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The Minnesota Vikings are coming off of a disappointing 2018 campaign in which they went just 8-7-1 and missed the playoffs, one year after winning 13 games and making it to the NFC Championship Game. But there is hope for the Vikings going into 2019, as there remains quite a bit of talent on this […]

Well, it looks like Dalvin Cook will do just fine as the Minnesota Vikings’ starting back in 2019. Early in the team’s Week 3 preseason bout against the Arizona Cardinals, Cook broke off a massive 85-yard touchdown scamper. DALVIN COOK IS BACK 😤😤 @dalvincook pic.twitter.com/GWNsCngjjg — The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) August 24, 2019 That was light […]

The San Francisco 49ers have to plan for the future. Heading into Week 17 of the 2018 season, the Minnesota Vikings had a chance to make the playoffs with a win over the Chicago Bears. Instead, Kirk Cousins and the Vikings offense looked out of sorts; losing 24-10. By falling to the Bears, Minnesota ended […]

One of the key battles during training camp for the Minnesota Vikings has been at wide receiver, and coach Mike Zimmer might have tipped his hand a little on what the team wants to do. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Zimmer said he doesn’t care about how much NFL experience the reserve wide receivers […]

Among the league’s most disappointing first-round picks in the past few seasons, Laquon Treadwell is near the top of the list. The Minnesota Vikings used their 23rd overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to select the 6-foot-2 wide receiver out of Ole Miss. At the time, the Vikings initially thought they were getting a […]

Last week a report came out that the Minnesota Vikings were actively shopping Laquon Treadwell and Mike Zimmer all but confirmed that on Sunday night. The Vikings gave Treadwell some extra playing time against the Seattle Seahawks and when asked why after the game, Zimmer said they were just trying to showcase him. “We were […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is not exactly known for his wheels, as he has amassed a grand total of 502 yards on the ground since entering the NFL back in 2012. But it seems that Cousins is actually thinking of making scrambling a bigger part of his game in 2019, and if he does, […]

The Minnesota Vikings’ first season with quarterback Kirk Cousins was disappointing, as the team finished 8-7-1 and missed the playoffs. The team will try to rebound in 2019, and began the preseason with a 34-25 victory over the New Orleans Saints. Here are three players to watch as the Vikings battle the Seattle Seahawks on […]

The Minnesota Vikings have made wide receiver Laquon Treadwell available, per Sports Illustrated‘s Albert Breer. Breer notes: “I’m told that, with the emergence of Chad Beebe, former first-round receiver Laquon Treadwell is available again. And while no one’s moving anything significant for him, maybe there’s a team out there that’s willing to give up the […]

Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, entering his sixth year with the franchise, had positive words to say about the team’s linebacker corps. Zimmer, 63, is coming off a missed playoff season in 2018 with the Vikings, who lost the NFC Championship Game in 2017. Nevertheless, Mike Zimmer is high on his defensive unit, including […]

CLUTCH SUMMARY: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has been heavily criticized in his NFL career.  Cousins is facing plenty of pressure after failing to take the Vikings to the playoffs in Year 1 of his three-year, $84 million deal.  Expect Cousins to bounce back and lead the Vikings back to the postseason.  Kirk Cousins’ NFL […]

The sweepstakes for Baltimore Ravens’ backup kicker, Kaare Vedvik seems to be closed. To the dismay of Chicago Bears fans, the Ravens have traded Vedvik to the Minnesota Vikings for a 2020 fifth-round pick per Adam Schefter of ESPN. Multiple teams expressed interest in acquiring Vedvik after the kicker impressed in his preseason debut against […]

The Minnesota Vikings showed plenty of promise in a 34-25 win over the New Orleans Saints in the preseason opener. While the victory was nothing short of an all-around team effort, there were still some unproven faces that managed to stand out. Here are the three biggest individual performances from the Vikings’ win against the […]

Teddy Bridgewater was supposed to be the Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback of the future. He was drafted in the first round by the Vikings back in 2014, and by his second year, he was a Pro Bowler after leading the Vikings to an 11-win season. But then, during training camp in 2016, Bridgewater suffered a horrific […]

Uniform sticklers, rejoice! The NFL’s longest-running and most well-known oversight in color palettes will soon be a fading memory. The Minnesota Vikings announced on Thursday that team officials have worked with Riddell Sports to finally address the discrepancy in shades of purple between their helmet and jersey. Heading into 2019, the #Vikings worked with @RiddellSports […]

Veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings have a new center as a result of selecting a highly-touted interior offensive lineman in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. With soon-to-be rookie center Garrett Bradbury officially on board in Minnesota, it appears as though him and Cousins are getter more and more acquainted […]

The NFL running back position has become as lucrative as ever after several enormous deals changed the market’s landscape. Todd Gurley and David Johnson led the way with massive extensions after superb campaigns coming into last season. With Le’Veon Bell’s historic holdout last season culminating in a bag of cash from the New York Jets, […]

The Minnesota Vikings are slated to square off against the New Orleans Saints in the preseason opener. It seems head coach Mike Zimmer is excited to see a familiar face in quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater and Zimmer share quite a history during their time in Minnesota. According to ESPN’s Mike Triplett, he is looking forward […]

A second-round selection in the 2015 NFL Draft, running back Ameer Abdullah once projected as the savior for the Detroit Lions rushing attack. That didn’t happen. The former Nebraska Cornhusker tallied 1,251 yards and six touchdowns on a 3.8 yards per carry average in three and a half seasons in Motown; then faced the chopping […]

