Improving the offensive line was a clear priority for the Minnesota Vikings heading into this season. An offense featuring quarterback Kirk Cousins, receivers Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen, running back Dalvin Cook and tight end Kyle Rudolph finished in the bottom half of the league offensively in 2018. Garrett Bradbury became a central figure to […]
Cousins in camp with high hopes
Kirk Cousins is well aware of the label on an NFL career left largely unfulfilled, a quarterback with plenty of impressive stats but not enough team success. The scrutiny intensified with the fully guaranteed $84 million contract that Cousins signed with the Minnesota Vikings last year, a season that ultimately ended for him like all […]
Training camp continues to roll for Vikes youngsters
Three seasons ago, when the Minnesota Vikings stumbled after a 5-0 start and finished just 8-8, one of their many problems was a negligible contribution by their collection of first-year players. The following summer, school started early for the new students. Coach Mike Zimmer hasn’t looked back. ”That was the rookie class that didn’t really […]
Suspension of Vikings’ Hill gets heavier
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Holton Hill has been suspended for an additional four games, this time for violation the NFL’s policy and program on substances of abuse. Hill will be out of action for the first half of the season, having previously received a four-game ban the league handed him in April for violation of the […]
Vikings training camp underway for rookies
MINNESOTA VIKINGS (8-7-1) OPEN CAMP: July 26, Eagan, Minnesota LAST YEAR: Stumbled underneath weight of Super Bowl goal they carried with expensive new QB Kirk Cousins into 2018, following trip to NFC championship game previous year. Won just one of seven games against teams that made playoffs, including home loss in finale to rival Bears […]
Vikings make roster moves
The Minnesota Vikings have signed rookie long snapper Austin Cutting, the seventh-round draft pick from Air Force whose two-year military service requirement needed to be scheduled around team activities before his contract could be finalized. The Vikings announced the deal on Monday, when Cutting was one of 37 rookies and other selected players to report […]
Vikings helping feed those in need
Dalvin Cook’s rookie year was dominated by his rehabilitation from reconstructive knee surgery, and his second season included recuperation from a significant hamstring strain. The arduous process of recovery from injuries quickly made the Minnesota Vikings running back realize the necessity of eating right. When he entered the NFL, Cook could hardly have envisioned spinach […]
Vikings great Steve Jordan to Ring of Honor
The Minnesota Vikings will make former tight end Steve Jordan the 25th member of their Ring of Honor this season. The ceremony will be Oct. 24, at halftime of Minnesota’s game against Washington. Jordan, a seventh-round draft pick out of Brown who played all 13 of his NFL seasons with the Vikings from 1982-94, is […]
Vikings Lock Up Rudolph
>>Vikings, TE Rudolph Reach Four-Year Deal (Eagan, MN) — The Minnesota Vikings are locking up tight end Kyle Rudolph on the eve of mandatory minicamp. Multiple outlets report the two sides agreed to a four-year, 36-million-dollar contract extension late Monday. The deal will keep him in Minnesota through the 2023 season. Rudolph has spent his […]
Vikings exec will be next Big Ten Commissioner
Kevin Warren keeps a picture in his office of Curt Flood. There’s another of Jackie Robinson, one of Texas Western’s barrier-bulldozing 1966 NCAA championship basketball team and Dr. Martin Luther King’s letter from ”Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Warren understood the significance of the moment Tuesday as he became the first black commissioner of a Power […]