Running back Adrian Peterson received the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year award earlier today, beating out linebacker Patrick Willis, running back Marshawn Lynch, offensive tackle Joe Thomas and wide receiver Dwayne Bowe. Peterson had an outstanding rookie season, rushing for 1341 yards and 12 touchdowns. He set an NFL record with a game [...]
Vikings officials are in Alabama this week ready to scout college prospects. The country’s best senior collegiate players will be playing in Saturday’s Senior Bowl in Mobile. Coach Brad Childress and vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman are among the Minnesota officials taking in this week’s practices.
While its way too early to start looking this far ahead (or is it?), here is the set of teams that the Vikings will play in 2008. The dates and times of the games will not be released till early April.
Home Bears Lions Packers Falcons Panthers Giants Texans Colts
Away Bears Lions Packers Saints Bucs Cardinals [...]
The Dolphins have chosen their new head coach and it’s not Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier. Miami has given the job to Dallas Cowboys assistant Tony Sparano. Frazier interviewed for the job last week. His name has also come up as a possible candidate for the coaching job in Washington and in Indianapolis if Tony Dungy [...]
Left guard Steve Hutchinson and defensive tackle Kevin Williams are members of the NFL All-Pro first team. Hutchinson gained the honor by picking up more votes than any other offensive lineman in the balloting of a panel of sportswriters from across the nation. He’s one of seven Vikings headed to the Pro Bowl, along with Williams. [...]
Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier says he is happy with the way his interview in Miami went. Frazier met with Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland yesterday to interview for the head coaching job with the Dolphins. Frazier says he was honest and forthright and he thinks he did well. The Miami Dolphins are interviewing a [...]
defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is in southeast Florida today, where he’ll meet with the Miami Dolphins about their head coaching vacancy. The Dolphins last week fired coach Cam Cameron, who won just one game in his only season at Miami. Frazier is not the first candidate to get an interview for the job. Dolphins officials [...]
Brad Childress says he’s looking for more improvement from Tarvaris Jackson at quarterback and won’t rule out adding another signal-caller before the 2008 season. Vikings players are due back at Winter Park in Eden Prairie on March 17th to begin off-season conditioning. Until then, Childress and his staff are going over every little detail on [...]
Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is reportedly headed to Florida to interview for the Miami Dolphins’ head coaching vacancy. Under Frazier, the Vikings had the N-F-L’s number-one defense against the run, but they were also 20th in overall defense because of poor numbers against the pass. Frazier came to the Vikings after Mike Tomlin left [...]
Adrian Peterson says he had a good first year, but feels he has room for improvement. AD led the NFC in rushing and set the all-time single-game rushing record while gaining top rookie honors from several national publications. But he feels he can do a better job run blocking, catching the ball and working against [...]
