Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe recently spoke about his “approval” over new offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave’s new playbook via the Star Tribune. Ponder had been given a portion of the playbook after he was drafted during the brief time the lockout was lifted. “I’m not going to get too specific but I like it,” Shiancoe said after going [...]
The Minnesota Vikings signed tight end John Nalbone to their practice squad, according to Adam Caplan of FOXSports.com. Nalbone, 24, was released last week by the Miami Dolphins. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. To make room for Nalbone on the practice squad, the Vikings released former Gopher [...]
With an early week four bye week, Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress gave his players and coaches the rest of this week off after a team meeting Monday. “For us it comes at a good time with guys that are a little more beat up than we’d like to see them this early,” Childress [...]
Well, none of us Vikings fans obviously wanted to lose to the Saints, especially after the heart-breaking loss in the NFC Championship game last January. I was expecting this to be a complete shoot out as everyone else was expecting it to be. Actually, 90% of people (including some Vikings fans) thought the Saints were [...]
The Star Tribune reported early Tuesday that kicker Ryan Longwell, guard Steve Hutchinson and defensive end Jared Allen were all absent from the Minnesota Vikings’ morning practice and were en route to Hattiesburg, Miss., for a visit with quarterback Brett Favre. By mid-day Favre was on a private jet headed to Eden Prairie. In addition, this message [...]
Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune went to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to check up on Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre. According to Souhan, Favre was on the practice field at Oak Grove High school Wednesday morning making some light passes and did not run. Souhan got a chance to talk to Favre and Favre said it’s not [...]
Despite reports from Monday evening and Tuesday morning about Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre retiring, an unnamed family member of Favre told Al Jones of the Biloxi Sun-Herald that Favre has not made his decision yet. “Brett has not made a commitment to play or a decision to return at this point,” the family source said. [...]
I have gotten some grief about my reports months ago that the Minnesota Vikings had turned their attention to running back Brian Westbrook shortly after they lost running back Chester Taylor in free agency to the Chicago Bears. Turns out the Vikings pursued running LaDainian Tomlinson instead, with reports following that saying the Vikings staff were concerned [...]
The Minnesota Vikings have been talking about a contract extension with tight end Visanthe Shiancoe, according to Pro Football Weekly. According to the report, Shiancoe would like to be paid among the top five tight ends in the league, which would put him in the $5 million to $7 million range per season. Shiancoe recently switched agents, [...]
Joe Montana recently told ESPN that he is confident Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback Brett Favre knows he will play next season but isn’t announcing anything because the 40-year-old doesn’t want to go through training camp. When we brought this story up to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe, he simply said to us: “he doesn’t need training camp.” [...]
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