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The NFC playoff picture is starting to take shape after Week 14, and one team in particular is feeling good about how things turned out: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who now hold sole possession of the NFC South. For weeks, the Atlanta Falcons controlled the division and occupied the No. 4 seed in the NFC. […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold has performed about as well as any NFL quarterback this season, and that caught former quarterback Dan Orlovsky’s attention. On the season, Darnold is having a career year. He’s throwing for 3,299 yards, 28 touchdowns, and only ten interceptions and has Minnesota sitting at an 11-2 record. Orlovsky said on […]

The Minnesota Vikings welcomed the Atlanta Falcons into their building and won 42-21 in Week 14. It marked the 11th win of Minnesota’s season with Sam Darnold at the helm. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins threw two more interceptions in Atlanta’s fourth straight loss. In a measuring stick game for this offseason’s moves, Darnold and the Vikings […]

The Minnesota Vikings are 10-2 coming into their game against the Atlanta Falcons, and the offense has been able to stay afloat despite not that many touchdowns from Justin Jefferson. He’s gone six straight games without a touchdown, which ties his longest streak. In an interview with NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Sam Darnold was asked […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Nobody expected the Vikings to be a competitive team after losing Kirk Cousins. However, Minnesota is 10-2 heading into Week 14 and is still alive in the NFC North division race. The Vikings have not had any discussions regarding […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the best surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Most NFL fans and analysts discounted the Vikings as the odd team out in the NFC North during the preseason. Now, the Vikings are 10-2 heading into Week 14 and are in the thick of the NFC playoff hunt. Minnesota […]

It appeared the Minnesota Vikings were suffering from a significant letdown in their Week 13 home game against the Arizona Cardinals. Despite taking a 4-game winning streak into the game, they were getting shut down at U.S. Bank Stadium by the visitors. Arizona had a 19-6 late in the third quarter, but just when it […]

The Minnesota Vikings improved to 10-2 on Sunday with a comeback victory over the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 23-22 and quarterback Sam Darnold set a career first in the process. Via Kevin Seifert of ESPN: “Sam Darnold throws the first go-ahead touchdown in the final 2 minutes of Q4/OT in his career, and […]

Sam Darnold has rightfully earned his place atop the Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback totem pole. Still, as the team evaluates the present and future of the position, the Vikings signed Daniel Jones to their practice squad. Jones will be learning under Darnold as he tries to revamp his NFL career. In turn, Darnold is excited for […]

The Minnesota Vikings is one of the best surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Minnesota is 9-2 heading into Week 13 and is only one game back in a tight NFC North division race. The Vikings are greatly exceeding everyone’s offseason expectations as the team most likely to finish fourth in the division. There is […]

Minnesota Vikings receiver Jordan Addison admitted a nervous moment in Sunday’s win, and head coach Kevin O’Connell raised eyebrows with his comments about Daniel Jones. And the narrow victory over the Bears doesn’t prove the Vikings are in trouble come playoff time. Close games happen all the time in the NFL. Even when teams are […]

The New York Giants made the decision to end the Daniel Jones era prior to Week 12. After benching the sixth-year quarterback, the Giants released Jones on Friday. Now that he’s cleared waivers, the veteran QB is free to sign with any team that would like to acquire him for the minimum. While it’s still […]

The Minnesota Vikings appeared to have full control of their Week 12 game against the Chicago Bears. Aaron Jones ran for 106 yards and a touchdown and the Vikings had an 11-point lead with two minutes to play. But instead of finishing the game with a solid road win, the Vikings were forced to go […]

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold gutted through the end of Sunday’s dramatic 30-27 overtime victory against the Chicago Bears, returning to the field after briefly leaving with a foot injury in the fourth quarter. His head coach, Kevin O’Connell, used a simple system to see how he was feeling. “When Darnold went back in, O’Connell […]

The Minnesota Vikings are preparing for an important divisional matchup against the Chicago Bears in Week 12. Minnesota will enter the matchup on a three-game winning streak, but they will still need to stay on their toes. Thankfully, the Vikings received an optimistic injury update on starting quarterback Sam Darnold ahead of the game. Darnold […]

The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears are set to face off in Week 12 of the NFL season. It will be the first meeting between these NFC North rivals in 2024, taking place at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Sunday. This will be the Vikings’ third consecutive road game. The Vikings (8-2) have won three straight […]

The 2024 NFL season is moving right along as we’re now past the second weekend of November, heading into Week 12. But Week 11 had it’s implications that no doubt caused a shakeup within the NFC playoff picture and to those specifically on the bubble. There wasn’t much movement up at the top, as the […]

The New York Giants have benched Daniel Jones in favor of Tommy DeVito. Not only that, but Jones will be the third-string quarterback behind Drew Lock. With a potential out in the contract, it is likely that Jones will not be on the team next season. They can look in-house, sign a free agent, make […]

The Minnesota Vikings had quarterback Sam Darnold (right hand) and running back Aaron Jones (ribs) pop up on this week’s injury report as limited practice participants earlier in the week. Luckily for the 7-2 Vikes, both Darnold and Jones will play in Week 11 against the Tennessee Titans, per NFL insider Tom Pelissero. Minnesota has […]

