Archive for September, 2009

Around The Blogosphere: Lions Game

Here is a look at what some of our friends have to say about the Vikings victory over the Lions.  One common thread amongst all sites is that the Vikings need to play a tough team before we can get too excited.  I agree, but do not underestimate the importance of getting two victories on [...]

Status Of The Stats

Here are some interesting Vikings stats after 2 weeks of football. Brett Favre has 77.1% completion rate and a 110.2 quarterback rating.  He hasn’t thrown an interception. Favre averages only 5.5 yards per passing attempt. Adrian Peterson leads the league in rushing with 272 yards, which is a 6.8 yards average.  He has 4 touchdowns [...]

Vikings Already Control Their Own Destiny

Scary start against the Browns?  No problem. Scary start against the Lions?  No problem. Scary start against our next two opponents, now that could be a problem. Right now the Vikings are the sole leader of the NFC North.  The phrase “control your own destiny” is typically used more in weeks 15 and 16… not [...]

Minnesota Vikings TEAM

Watching the MN Vikings defeat the Detroit Lions today calmed some of my fears. Yes, I know our Vikings should have blown away the 0-18 Lion’s in every aspect of the game. Unfortunately we didn’t and now we have to wonder just a little bit if our team is that good. Next week we run [...]

Injuries = No Worries

One of my biggest fears was that the Vikings would lose starters to injuries during a game against the lowly Lions. There were a couple of scares with Ray Edwards and Brett Favre, but it sounds like both players are healthy and the Vikings are not worried about any injuries. We’ll find out if anyone [...]

Initial Reaction

They did it again. The first part of game looked terrible. The second part was fantastic football. In the end the Vikings did what they were supposed to and toppled the Lions by a score of 27 to 13. The game had a curiously similar chain of events as opening weekend in Cleveland. The opposing defense [...]

Live Blog: Vikings @ Lions

Vikings @ Lions

Next Year’s All Free Agent Team

As long as I was on the topic of the 2010 offseason, I thought I’d take a look around the league to see who could possibly be coming available in free agency. Again, lots of things (like contract extensions) can happen between now and then. In fact, in the time between when I started writing [...]

Prospect To Watch: Jimmy Clausen

If you’re as obsessed with the NFL offseason as I am, then you will love reading these recurring segments as much as I’m going to love writing them.  I am going to do some VERY preliminary speculation as to who the Vikings might have their eye on during next year’s offseason, whether it be free [...]

Harvin Enjoys a Great Opening Week!

Don’t look now, but the Vikings have a very versatile and exciting player in Percy Harvin. He can play wide out, in the slot or even line up in the backfield as a halfback. That’s not counting the wildcat formations that opposing defenses have to account for or his contributions to the specials teams as [...]