Minnesota Vikings

The Saints quarterback was nearly flawless in the final three quarters of the Super Bowl, patiently dissecting Indianapolis.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke Friday at his annual Super Bowl press conference at the media center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Goodell addressed the league's position in the collective bargaining agreement and fielded questions about head injuries, overtime, extending the regular season and the NFL's possible return to Mexico, among other things.

Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie has been dismissed from the NFC Pro Bowl team for unexcused absences.

Sage Rosenfels is the guy who took the early lead in Minnesota's quarterback competition last summer with a strong performance in the first preseason game. Then came Brett Favre.

No one can say the New Orleans Saints had an easy road to the championship.  Just look at the quarterbacks they had to defeat along the way: Kurt Warner, Hall-of-Famer.  Brett Favre, Hall-of-Famer.  Peyton Manning, Hall-of-Famer. The Saints beat Warner and Favre by mercilessly pounding them, sending Warner into retirement and Favre into a bruise-covered limbo.  Peyton [...]

For the second straight year, a great Viking of the 1990s will join the immortals in Canton. Last year it was stalwart guard Randall McDaniel.  This year it is high-energy defensive lineman John Randle. Randle becomes the third Viking defensive lineman enshrined in the Hall-of-Fame, following famed Purple People Eaters Carl Eller and Alan Page. He enters the [...]

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[Check out my other previews:  Quarterback, Running back, Full back, Tight end, Wide out] Bryant  McKinnie may be on the outs.  Phil Loadholt impressed in his rookie season.  Little is certain as far as depth goes at offensive tackle.  Let’s take a look at where things stand. 2009 Season At left tackle, Bryant McKinnie started the 2009 season [...]

Just because it is the offseason doesn’t mean us bloggers have nothing to talk about.  Here is this week’s look around the web: John Randle getting into the Hall of Fame was great, but what about Cris Carter? Randle changed the game and had fun doing it. Some chatter about safeties being limited in the Cover-2 defense and [...]

Defensive Tackle is thought to be one of the Vikings top offseason priorities because of the likelihood that Pat Williams will retire soon, and because Fred Evans and Jimmy Kennedy are both at the end of their contracts. However, just as I was starting to say to myself that Pat Williams would have announced his retirement [...]