Patrick Mahomes needed just the waning minutes of Super Bowl 54 to end a whole lot of frustration. A championship 50 years in the making for the Kansas City Chiefs. A two-decade wait for an NFL title for coach Andy Reid. All it took was falling behind by double digits in the postseason, again. Then […]
Vikings Hall of Famer dies
Hall of Fame defensive end Chris Doleman, who became one of the NFL’s most feared pass rushers during 15 seasons in the league, has died. He was 58. The Minnesota Vikings and Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker offered their condolences in separate statements late Tuesday night. There was no word […]
Vikings coaching staff finalized
Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer promoted his son on Monday to help fill a key vacancy on his staff, appointing Adam Zimmer and Andre Patterson as co-defensive coordinators. The Vikings announced their revamped lineup of assistant coaches, which includes two new hires and four internal promotions. Assistant head coach Gary Kubiak, as reported last […]
NFC Championship this weekend
The San Francisco 49ers are one win away from accomplishing a turnaround that’s been done only once before in the Super Bowl era. With a victory in the NFC championship game at home on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, the Niners will become the second team in NFL history to make the Super Bowl […]
Zimmer and staff to get away for a bit, return to evaluate
For the first time in his six years with the Minnesota Vikings, coach Mike Zimmer told his assistants to take a break right after the end of the season before the staff reconvenes in a week or so to assess the roster. The extra time, Zimmer theorized, will minimize the personal sentiment and recency bias […]
Vikings season ends with thud
The offensive formula for the Minnesota Vikings has been fairly simple this season. Establish the run with Dalvin Cook to set up some play-action deep shots for Kirk Cousins. With Cook unable to get anything going on the ground against San Francisco, the Vikings had no chance against a healthy 49ers defense and lost the […]
Thielen overcame rough start to be hero on Sunday
Adam Thielen learned in college the psychological art of pivoting from a bad play, courtesy of a toy toilet the Minnesota State team kept on the sideline during games to flush away negative feelings and leave them in the past. The Minnesota Vikings wide receiver has had to lean hard on that life lesson this […]
Vikings Report Card
In their boisterous locker room in New Orleans after the overtime victory, the Minnesota Vikings roared in celebration when coach Mike Zimmer gave the game ball to quarterback Kirk Cousins. ”How does it feel to win a playoff game?” Zimmer asked Cousins with a question that needed no answer following the 26-20 decision that ousted […]
>>Vikings Stun Saints, Advance To NFC Divisional Round
(New Orleans, LA) — The Minnesota Vikings are moving on N-F-C Divisional Round of the playoffs after a 26-20 overtime win over the Saints in New Orleans. Kirk Cousins connected with for the winning score in O-T. Cousins finished 19-of-31 for 242 yards passing for Minnesota, which advances to face the number-one seeded San Francisco […]
Vikings Beaten By Bears; Saints Up Next
(Minneapolis, MN) — The Vikings regular season came to an end on Sunday afternoon when they fell to the Bears at U.S. Bank Stadium. Kicker Eddy Pineiro drilled a 22-yard field goal with 10-seconds left to lift the Bears to victory in a game where the Vikings rested a number of starters as they couldn’t […]