The Vikings will approach the starting strong safety position the same way they did last week. Head coach Leslie Frazier said Jamarca Sanford will get his second straight start, but Tyrell Johnson will rotate in, just as he did last week. Minnesota’s secondary played quite well last week by limiting Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers into [...]
With the release of safety Madieu Williams, it will be interesting what the Vikings decide to do to replace him, whether it be through free agency, trade or to start a player currently on the roster. Tyrell Johnson appears to be Minnesota’s guy. Jeremey Fowler of the Pioneer Press was told that Johnson “will be [...]
In the post-game press conference, Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress was asked whether Husain Abdullah has won the job at safety or if his start was just a matchup thing. Simple, straight forward answer: “He’s our starting strong safety,” Childress said, according to Tom Pelissero of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities. The question heading into camp was [...]
Here is the first injury report for week one of the 2010 Minnesota Vikings season. The Vikings will be without cornerback Chris Cook (knee) and defensive tackle Jamie Kennedy (knee) for Thursday’s opener. Cook and Kennedy missed all three practices this week. Running back Toby Gerhart (knee) and cornerback Cedric Griffin (knee) are listed as [...]
The Minnesota Vikings are set to enter the season against quarterback Drew Brees and the Saints on Sept. 9 with only three healthy cornerbacks. Reaction: CRAZY!!!!! The Vikings have a special secret weapon up their sleeves – Husain Abdullah. There is strong indications that the Vikings are starting Abdullah at strong safety, according to Judd Zulgad [...]
The Minnesota Vikings issued their first injury report of the season. Did not participate: CB Chris Cook (knee) and DT Jimmy Kennedy (knee) Limited participation: RB Toby Gerhart (knee), CB Cedric Griffin (knee), S Jamarca Sanford (ankle) and C John Sullivan (calf) Participated fully: QB Brett Favre (ankle)
The Minnesota Vikings rotated safeties Tyrell Johnson and Jamarca Sanford at strong safety for the first-team defense for most of training camp. Johnson, last season’s starting strong safety, appears to be destined to return as the starter over Sanford this season. As Phil Mackey of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities pointed out, Johnson started the third preseason game [...]
Let me first say that Judd Zulgad of the Star Tribune is a great beat writer. He has some goodies posted on his Twitter page: Greg Camarillo wearing No. 85 for the Vikings. Percy Harvin still has one more test to undego before he can practice. He did NOT practice Wednesday. Childress is hoping Harvin can [...]
Judd Zulgad and Chip Scoggins (Star Tribune) say Minnesota Vikings’ safety Tyrell Johnson had arguably his best performance of the season in a 34-3 playoff victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The Star Tribune had reported that Johnson was supposed to split time with safety Jamarca Sanford against the Dallas Cowboys, just like the two did [...]
Judd Zulgad (Star Tribune) said via Twitter Minnesota Vikings’ safeties Jamarca Sanford and Tyrell Johnson are going to split playing time this Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. “Plan is for Jamarca Sanford and Tyrell Johnson to share time again at strong safety on Sunday,” Zulgad said. “Sounds like Johnson will start.” This does not come [...]
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