Archive for November, 2010

Rice: “A Bunch Of Bull”

In the post below this one, we pointed out some speculation from the boys at Access Vikings that Sidney Rice may let his uncertain contractual future get in the way of returning to football in 2010. Today, Rice took to his blog to let you all know it is a “bunch of bull.”  Here is [...]

Will Sidney Rice Ever Play For The Vikes Again?

Well, as if the pot hasn’t been stirred enough this year, Access Vikings beat writers Chip Scoggins and Judd Zulgad have opined on the subject of Sidney Rice and Vikings fans will not be happy if their prophecy becomes reality. The two writers believe that Sidney Rice, who opted not to play last week, will [...]

Abdullah A Good Find

Husain Abdullah joined the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2008.  In the first two years of his career, Abdullah played in all but two regular season games but started none and his contributions mostly came on special teams. Prior to the beginning of this season, it was thought that 2008 second round pick [...]

WilliamsWall To Stay Intact?

There has been disappointing play out of all phases of the 2010 Vikings, and the criticism does not exclude the longtime dominant duo of Pat and Kevin Williams in the middle of the Vikings defensive line. Kevin Williams and his wife hosted an event at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis on Tuesday in an [...]

McNabb Could Still Be Available

Ever since Brad Childress became the Vikings head coach many fans assumed it was only a matter of time before Donovan McNabb became the team’s quarterback. That talk slowed a bit when the Eagles decided to trade him to the Redskins and came to a screeching halt yesterday when news broke that McNabb had been [...]

10 Questions For The Week

Here is your weekly survey: It is tough to find shining performances on Sunday, but which Viking gets this week’s VG Game Ball?Market Research Which player disappointed you the most on Sunday?online surveys Are you now rooting for the Vikings to lose?Market Research Will the Vikings beat the Packers on Sunday?online surveys Should Brad Childress [...]

Week 10: Jean-Paul Bergeaux’s List of Things

By Columnist Jean-Paul Bergeaux Making rules about concussions doesn’t change the game of football. Does anyone actually think that Hines Ward had a neck injury on Sunday night?  Of course not, he suffered a concussion of some sort.  He got knocked out.  However, throughout the game he was listed as questionable with a neck injury [...]

Another November, Another Speeding Ticket

Last November, Adrian Peterson was stopped for driving 109 miles per hour in a 55 zone.  He received 16 hours of community service after pleading guilty to driving 99 mph. This November (today), Peterson was again pulled over, this time for going 53 in a 35 near Winter Park.  It isn’t too big of a [...]

“Great Heart” Nowhere To Be Seen

Following the miraculous comeback against Arizona two weeks ago, owner Zygi Wilf stood outside the Vikings locker room shaking each player and coach’s hand and exclaiming “great heart!” After this Sunday’s pathetic display at Soldier Field, I immediately envisioned a downtrodden Wilf standing outside the visitor’s locker room kicking every coach and player in the [...]

Vikings React To The Loss

BRETT FAVRE “We’re running out of games,” he said. “At the rate we’re playing, it won’t take but a couple more, and we’ll be out of it. And that’s just being honest. I don’t know how to sugar-coat it. If we don’t play any better than we did today, or we did for 56 minutes [...]