June 9th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that free agent wide receiver Plaxico Burress is not on the Vikings’ radar screen. Burress, who turns 34 in August, was released from upstate New York prison on Monday and is expected to resume an NFL career that has included 505 receptions for 7,845 yards and 55 [...]
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Ponder Changes Around His Throwing Motion
National Football Post reports that new Vikings QB Christian Ponder has shifted his throwing motion a bit to get ready for his rookie year where he could see some serious playing time for the Vikings who are still without a solid veteran QB on the roster. In the midst of the lockout, Christian Ponder continues [...]
Vikings Stars Are Back To Getting Good Press
There aren’t a lot of Vikings stories right now at all. So, when a couple of stories come do surface I thought it best to at least mention them here, especially since they place two of our superstars in a positive light. First off, thanks to one of our readers named Bill for pointing out [...]
Purple Charlie’s Purple Pad
One of our most consistent and loyal readers goes by the name of “Purple Charlie” in our comments sections and his Vikings Room recently became a topic of conversation. He wanted to share with other readers some photos so he sent them to me and I am happy to post them. Purple Charlie says he [...]
Rosenhaus Says Vikings WR Rice “In The Best Shape Health-Wise Ever”
Probably trying to get a lot of interest in his client, agent Drew Rosenhaus says that possible Vikings free agent to be Sidney is in awesome shape – this after he beat the agent in a bunch of 300-yard shuttles. Agent Drew Rosenhaus tweeted on Monday afternoon that he “(j)ust got destroyed by Sid Rice [...]
New England with Interest in Signing WR Sidney Rice?
Pro Football Weekly talked this past week about New England adding a veteran WR through free agency, and one name that was on their short list was Vikings possible free agent to be Sidney Rice. On the condition of anonymity, scouts are often capable of filling a notebook, which was the case recently when one [...]
Vikings Still Chatting About Adding a Veteran QB
With the lockout wiping out OTAs and mini-camps that are critical in the development of young quarterbacks Christian Ponder and Joe Webb, Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the Vikings are still discussing bringing in a veteran quarterback this season. The Vikings have been linked to free agent quarterback Matt Hasselbeck for several [...]
Lemke One-On-One: Interview With Stephen Burton
Hey guys! I just completed my interview with Vikings rookie wideout Stephen Burton. I will be doing several interviews for this site, so keep your eye out for more! By the way, on my old website, Lemke’s Lot, I always started off the title posts for my interviews “Lemke’s Lot Spotlight”, but obviously since I [...]
“Secret” meeting in Chicago
As reported by multiple sources, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and other NFLPA officials met with various owners and Roger Goodell in Chicago. Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen state it was an effort to bridge some of their differences. Others state meeting was so secretive that not all owners even knew about the meeting. Still [...]
