Vikings Gab

On a weekend when the Vikings are going to make at least 22 roster moves and will have plenty of speculation about trades, cuts, and pickups surrounding them, I thought it would be fun to think about some fairly recent near-misses.
I have two big “what if” scenarios to pose for you:
 1.  Over a year ago, [...]

Many people are now crowning the Bears as dunces for their trade to acquire Jay Cutler.  The deal keeps getting even better for the Broncos, as the worse the Bears do, the better the 2010 draft pick the Broncos acquired from them in the trade becomes.  That pick (in addition to all the others they [...]

The preview is coming a little early this week, as I do not plan on having too many updates until Sunday morning.
The 9-1 Vikings are preparing to host the 4-6 Bears this Sunday, in a game that will have great importance to the Vikings as a team, and also great importance to the careers of [...]

The Lions are wallowing in misery.
The Packers might as well start talking about next year.
However, the Bears are the Vikings most formidable opponent at this point.  Currently, the Vikings hold a 2.5 game lead over the Bears in the divisional standings.  Given that the Bears make up 25% of the Vikings remaining schedule (we still [...]

Last week we told you about Jared Allen’s amusement with Matthew Stafford being considered anything other than an over-paid rookie that hasn’t proven anything.
This week, it is Bobby Wade that is stirring the NFC North pot by saying that Brian Urlacher recently told him that Jay Cutler is a “pussy.”  Wade says Urlacher made this [...]

Jay Cutler has been traded to the Chicago Bears for at least two first round draft picks and quarterback Kyle Orton. The Vikings will be able to witness first hand if the young quarterback was worth the investment, as they will now be playing against him two times a season.
No talk of a contract [...]

I’ve been pretty confident in my recent assertions that the Vikings chance to get a deal done for quarterback Jay Cutler has already come and gone. While I still think that they don’t stand a chance, there are rumblings that if Childress and Cutler were able to sit down and have a chat they [...]

PFT reports that the Broncos have announced that starting quarterback Jay Cutler will be traded.
As we previously mentioned the Vikings opportunity to trade for Cutler has already came and went, and it is unlikely that they jump back into the race. In fact, PFT doesn’t have the Vikings as one of the teams in [...]

While it may not have been as shocking as Mike Singletary dropping his trousers, Josh McDaniels turned to some odd antics during his interview at league meetings. According to denverpost.com coaches were asked to wear throwback jerseys for their respective teams for a photo shoot. McDaniels had his jersey in hand, and made [...]