Upon his release from the St. Louis Rams, veteran safety O.J. Atogwe was on several team’s radar screen as a street free agent in February. The Vikings were interested in Atogwe, but Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the 30-year-old safety decided to sign with the Redskins instead. “There were a lot of [...]
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10 Vikings with the Most to Prove in 2011: #9
#9 Phil Loadholt OT University of Oklahoma 2nd Round Draft Pick(54th)(2009) Continuing on with our list of Vikings with the most to prove in 2011, I bring you #9 Phil Loadholt. Phil Loadholt had a very solid rookie campaign with the Vikings in 2009 but last year was dissapointing, to say the least. Loadholt committed 14 [...]
Ponder: “Guys Are Hurting For Money Right Now.”
Okay, I’ll be honest, I wanted to break away from my “I hate writing about the lockout” ways to force a reason to post this video: Okay, thank you Herm, I’ll take it from here. Christian Ponder and Kyle Rudolph were among the rookies being told what is what during the rookie symposium on Wednesday. [...]
Sidney Rice Is Everywhere These Days
June 30th, 2011 
Adam Warwas 
Posted in 2011 Free Agency, Charity, Features, Main, News, Offseason, Opinions, Rumors Sidney Rice’s blog has been stagnant since February when he last created a post with the headline “Flying to China.” The lack of activity on his official site doesn’t mean there is a lack of activity if you look elsewhere for information on the young, talented wide out. In fact, it seems that every site [...]
Triangle Of No Authority: Top Free Agent Target
I asked our guys to participate with me in a semi-regular segment called “Triangle Of No Authority” where each of our writers attempt to answer a question that will (most likely) generate three different answers each time. I picked an easy one to get us started. “Who is the top free agent that the Vikings [...]
You Never Made T-Jack Feel Welcomed
As a guy that merely runs an increasingly popular (somehow) fan blog, is a fan of the Vikings, and communicates daily with the best Vikings fans on the planet I feel like I might have a good feel for how Vikings fans feel about any particular subject. It’s this, umm, sense of certainty that could [...]
Deal for New Vikings Stadium Could Come Today
Sources reported Wednesday that stadium negotiators had dropped the cost of the $1 billion proposed project by nearly $200 million, the Vikings had upped their contribution from $407 million and the state, Ramsey County and the team had resolved who would own and operate the stadium in suburban Arden Hills according to Rochelle Olson and [...]
10 Vikings with the Most to Prove in 2011: #10
Over the next week or so I’ll be doing 10 Vikings with the most to prove heading into 2011. Feel free to share any thoughts or opinions. I’ll be revealing one spot each day starting with #10. So let’s get into it #10 Jaymar Johnson WR #11 Jackson State 6th Round Pick(2008) I’m starting off this list with [...]
Robison Wants Edwards To Get His Money And Move Out Of The Way
June 29th, 2011 Adam Warwas Posted in 2011 Free Agency, Features, Main, News, Offseason, Opinions, Roster Moves I thought about opening this post with the words “Brian Robison has waited patiently for his chance to start” but I’ve attended enough of his live chats over at Viking Update that I actually think he probably hasn’t been waiting all that patiently and has been champing at the bit since entering the league. Robison [...]
Greenway Grateful To Be Tagged
June 29th, 2011 Adam Warwas Posted in 2011 Free Agency, Features, Main, News, Offseason, Opinions, Roster Moves Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has made considerable progress over his five seasons since being drafted in the first round by Minnesota. He hasn’t quite become a superstar linebacker to same degree as guys like Ray Lewis or Patrick Willis, but he has played at a high enough level that the team placed their franchise tag [...]
