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Last offseason, the Minnesota Vikings were faced with a conundrum. With their first-round pick quarterback, JJ McCarthy, fully healed, they had to choose between sitting their future and rocking with journeyman Sam Darnold or betting it all on the sophomore’s shoulders. Everyone reading this knows they put all their chips in the McCarthy basket and […]
During the dog days of May, when the biggest story is whether or not the undrafted free agent quarterback from Minnesota State University Moorhead will crack the 53-man roster, all 18 weeks feel like must-see TV for NFL fans. The anticipation of seeing football again after months without it gives the first few regular-season games […]
The Minnesota Vikings’ search for a new general manager has taken a more deliberate path, if that’s the right term, beginning with the decision to fire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah in late January and put off a search for a new GM until after the draft, naming EVP of Football Operations Rob Brzezinski as interim GM. Wilf […]
Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Isaiahh Loudermilk is signing with the Minnesota Vikings, per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. He joins former Steelers teammate James Pierre, who also signed with Minnesota this offseason. Loudermilk was drafted by the Steelers in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft out of Wisconsin. In four seasons with the […]
Last season, for my inaugural crystal ball look at the 2025 Minnesota Vikings season, I stepped on a rake. I had our favorite team going 12-5, largely because of early optimism about J.J. McCarthy’s readiness. While the reasoning seemed sound, a rookie season comparable to those of C.J. Stroud, Jayden Daniels, and Bo Nix didn’t […]
Our five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable all led up to this final topic as the WCG crew answered this question. What will be the Bears’ 2026 regular season record? Here’s the Bears’ full 2026 schedule. Week 1 – Sept. 13 at Carolina Panthers, noon on FOXWeek 2 – Sept. 20 vs. Minnesota Vikings, noon on FOXWeek […]
The Minnesota Vikings’ search for their next general manager rolls along… and has lingered a bit in the Pacific Northwest. After firing Kwesi Adofo-Mensah at the end of January, the team in the Twin Cities is still looking for the head man for the big front office role. Adofo-Mensah was released by the team, speculatively, […]
The search for the next General Manager for the Minnesota Vikings is moving along, and with the first round of interviews in the books, the team has reportedly narrowed their list down to a final five candidates. According to Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports, the five candidates who are being called back for second, in-person […]
The Las Vegas Raiders began their OTA sessions this week and new head coach Klint Kubiak spoke to the media on Wednesday. As expected, veteran addition Kirk Cousins was working with the first-team offense Wednesday. Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 overall draft pick, was working mostly with rookies, which is expected. Expect Mendoza’s time with […]
The GM search is still ongoing and now it appears they are down to 5 candidates. They are … interim GM Rob Brzezinski, Broncos assistant GM Reed Burckhardt, Bills assistant GM Terrance Gray, Rams assistant GM John McKay and Seahawks assistant GM Nolan Teasley. Seeing as I do not know much about what the qualifications […]
The lawsuit that Minnesota Vikings’ defensive coordinator Brian Flores has lodged against the National Football League about its hiring practice is still ongoing, and after a move that Flores made on Tuesday, the suit now involves nearly every team in the league. According to Front Office Sports, Flores has subpoenaed 25 NFL teams for information […]
Brian Flores brings his Vikings defense to face the inexperienced Malik Willis in Week 4. The former Miami Dolphins HC has plenty of motivation to make it ugly.
The Minnesota Vikings’ 2026 quarterback competition is officially on, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. On the latest episode of The Real Forno Show, Vikings beat writer and NFL draft analyst Tyler Forness breaks down exactly how both J.J. McCarthy and Kyler Murray can win the starting job — treating it as a true 50/50 […]
The Minnesota Vikings will only get one home game during the 2026 preseason, but they’ll be spending it getting prepared against one of the more interesting teams in the AFC. Ahead of their preseason game at U.S. Bank Stadium on 22 August, the Vikings will be hosting the league’s other purple team, the Baltimore Ravens, […]
In the latest episode of Two Old Bloggers, hosts Dave Stefano and Darren Campbell deliver a sharp, candid breakdown of everything shaking up Vikings land heading into the 2026 season. The duo zeroed in on a troubling theme emerging from Minnesota’s ongoing GM search: top assistant GM candidates like Chad Alexander may be declining interviews […]
Dear Leo, Is it time for you to retire from watching Minnesota Timberwolves games? All too many times this season, your wife has seen you keel over in pain after the final buzzer sounds in a Wolves game. You collapse to your knees and your forehead plops down to the carpet. You let out a […]
Not much going on right now as we await the first OTAs and minicamp. The current Cap Space (per OverTheCap) without the Jennings signing reflected is : $12,267,125One June 2nd it will increase due to the Post-June 1 release savings: +$12,500,000 (combined from Harrison Smith and Jonathan Allen)Adjusted Total Cap Space: $24,767,125 I imagine Jennings […]
Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn will be cheering on the Vikings for a second season, a year after their appearance upset a right-wing influencer.
The Minnesota Vikings and the rest of the NFL released their official schedules Thursday evening to some muted fanfare as fans compared schedule-release presentations. But let’s cut to the chase and take a more in-depth look at the Vikings’ regular season schedule. Preseason In the past the second preseason game has been the occasion for […]
Now that the Minnesota Vikings’ 2026 schedule is officially out there in the wild, I wanted to give a few initial thoughts on how things could, potentially, go for our favorite football team in 2026. I don’t want to do game-by-game predictions or anything like that, but I do want to put my initial record […]
The schedule is out, ladies and gentlemen! Here’s what the 2026 slate looks like for our Minnesota Vikings. We’ll have more discussion on the schedule over the course of the next few days, but for now, there it is! What do you think, folks?
According to several leaks, which have been confirmed, the San Francisco 49ers will open the season against the Los Angeles Rams in Australia and will face the Minnesota Vikings in Mexico City. Because of the Australia trip, Los Angeles and San Francisco are tops in the NFL in travel miles. The concern is fatigue from […]
We are getting closer to the release of the 2026 NFL regular season schedule, which is an event because the marketing folks in the NFL offices on Park Avenue know how to keep this league relevant pretty much year-round now. We’re seeing more and more leaks and rumors about the Minnesota Vikings’ schedule for the […]
Queue the fart noise machine! I guess it is useful if you are planning on attending games. Maybe some early predictors will find it helpful to know when they play the teams that were already assigned to play. Obviously the team should go 17-0 right? The team still has not processed Jauan Jennings’ contract with […]
The Vikings want to interview Kyle Smith just months after he joined Miami — and that's actually great news for Dolphins fans.