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Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer wants his team to get its hard-nosed mentality back moving forward after a disappointing finish to the 2018 regular season. The Vikings entered Week 17 needing to either beat the Chicago Bears or have the Philadelphia Eagles lose in order to make the playoffs, and neither worked out for […]

Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer will more than likely be the head coach once again next season, but even Zimmer does not know his future beyond next season. Most head coaches face a little bit of uncertainty when things aren’t going near perfect, but Zimmer has had a lot of success with the Vikings […]

Minnesota Vikings’ offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski will be interviewing over at the Cleveland Browns for their head coaching position on Thursday. Browns moved up Vikings’ OC Kevin Stefanski’s HC interview from Monday to today, per a league source. So Browns interviewed former Lions’ HC Jim Caldwell on Wednesday and will follow up with Stefanski today. […]

Hue Jackson may have failed miserably as a head coach, but that won’t stop him from earning some consideration as a coordinator. According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Jackson could be an option for the Minnesota Vikings at offensive coordinator given his familiarity with Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. Jackson and Zimmer coached together […]

The Cleveland Browns will interview Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski for their head-coaching job next Monday, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Stefanski served as the Vikings’ offensive coordinator for just three games in 2018, relieving John DeFilippo, who was fired after an anemic loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 14. Prior […]

Current Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards may be heading to the Sunshine State: The #Bucs have requested an interview with #Vikings DC George Edwards for their head coaching job, per sources. Trusted assistant of Mike Zimmer, has a big role in game planning. Interviewed with #Bears last year and impressed. — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) […]

The Minnesota Vikings fell vastly short of expectations in the 2018 NFL season. However, their struggles this year has not hindered running back Latavius Murray’s desire to remain in Minnesota. Murray will be an unrestricted free agent entering the offseason. According to ESPN’s Courtney Cronin, he expressed strong interest in staying with the Vikings: “But […]

Mike Zimmer is here to let fans of the Minnesota Vikings know that he’s not going anywhere, anytime soon, thank you very much. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network took to Twitter to announce that he received a text from the team’s head coach to put the rumors of his resignation and/or retirement to rest, once […]

The Minnesota Vikings’ 2018 campaign ended in disappointment on Sunday, as the Vikings fell to the Chicago Bears by a score of 24-10 and watched the Philadelphia Eagles shut out the Washington Redskins, knocking Minnesota out of the playoffs. Frustration began to boil over for the Vikings during the first half of Sunday’s game, with […]

Heading into the regular season finale against the Minnesota Vikings, the Chicago Bears have the potential opportunity in front of them to secure a first-round playoff bye. It is a scenario that would not only require them to beat the Vikings, but also would need the Los Angeles Rams to fall to the San Francisco […]

Throughout the last few seasons, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs has emerged as one of the rising stars in the league. Diggs has taken that to the next level this season as he’s nearing a major career accolade. He’s just 26 receiving yards away from his first 1,000 receiving yard campaign. In light of […]

The Minnesota Vikings find themselves in a must-win situation going into the 2018 NFL season finale versus the Chicago Bears. Former NFL wide receiver Greg Jennings feels this is a defining game for quarterback Kirk Cousins. The spotlight has not been kind to Cousins throughout his career. Jennings said during an appearance on The Herd […]

The Minnesota Vikings’ task this Sunday is simple: beat the Chicago Bears, and they’re in the playoffs. However, they might be without a couple of key defensive players in the process. According to the team, linebacker Eric Kendricks will be sidelined for this game with a hamstring injury, and cornerback Xavier Rhodes is listed as […]

Minnesota Vikings running back Latavius Murray knows that winning is the most important aspect of his team trying to make it back to the playoffs. The Vikings took another step forward toward the postseason with a convincing 27-9 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday, which allowed Minnesota to stay in the No. 6 spot […]

Kyle Rudolph was a key component of the Minnesota Vikings’ domination of the Detroit Lions today. Rudolph caught 12 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns in their 27-9 win in Detroit. After the game, referencing his last name, which he share’s with Santa Claus’ most famous reindeer, Rudolph told reporters that, “Today was my […]

The Minnesota Vikings parted ways with offensive coordinator John DeFilippo after an anemic offensive performance in a loss to the Seattle Seahawks two weeks ago. However, there is apparently more to the story. According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer gave DeFilippo orders to run the ball more, but […]

Minnesota Viking wide receiver Stefon Diggs has quickly developed into one of the league’s rising stars at his position behind his high level of production. Diggs has taken that to another level this season, putting together what has been a career-best campaign across the board. According to Nathan Jahnke of Pro Football Focus, Diggs is […]

It would be an understatement to say that the 2018 Minnesota Vikings have been a disappointment. They entered the season with a talented roster on both sides of the ball, including newly-signed $84-million dollar man in quarterback Kirk Cousins. Instead, the Vikings have floundered to a 7-6-1 record and fired offensive coordinator John DeFilippo. Yet, […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins isn’t known as one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, but he tends to get the job done every Sunday. Cousins though does happen to be very effective in one particular play type for the Viking’s offense. The play-action pass. Cousins in Week 15 against the Miami Dolphins garnered […]

