The thriving veteran quarterback. The game-controlling rushing attack. The premier pass rusher. Those are some of the strengths the Tennessee Titans will take with them to Minnesota. The Vikings could be forgiven for harboring envy, after all, for these are attributes they thought they had. Instead, the Vikings will try to reverse course from their […]

Justin Jefferson is not used to losing, coming from college powerhouse LSU. His first two professional games with the Minnesota Vikings have been about as defeating as a player could experience in the sport. After going 34-7 in three years with the Tigers, who won the national championship in 2019, Jefferson has found himself not […]

Off to an 0-2 start while trying to acclimate several new pieces into Mike Zimmer’s defense, the Minnesota Vikings suffered another big blow on Monday. Four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Anthony Barr will miss the remainder of the season because of a torn pectoral muscle sustained in Minnesota’s 28-11 loss at Indianapolis a day earlier. Barr […]

Minnesota Vikings four-time Pro Bowl linebacker Anthony Barr will miss the remainder of the season because of a torn pectoral muscle, coach Mike Zimmer said Monday. Barr was hurt before halftime of Minnesota’s 28-11 loss Sunday at Indianapolis, and Zimmer said the seventh-year pro would be placed on injured reserve. Barr has not missed more […]

Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings have failed to establish any type of comfort on the field in this strange 2020 season that’s already one-eighth done. They’ve found safety – and very much the wrong kind. For the second straight game, Cousins took a costly sack in his own end zone that helped the opponent […]

COLTS 28, VIKINGS 11 Jonathan Taylor, a 21-year-old rookie running back, rushed 26 times for 101 yards and scored a touchdown in his first NFL start. Taylor celebrated his first win inside Lucas Oil Stadium, after losing three Big Ten championship games with Wisconsin in the stadium, in front of about 2,500 fans. He became […]

The Indianapolis Colts drafted Jonathan Taylor to complement their ground game. Now he’s the starter – and perhaps the finisher, too. On Sunday, the Colts are giving a 21-year-old rookie his chance to play a familiar part: workhorse back. ”Jonathan, I think has been in this mindset of he’s been a star and a starter […]

The Minnesota Vikings placed starting right guard Pat Elflein on injured reserve on Thursday, meaning the fourth-year player will miss at least three games. The Vikings did not disclose the injury for Elflein, who has not appeared on the injury report this season. NFL Network reported that Elflein hurt his thumb in practice on Thursday. […]

Cameron Dantzler picked up his nickname ”The Needle” in high school in Louisiana. ”I was always skinny,” the Minnesota Vikings cornerback said after he was drafted in the third round, ”and when I hit you, it hurt.” Dantzler’s entry into the NFL has predictably come with growing pains, too. His debut was a rough one […]

Though the Minnesota Vikings have used either a first or second round pick on an offensive lineman in the last three drafts, they’re hardly settled up front. Not since 2014, head coach Mike Zimmer’s first season with the team, have the Vikings opened with the same starting five as the year before. There’s no better […]