Green Bay. Joe Webb filled in for Ponder, and was pretty much as one would expect for a pla… |
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After the pregame bombshell about Christian Ponder, the Vikings' playoff ambitions gradually seeped away. |
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Joe Webb played like someone who hadn't played in over a year, says Ben Reiter. The Pack then stymied Adrian Peterson and moved to the divisional round after their 24-10 win. |
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With all his targets healthy, the NFL MVP completed passes to a record 10 receivers. |
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An offensive strategy built around Adrian Peterson looked promising in the first quarter but quickly fell apart. |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Jared Allen played football at Idaho State, but the Minnesota Vikings' defensive end claimed another school before his team's loss to the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night. Allen said his alma mater was the Culinary Academy. He cooked up one sack of P… |