The Minnesota Vikings lost rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy to a season-ending knee injury in August. McCarthy underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus during the preseason. On Wednesday, the Vikings announced McCarthy had a second surgery on his right knee. The second procedure was needed after an increase in rehab activity caused swelling in the […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2024 NFL season. Minnesota is 7-2 heading into Week 11 and is only one game behind Detroit in the NFC North divisional race. Nobody predicted that the Vikings would be this good in the offseason, especially after rookie QB J.J. McCarthy went […]

Sam Darnold has rectified his NFL career this season with the Minnesota Vikings. After signing a one-year deal, the quarterback has led his new team to a 7-2 record while putting up the best numbers of his career. However, with 2024 first-round pick JJ McCarthy returning from injury next season, many have questioned whether Darnold […]

The Minnesota Vikings (7-2) pulled out an ugly victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-8) in Week 10, winning 12-7 in one of the season’s hardest watched games. Quarterback Sam Darnold had his worst performance of the year by far, but the Vikings still managed to escape with a victory. If not for the Vikings’ typically […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been on a roll this season and they have played several impressive games in rolling to a 7-2 record. However, while they were able to come away with a 12-7 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 10, that victory was not one of their masterpieces. The Vikings are the first […]

The Minnesota Vikings experienced a significant loss in their Week 8 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. Not only did Minnesota suffer its second defeat of the season against LA, the Vikings also lost standout left tackle Christian Darrisaw to injury. Following the game, Minnesota announced that the fourth-year offensive lineman suffered a season-ending knee […]

During the Minnesota Vikings and Indianapolis Colts matchup, a likely penalty on Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold was picked up by referee, Shawn Smith. The no-call ultimately led to a Colts touchdown on the play as Darnold fumbled the ball, and it was returned for a TD. Even though Minnesota came up with the 21-14 win, […]

Just a few weeks ago, the Minnesota Vikings were creating one of the top stories of the 2024 NFL season. They had started the year with five straight victories — including three wins over the San Francisco 49ers, Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers — and were impressive on both sides of the line of […]

The Minnesota Vikings (5-2) are fully aware of the threat that the arduous NFC North presents and are doing everything possible to prop up their roster for the second half of the 2024-25 campaign. Following the season-ending injury sustained by Christian Darrisaw, the team is quickly plugging in Sam Darnold’s blind side after trading for […]

It’s time for the Minnesota Vikings to make a move. Not that long ago, just weeks ago, in fact, they were cruising and looking like a legitimate Super Bowl contender at 5-0. The wheels have come off a bit since then, though. That’s not to say the Vikings still can’t be a contender, but tough […]

Sam Darnold and the Minnesota Vikings have been one of the biggest surprises of the 2024 season. The team signed Darnold to a one-year, $10 million deal in the offseason after losing longtime starter Kirk Cousin to the Atlanta Falcons. Darnold had become a journeyman quarterback since leaving the New York Jets after the 2020 […]

After weeks and weeks of doom and gloom, the Los Angeles Rams are back and better than ever, recording their first win after the bye and getting some much-needed reinforcements in the form of Cooper Kupp, who is expected to make his return in time for Week 8. At 2-4, sure, the road to the […]

A lot transpired during Anthony Edwards and Justin Jefferson’s photoshoot to re-create the iconic picture of Kevin Garnett and Randy Moss. The two Minnesota sports stars learned a lot about each other in the process while Edwards sent a direct message to Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold. After Jefferson spoke on his new role as a […]

After securing a massive win over the Las Vegas Raiders while still down most of their premier players, fans of the Los Angeles Rams are feeling darn good. Sure, the team is only averaging one win per month through the first seven weeks of the 2024 NFL season, but their defense looked darn good in […]

The Minnesota Vikings were not about to threaten the 1972 Miami Dolphins. While the Vikings had been impressive in rolling to a 5-0 record to start the season, there were some flaws. They had recorded impressive victories over the San Francisco 49ers, Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers, but some questions had surfaced. Start off […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most surprising teams in the NFL through six weeks. Minnesota is one of only two undefeated teams in the NFL heading into Week 7. However, they are not comfortable. Every team in the NFC North, including their opponent this week, is hot on their tales and only […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been arguably the biggest surprise in the NFL so far this season, and that’s due in large part to the incredible play from quarterback Sam Darnold under center. Darnold went from being a cast off veteran quarterback to leading Minnesota to an undefeated record through five games, making him an early […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been the biggest surprise in the NFL through the first five weeks of the season. They have shocked most observers by beating all five of their opponents and taking a 5-0 record into their bye week. At the start of the season, it appeared that a 1-4 or 2-3 start would […]

The hyperbole that is Sam Darnold’s season so far continues into Week 5. The Minnesota Vikings are rocking a 4-0 record thanks in part to Darnold’s incredible start. But it’s too early to anoint him and the Vikings as NFL elite. There’s too much evidence to the contrary as Darnold showed in New York. But […]

He’s been flying heavily under the radar this season (probably due to the 49ers mediocre 2-2 record), and has taken plenty of criticisms, but numbers don’t lie, and it’s time to ask the question — is Brock Purdy low-key turning into a superstar this season? We all know the criticisms by now: Purdy is a system […]