Archive for November, 2008

Peterson Up for Weekly FedEx Ground Award

Quarterbacks JAY CUTLER of the Denver Broncos, PEYTON MANNING of the Indianapolis Colts and KURT WARNER of the Arizona Cardinals are the finalists for the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week honors for games played on November 6 – 10, while running backs THOMAS JONES of the New York Jets, MAURICE JONES-DREW of the [...]

Childress Gives Peterson a Shot to Win It – and He Does

Like a weight lifted off the shoulders of head coach Brad Childress, that is how big Sunday’s win over the Packers was. The team needed this confidence lift not only to make a statement that they can compete in the NFC North, but also because they had to show the Packers they mean business. The [...]

Short but Sweet – Last Second FG Miss Wins it for Vikings 28-27

In one of the NFL’s best known rivalries, two high caliber teams made a lot of mistakes today, and the Vikings squeaked by the Packers by one point in a 28-27 win for the Vikings. Two safeties in the first half – one on an illegal forward pass by Aaron Rodgers and the other from [...]

Video: CB/PR Gordon Suffers Ugly Injury During Packers Game

Vikings cornerback/punt returner Charles Gordon suffered a nasty ankle injury when his leg got stuck under a Packers player while Gordon was returning a punt in the first half of Sunday’s game at Minnesota. As you can see in the video, Gordon’s foot was pointing in the wrong direction once the play had ended.

Allen Fined $50,000 for Hits on Schaub

Vikings DE Jared Allen is a little bit lighter in the pocket book today, as he has been hit with a $50,000 fine for two below the knee hits on Texans QB Matt Schaub from last Sunday’s win over the Texans. It looks also that he won’t be in uniform this week when the team [...]

Vikings Hold Texans Offense in Check in 28-21 Win

The Houston Texans road woes continued today as their four game unbeaten streak was halted by the Minnesota Vikings. This would push the Texans mark to 0-4 on the road this year ans will make their drive to the playoffs next to impossible if this trend continues. The Vikings on the other hand find themselves [...]

Vikings Inactives for Week 9 vs Houston

The Minnesota Vikings have declared LB Dave Herron, TE Garrett Mills, QB John David Booty, DL Letroy Guion, OT Marcus Johnson, CB Marcus McCauley, DL Otis Grigsby, WR Robert Ferguson inactive for Week 9.