Star Tribune reporter Judd Zulgad caught up with Rick Spielman, the Vikings Vice President of Player Personnel, at the Vikings annual Artic Blast event. First, it would be a mistake not to mention that the Artic Blast event is an annual fundraiser for the Vikings Children’s Fund and a great time for all. If you [...]
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Spielman Reveals Offseason Plans
February 14th, 2010 
Adam Warwas 
Posted in Features, Main, News, NFL Draft, Offseason, Opinions, Rumors 
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OFFSEASON PREVIEW: Defensive End
February 13th, 2010 Adam Warwas Posted in Features, Main, News, NFL Draft, Offseason, Opinions, Rumors Well, we have looked at offense position-by position, and now it time to get started on the defense. We’ll start up front and work our way backwards. 2009 Season In 2009, Jared Allen continued to make the Vikings very happy that they traded for him two years ago. Allen registered 14.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, [...]
State Of Minnesota Goes “Burger King” On The Vikings
You know those commercials where bad actors say lines from bad scripts in which they brag about how much bad food they got for only a dollar? Well, the State of Minnesota’s latest offer to Zygi Wilf is perhaps the best deal on any dollar menu. Republican Paul Kohls sent forth a piece of legislation [...]
An Update On Cornerbacks
In the middle of the 2009 season, cornerback was thought to be a top five need for the Vikings to address in the 2010 offseason. Since then, Antoine Winfield missed six and a half games with a foot injury and Cedric Griffin tore his left ACL in overtime of the NFC Championship Game. Now, only [...]
More Confusing Rules
The pending Collective Bargaining Agreement and pending uncapped year presents many new rules throughout the offseason, especially for the Vikings since they qualified as a top-four team. As I gain better understanding of these rules, I will endeavor to pass that information along to you guys so that everyone can have a clear understanding of [...]
Offseason Moves To Begin Today
Today is the first major date on the NFL’s offseason calendar. Today, teams can begin to apply franchise and transition tags to their free agent players. Due to the pending Collective Bargaining Agreement, teams will get two tags this year… one of each. February 15th is the deadline for the extra transition tag if a [...]
OFFSEASON PREVIEW: The Offense
Over the last couple of weeks I have previewed the offense in a position by position manner. These seem to be pretty popular posts judging from the comments. In the post I discuss 2009 production of each position, contract statuses, draft scenarios, trade possibilities, and free agency prospect. I also try to take a guess [...]
Stadium Not In The Budget
Mike Kasuba of the Star Tribune reports that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will not include funding for a new Vikings stadium in his 2010 budget proposal. Charged with trying to solve what is expected to be a $1.2 billion shortfall, the Governor said of the stadium, “That won’t be in the budget. We don’t have [...]
T-Jack Has A Blog
Tarvaris Jackson has a blog. We here at Vikings Gab might as well shut down the computers, turn off the lights, and find new hobbies. How can we compete with that? Tarvaris Jackson has a blog which he, by all appearances, updates once every two months. The site appears to have been in existence for [...]
Vikings Tried To Land DeDe Dorsey
DeDe Dorsey recently signed with the Detroit Lions. The choice to go to Detroit for Dorsey as starter Kevin Smith suffered an injury that could open up a chance for Dorsey to start in 2010. A nugget of info in this report of the move, however, mentions that both the Rams and the Vikings made [...]
