When the Minnesota Vikings drafted offensive lineman Chris DeGeare, they knew they were getting a physically gifted lineman with a tremendous potential. The six-foot-four 335-pound converted guard is impressing Vikings coaches in practice; so much that DeGeare is seeing plenty of action with the team’s first-team offense at right guard. The Vikings say they are [...]
NFL teams are required to trim their rosters to get down to 75 players today. Here are the moves the Minnesota Vikings made in order to meet requirements (thanks to Mike Wobschall of Vikings.com Blog): The Vikings started Monday by placing linebacker J Leman on the waivers/injured list. Leman his since reverted to injured reserve. [...]
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook’s regular season debut will not happen on the Sept. 9 opener against the New Orleans Saints. Judd Zulgad of the Star Tribune reports Cook recently had a procedure on his right knee after suffering a torn meniscus on Saturday’s preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, according to NFL sources. According [...]
The Minnesota Vikings don’t have to cut their roster down 80 to 75 until 3 p.m. Tuesday but they started a little early. According to Judd Zulgad of the Star Tribune, the Vikings placed linebacker J Leman on the waived/injured list. Leman, 25, has missed much of training camp and all three preseason games because of turf [...]
Ever since losing running back Chester Taylor in free-agency, Minnesota Vikings fans have been wondering who the primary backup running back would be behind star running back Adrian Peterson. Answer: There is not primary backup to “All Day” Peterson. Running backs Albert Young and rookie Toby Gerhart has seen a lot of playing time during the [...]
The Minnesota Vikings signed kicker Rhys Lloyd to a two-year deal this offseason to handle kickoffs. Now his roster spot appears to be in jeopardy. The plan was to have kicker Ryan Longwell handle field goals and for Lloyd to boom kicks through the end zone. Lloyd has underperformed so far as the kickoff specialist, at least [...]
Seconds after I posted a blog about the roster situation between quarterbacks Sage Rosenfels and Tarvaris Jackson, I noticed a report by Jeremy Fowler of the Pioneer Press about the roster situation between Rosenfels and Jackson. Per the report, Jackson is the clear backup to quarterback Brett Favre and Rosenfels’ impressive preseason doesn’t seem to be enough to [...]
With the emergence of the raw and athletic Joe Webb at quarterback, it appears it would be virtually impossible for the Minnesota Vikings to sneak him onto the team’s practice squad while exposing him through waivers. Quarterback Brett Favre is the obvious lock at starter, which leaves one more roster spot on the quarterback depth chart for [...]
The 2010 regular season has not started yet, but Minnesota Vikings quarterback is already taking injections for his gimpy ankle. According to Peter King of SI.com, after eight series Saturday night against the Seattle Seahawks, Favre went into the trainers’ room in the Vikes’ locker room and got an injection of lubricant in the left [...]
Minnesota Timberwolves 2009 first-round pick point guard Ricky Rubio continues to say the right things, making Wolves fans very hopeful. Pete Thamel of the New York Times posted an interesting article about the hyped up Spanish guard. Thamel was able to get some comments regarding the Rubio situation from team president David Kahn and the point guard [...]
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