Archive for April, 2010

Tracking Undrafted Free Agency Signings

This group of undrafted free agents has to be one of the best in many, many years.  There are a few players available that I think could be more likely to actually make our roster than our last four draft picks. Keep an eye out for news of these signings (most should happen tonight) and [...]

Breaking Down Day Three

The Vikings may have some fan critics hounding them between now and training camp because of some of the decisions they made, but one thing you have to give them credit for is adding competition to the roster across the board. Think about it, on day two the Vikings drafted Chris Cook and Toby Gerhart.  [...]

Vikings 2010 Draft Class

Here are who the Vikings selected in the 2010 NFL Draft Round 2, Pick 2: Chris Cook, CB, Virginia Round 2, Pick 19: Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford Round 4, Pick 2: Everson Griffen, DE, USC Round 5, Pick 30: Chris DeGeare, OT/OG, Wake Forest Round 5, Pick 36: Nathan Triplett, LB, Minnesota Round 6, Pick [...]

LIVE CHAT: Day Three

Good morning everybody. Before we get started, don’t forget to check out my take on yesterday’s two picks, who we missed out on, who is left on the draft board, and my story about motivation. Otherwise, lets chat it up on Day Three of the NFL Draft in which the Vikings have six picks to [...]

What Have The Enemies Done

There appear to be plenty of mixed feelings about the Vikings draft thus far, but let’s take a look at what our division foes have done far: CHICAGO BEARS (4 picks left) 75. Major Wright, FS, Florida DETROIT LIONS (4 picks left) 2. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska 30. Jahvid Best, RB, California 66. Amari Spievey, [...]

Jared Allen Helps With Stadium Effort

The Vikings have made Jared Allen a very rich man, but even he isn’t rich enough to keep him from begging for more money. More specifically, the Vikings have enlisted Allen to help in the push to get a new stadium for the Vikings.  He has appeared to the legislature on two occassions, which included [...]

New Numbers

Judd Zulgad tweeted on Friday night that the newest members of the Vikings have been assigned their jersey numbers already. Cornerback Chris Cook will wear number 31. Running back Toby Gerhart will sport number 32. Phew!  Now you’ll have reliable means of picking out Gerhart from the rest of the NFL running backs.

Favre Update Takes Backseat to Draft

It is either a sign that fans are sick and tired of having to hear about the Favre Watch, or fans are extremely confident that he’ll be back. Either way, I was surprised that the latest update on Favre managed to be overshadowed by the NFL Draft.  One year ago, an update about Brett Favre [...]

For Those Who Care…

I know many of you like keep track of my predictions in an effort to feed me some crow or maybe even toss me a compliment. For those who are interested in such practices, you might be interested to take a look at how I predicted (back in February) how the Vikings would address the [...]

The Vikes On Deck… Again

For the second day in a row, the Vikings are the owners of the second pick of the day. As part of the Vikings first round trade with the Detroit Lions, the Vikings now have the second pick of the first round.  Let’s explore what they might do with it and who is left that [...]