The Minnesota Vikings routed the Miami Dolphins by a score of 41-17 on Sunday afternoon to maintain their hold on the second and final Wild Card spot in the NFC. Running back Dalvin Cook had a banner day, rushing for 136 yards and two touchdowns. Afterward, he spoke with Deion Sanders and explained how much […]

The Minnesota Vikings restored order on Sunday afternoon, routing the Miami Dolphins by a score of 41-17 to currently silence any concerns about the team. The week prior, the Vikings suffered a disappointing and anemic loss to the Seattle Seahawks, which resulted in the firing of offensive coordinator John DeFilippo. However, in spite of Minnesota’s […]

The prospect of fans proposing at sporting events has always been cheesy, but what about when players do it? That’s what happened on Sunday afternoon, when Chicago Bears offensive lineman Charles Leno asked his girlfriend to marry him after the Bears clinched the NFC North division title with a win over the Green Bay Packers. […]

Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook had an afternoon to remember in his team’s blowout win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Like here, for example. Watch him fake a Dolphins defender into oblivion with the spin move en route to a touchdown to put an exclamation point on the 24-point rout: Spin to win. […]

Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski could be up for a big promotion this offseason. According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Stefanski could find himself interviewing for some head-coaching jobs this winter. Talk about a quick jump. Stefanski just took over as Vikings offensive coordinator this past week after the team fired John […]

Kevin Stefanski is about to call his first game as the Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator after the sudden firing of Jon DeFilippo. Stefanski realizes that taking over with just three games left in the season is not exactly the way he would’ve liked to get his first shot at the coordinator job, but he claims […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins hasn’t exactly been finding success when under pressure during the team’s recent offensive struggles. The Vikings are coming off a miserable 21-7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football, and that led to former offensive coordinator John DeFilippo being fired earlier in the week. But that performance wasn’t […]

When a team struggles like the Minnesota Vikings have this year a coach like Mike Zimmer gets a lot of heat for the way the team is performing. His daughter Corri has had enough of the criticism and took to Instagram to defend her dad, even revealing that her dad has lost 16 pounds because of […]

The Minnesota Vikings have undergone some major changes in the midst of their embarrassing loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 14. Quarterback Kirk Cousins has since taken his fair share of the team’s struggles on offense. It is no secret that Cousins has largely underwhelmed in the 2018 NFL season. According to ESPN’s Courtney […]

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen was a full participant in the team’s practice on Wednesday despite suffering an ankle injury in the Week 15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Thielen went down with the injury late in the game on Monday night, and it led many to wonder as to the severity of it […]

The Minnesota Vikings suffered an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night. The game  helped solidify Fox Sports analyst Colin Cowherd’s theory on quarterback Kirk Cousins. It is no secret that Cousins has struggled on the big stage throughout his career. Cowherd insists that his lackluster performance in Week 14 […]

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph was recently on SiriusXM NFL Radio and spoke on the team’s recent firing of offensive coordinator John DeFilippo. According to Around the NFL writer Kevin Patra, Rudolph stated: “I think it was public throughout the last month. The frustrations we were having on offense, we weren’t sustaining drives, we […]

Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said he plans to become more involved with the team’s offense after firing offensive coordinator John DeFilippo on Tuesday, per Courtney Cronin of ESPN. Zimmer addressed DeFilippo’s firing, saying the offense’s struggles did not come down to one game or one person. “At the end of the day, it is […]

The Minnesota Vikings made headlines with the firing of offensive coordinator John DeFilippo. Head coach Mike Zimmer has since provided more clarity on why he was let go. It is no secret that the Vikings offense had largely struggled to develop a rhythm on offense. According to ESPN’s Courtney Cronin, Zimmer felts the time came […]

The Minnesota Vikings lost in disappointing fashion yet again on Monday night, a loss that has both put their playoff chances in question along with bringing more concerns with their offense. Star wide receiver Adam Thielen voiced following Monday’s 21-7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks that the players deserve plenty of the blame for their offensive shortcomings […]

The Seattle Seahawks pulled out a huge 21-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night, which has all but secured them a spot in the playoffs. This turned out to be a game dominated by the Seahawks’ suffocating defense, which didn’t allow the Vikings to find any fluidity on the field until a late […]

The Minnesota Vikings suffered yet another disappointing loss on Monday night falling 21-7 to the surging Seattle Seahawks that has brought even more questions concerning their offensive game plan. It marked the second straight game that the Vikings simply could not get anything going on that side of the ball that put their team at […]

We’ve reached Week 15 of the NFL season, and that means the playoff race is really starting to heat up for many teams around the league. Some teams are starting to separate themselves from the pack with only three games left in the regular season, while others are struggling to find a rhythm. 1. Kansas […]

After another bad performance by the Minnesota Vikings offense on Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks, the team has decided to move on from offensive coordinator John DeFilippo according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Source: #Vikings OC John DeFilippo has been fired. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 11, 2018 The Vikings offense had all kinds […]

The Minnesota Vikings lost on Monday night football against the Seattle Seahawks, but Adam Thielen reached another impressive milestone. Thielen caught his 100th pass of the season, which makes him only the third undrafted player ever to reach that number. Wes Welker, who did it five times, and Rod Smith, who did it twice, were […]