Archive for December, 2010

Here Is To A New Year!

A few hours from now we will all enter a new year. In a Vikings season where the phrase “There is always next year” has never been more welcomed, I just want to thank you all for sticking with us through one heck of a wild season of football.  This has been our best year [...]

Griffin Honored, Recovery Ahead Of Schedule

On Friday, the Vikings announced that their 2010 winner of the Ed Block Courage Award, which honors players who “exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage.” Griffin tore his ACL in overtime of the NFC Championship game last season and then made a remarkable comeback.  In his second game back, he tore his [...]

Final Injury Report

This is it.  The long wait until August’s preseason games begins Monday, which means this is our last injury report until then.  It could be even longer depending on what happens with the CBA negotiations. First, safety Madieu Williams has been placed on injured reserve after suffering a concussion.  The Vikings filled his roster spot [...]

Next Week Will Feature Meeting With Wilf & Frazier

Perhaps the most pivotal decision in the future of this franchise will be who is hired as head coach moving forward. The first step in that decision, which is Zygi Wilf’s to make, is deciding if current interim coach Leslie Frazier is their guy moving forward.  That decision will reportedly be discussed between Wilf and [...]

Webb Talks About His Improbable Road To Being A Starting Quarterback

This week’s spotlight has spent a good deal of time focused on Vikings rookie quarterback Joe Webb.  As unlikely as it might have been back in April, the Vikings sixth round “receiver” made a somewhat impressive start last week… against a playoff team… in their house… in prime time… after the game was postponed. Other [...]

Favre’s Concussion Still Preventing Him From Returning

Many fans would rather watch Joe Webb’s exciting ability to run around on Sunday in Detroit than to watch Brett Favre hobble on and off the field struggling to stay upright behind a very suspect offensive line. Those fans might just get their wish. According to Leslie Frazier, Brett Favre has yet to pass the [...]

300 Baseball Games Forced To Relocate

The Vikes weren’t the only team to scramble to relocate games after the roof collapsed at the Metrodome. According to reports, the roof is not expected to be repaired until at least March and many events will have to be rescheduled, including The Twins Fest which is held annually at the Metrodome. “That event will [...]

The Mock Has Arrived

Let me start by saying that I find mock drafts to be somewhat ridiculous in nature, especially this early in the game.  With that being said they are fun, readers love them, and are apparently a big part of keeping a sports site relevant these days. Also, full disclosure, if you go back to 2010’s [...]

Winfield Honored For Outstanding Performance

I remember watching the NFLN’s Top 100 Players special and hearing Jon Gruden go out of his way to single out one game that Derrick Brooks did something nobody else could… completely shut down Michael Vick. Yesterday, we saw Antoine Winfield have arguably an even better game against a supposedly much improved Vick on his [...]

Favre Officially Fined $50 G for For ‘Failure to Cooperate’ in Sterger Case

It will be interesting to see how Brett Favre explains to his wife about the $50,000 fine he was hit with today over the case of having to send pics of his privates to former Jets game-day hostess Jenn Sterger. The league didn’t suspend Favre, but instead took the stance of fining him for a [...]