The Minnesota Vikings are just two seasons removed from making the NFC Championship Game, and the belief around this years team is that they can make another run in the playoffs. Last season, the team made a big splash signing bringing in Kirk Cousins, but the offensive line really struggled and didn’t give him much […]

The Minnesota Vikings had a very disappointing 2018 campaign, going 8-7-1 and missing the playoffs a year after winning 13 games and making it all the way to the NFC Championship Game. A part of the problem was the relationship between quarterback Kirk Cousins and his receivers, with Cousins recently stating that he didn’t think […]

The Minnesota Vikings probably won’t be playing their starters at a high capacity during their first preseason game of 2019 against the New Orleans Saints on August 9th. But, there are still some notable things to watch for the team that reached the NFC Championship two seasons ago. 3. Improvement by the Offensive Line The […]

The NFL pre-season, for head coaches, doesn’t tend to include the monotonous task of building, tinkering, and rolling out a gameplan to obliterate opponents. For most, it’s a time to get a grasp on the roster, play vanilla schemes, and hope to avoid any big injuries. Minnesota Vikings’ Mike Zimmer can be put in that […]

The Minnesota Vikings have had issues at the cornerback position in the past couple of seasons. As a result, the Vikings were in the market for a cornerback and eventually landed on Bene Benwikere. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, Minnesota signed Bene Benwikere. Benwikere has bounced around to different teams in recent seasons. […]

NFL head coaches are going to test out the new pass interference rule because they can. The NFL updated their rulebook, allowing coaches to challenge a pass interference whether it’s called or not. Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer is going to be one of the coaches to test the updated penalty in the pre-season, […]

The son of Buffalo Bills legend Don Beebe, Minnesota Vikings receiver Chad Beebe — previously undrafted in 2018 — is moving his way up the depth chart. So much so, that he’s shaping to be the team’s No. 3 receiver adjacent stars Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen. Head coach Mike Zimmer talked about the position […]

The Minnesota Vikings and Kirk Cousins had a very disappointing 2018 season. After making an NFC Championship Game run in 2017, the Vikings were supposed to be a Super Bowl contender after adding Cousins. Instead, they went 8-7-1 and missed the playoffs. Cousins has been taking a lot of heat, and the team desperately needs […]

Since Mike Zimmer has taken over as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings it’s been a team that has prided themselves on defense. So far in training camp, it’s been the offense that has had a lot of success and that is something that has really frustrated Zimmer, via Mike Florio of Pro Football […]

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen has made it clear to opposing defenses, they aren’t going to be able to just key on him and Stefon Diggs. "If teams are just going to key in on Diggs and I, they're going to be in for a rude awakening." – @athielen19 📺: @NFLNetwork pic.twitter.com/xGH3eS2vSx — Minnesota […]

Despite their disappointing 2018 campaign, the Minnesota Vikings still have high expectations going into the 2019 NFL season. At the center of their optimism is quarterback Kirk Cousins, who has struggled to take this team to the next level since his arrival. According to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, he still feels […]

Many high-profile players have already been traded this offseason, and the 2019 NFL trade deadline isn’t until midseason. Here are 10 others who could find themselves on new teams this fall. 10. Karl Joseph, SS, Oakland Raiders The 14th overall pick in 2016, Joseph was marginalized by head coach Jon Gruden last season, starting only […]

Last year was a tough one for the Minnesota Vikings, but head coach Mike Zimmer isn’t letting it get him down. After their NFC Championship Game run in 2017, the Vikings went out and signed Kirk Cousins to a massive contract in free agency. As they seemingly added an established quarterback to a team that […]

Dalvin Cook has the tools and talents to be one of the NFL’s most explosive running backs, but his history of injuries have kept him from breaking out. After rehabbing from a litany of injuries in 2018, Cook enters the Minnesota Vikings training camp completely healthy, and ready to be as effective as he used […]

Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen had an up and down season last year on and off the field, but is back this season as a man on a mission. Griffen missed five games last year because of a mental health issue and when he did come back he didn’t look like the same player […]

The Minnesota Vikings have worked out cornerback Morris Claiborne on Friday, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. With cornerback Mike Hughes on the physically unable to perform list and fellow corner Holton Hill out for the first eight games of the season due to a pair of four-game suspensions, the Vikings could certainly use […]

The Minnesota Vikings defensive depth has been dealt a blow with defensive end Tashawn Bower being lost for the season with an Achilles injury. Via Ben Goessling of the Star Tribune Mike Zimmer said that Bower tore it well working out on his own which is why he was placed on the NFI instead of […]

The Minnesota Vikings worked out cornerback Orlando Scandrick on Wednesday, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Pelissero notes that the Vikings are “keeping the door open” to potentially signing Scandrick during camp. With fellow Minnesota cornerback Holton Hill set to be suspended for the first eight games of the 2019 campaign, it would certainly […]

Last season didn’t go as planned for the Minnesota Vikings and Kirk Cousins. The Vikings made the NFC Championship Game in 2017 with Case Keenum under center, and it was widely thought they were just a franchise quarterback away from a Super Bowl. Naturally, there was a ton of excitement after the team signed Cousins […]

Kirk Cousins’ first season with the Minnesota Vikings wasn’t quite a disaster, but it was still a big disappointment. Cousins was inked to a three-year fully guaranteed deal last offseason, and expectations were understandably high heading into 2018. Cousins and the team didn’t play awfully, but they didn’t come close to meeting expectations. The Vikings […]