The process of fans voting for who they think should make the Pro Bowl roster is a dubious one at best. Luckily the fan voting only factors into the final roster by about one-third. Voting closed on Monday night and Adrian Peterson finished with the fifth most votes of all players. He was behind only [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Spielman Checking Out Quarterbacks
December 22nd, 2010 
Adam Warwas 
Posted in Features, Main, News, NFL Draft, Offseason, Opinions, Rumors Jason LaConfora stirred the pot up a little last night on NFL Network when he became about the fiftieth analyst to suggest that Bill Parcells could end up in Minnesota this year. Vikings V.P. of Player Personnel Rick Spielman isn’t letting that speculation get to his head and he has hit the road in search [...]
Reid Welcomes Childress With Open Arms
Brad Childress left Andy Reid and the Philadelphia Eagles to become the Vikings head coach four seasons ago. Now Childress is unemployed and Reid made it clear that he would welcome his old offensive coordinator back to the team. “I would be honored,” said Reid. “I’m here with open arms.” There is a chance that [...]
Bomar Thinks He Has A Shot
When the Vikings decided to sign second year quarterback Rhett Bomar off of the Giants practice, most Vikings fans probably responded with little more than a shrug… if that. However, Bomar considers this a big step in his career and thinks that he’ll have a better shot to earn some playing time in Minnesota than [...]
Bomar Officially A Vikings Quarterback
Two days after being placed on the active roster, undrafted rookie quarterback R.J. Archer was placed on waivers and could end up back on the Vikings practice squad. The Vikings officially made the move to sign Rhett Bomar, a second year quarterback out of Sam Houston, off of the Giants practice squad and place him [...]
You Asked, I Did My Best To Answer
December 21st, 2010 Adam Warwas Posted in Features, Injuries, Main, NFL Draft, Offseason, Opinions, Rumors, Stadium I solicited questions about this Vikings team and now I will do my best to answer them: CSlinde: What is a realistic level of optimism for our Divine Purple remaining in Minnesota? I need something. Anything. This has been the saddest most embarassing season I’ve EVER experienced as fan, period. As much as the Dome [...]
Columnist Jean-Paul Bergeaux’s Week 15 List of Things
By Columnist Jean-Paul Bergeaux Things I know. Rushing matters in this “passing league”. Back in week 3 I noted a higher percentage of teams with high passing yards lost games compared to teams with high rushing yards in a game. This is counter-intuitive to the “common knowledge” of a passing league that is ruled by [...]
You Bring The Q & I’ll Supply The A
Well, I think there is a trend in our comments section right now that things are turning quickly towards offseason talk, despite having two remaining games on the schedule. I’m sure that I missed some questions in the comments sections about the upcoming offseason that deserve to be addressed. So, have at it. Leave any [...]
Using A Shotgun To Fix The Metrodome
While I wait patiently for the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission’s director of facilities and engineering, Steve Maki, to answer my somewhat pointed questions that he agreed to answer, reports are now coming out that progress is finally being made at the Metrodome. By shooting it with shotgun slugs. Seriously. Yet another panel of the inflatable [...]
Goodell Pays Attention To The Vikings
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell put aside his campaign to suspend Kevin and Pat Williams, a saga that has gone on for years now, just long enough to discuss some other matters surrounding the Vikings while visiting Minnesota this week. Goodell met with Governor elect Mark Dayton, a meeting that was scheduled prior to the Metrodome’s [...]
