https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/page/112/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-minnesota-wilds-kids-are-going-to-play/Have you ever gotten exactly what you wanted? Like, exactly the thing you were wanting. No substitutes, no disappointments, just the exact thing you want.       It's not a feeling I'm super familiar with, particularly as a sports fan. Maybe it'd be different if I rooted for the Los Angeles Dodge...20039Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/matt-lafleur-vs-brian-flores-is-must-see-tv/Matt LaFleur and the Green Bay Packers survived two games with Malik Willis under center thanks to complementary football and a masterful game plan. They defeated their two AFC South opponents, but the Packers will face their toughest test against the undefeated Minnesota Vikings.   Minnesota is...20038Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/its-time-to-unleash-lukas-van-ness/We’re fresh off an excellent all-around performance from the Green Bay Packers following their 30-14 Week 3 victory over the Tennessee Titans in Nashville.   Most people have focused on Malik Willis and the job he has done over the last two weeks leading the team in Jordan Love’s absence, and rig...20037Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/can-the-packers-make-sam-darnold-see-ghosts-again/Sam Darnold’s most infamous mic'd-up moment came in 2019. Down 24-0 at halftime against the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football, Darnold was caught saying, “I’m seeing ghosts.” The New York Jets lost 33-0, with Darnold completing just 34% of his passes for 86 yards and tossing four inter...20035Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/can-jakub-lauko-squeeze-onto-the-wild-roster/The NHL preseason is officially underway, and it's great to have hockey back. Hockey’s return is cause for celebration, even if the preseason can be a bit dry.       Unfortunately, the Wild will likely have an uneventful slate of preseason games. Players returning from injuries will have the ch...20034Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-09-24/Locks WNBA (0.5 Unit) Atlanta Dream/NY Liberty Under 156.5 (-110; Odds via Caesars): 6:30 PM CT on ESPN   These teams have been pretty consistent in staying under this total on the season, including Game 1 of the playoffs on Sunday. The 5 meetings throughout the year have gone 4-1 under tonig...20032Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/malik-willis-gave-the-packers-breathing-room/In past years, the Green Bay Packers season was doomed when Aaron Rodgers got hurt. But Seneca Wallace, Tim Boyle, and DeShone Kizer have nothing on Malik Willis.   Packers fans held their breath as they saw Jordan Love lying on the tattered Sao Paulo turf in Week 1. After the game, Green Bay rev...20031Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/matt-boldy-out-week-to-week-with-injury/The Minnesota Wild are just one, single game into their preseason and already have to deal with an injury to a key player.       Announced by the team on Monday morning, Matt Boldy is going to be out "week to week" with a lower-body injury. As The Athletic's Michael Russo reports, it is not a ma...20030Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/i-wonder-what-guys-like-david-carr-are-thinking-right-now/After watching Malik Willis the past two weeks, I can’t help but wonder what hundreds of discarded, once-highly touted quarterbacks are thinking today. The guys who were drafted in the first round, often by a lousy organization that rushed them out onto the field and fed them to the wolves.   Guy...20026Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-pass-rush-came-alive-in-week-3/Malik Willis is 2-0 as the interim starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, thanks to Matt LaFleur's masterful game-planning and complementary football in all three phases.   Willis did everything necessary to win the game, including playing mostly mistake-free football -- something his fo...20025Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-are-on-the-forefront-of-a-league-wide-trend/Malik Willis started three games in 2022 for the Tennessee Titans and severely underwhelmed. However, a career that once seemed lost has been revitalized in Green Bay in two short weeks.   But Willis isn't the outlier in the NFL; this case study on quarterbacks performing miserably until a change...20024Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/napheesa-collier-displayed-her-killer-instinct-in-game-1-against-the-mercury/Following the Minnesota Lynx’s 102-95 Game 1 win over the Phoenix Mercury, Napheesa Collier answered a question regarding her fellow UConn alum Diana Taurasi’s potential retirement.   “I feel lucky to have played with her on Team USA and against her,” Collier said, pausing to smirk, “and hopefull...20022Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/green-bays-skill-players-picked-malik-willis-up-in-tennessee/Less than four weeks since the Tennessee Titans traded Malik Willis to the Green Bay Packers for a 2025 seventh-round draft pick, he beat them in Nashville.   Willis completed 13 of 19 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown in Green Bay’s 30-14 victory. He also led the Packers on the ground with 73...20021Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-cant-operate-as-a-bubble-team-again-this-year/With the 2024-25 season approaching, teams like the Calgary Flames, Seattle Kraken, and St. Louis Blues are at a crossroads this year. Each franchise enters the season playing with something to prove as they try to make the playoffs as a bubble team.       If Minnesota is a bubble team again, C...20020Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-09-23/Locks NFL (1 Unit) 3-Team 7 Point Teaser (+120; Odds via Caesars)   Jacksonville Jaguars/Buffalo Bills Under 52.5: 6:30 PM CT on ESPN   I’m backing the primetime unders trend here, as games under the lights in the NFL this season have now gone 7-2 to the under including 5 straight. And at th...20019Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/why-do-the-packers-struggle-to-defend-between-the-numbers/The Green Bay Packers' defense dominated the Tennessee Titans, sacking Will Levis eight times and forcing three turnovers. Jaire Alexander contributed with a pick-six, while J.J. Enagbare added a strip sack. Xavier McKinney notched his third interception in his third game since the Packers signed...20018Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-09-22/Locks NFL (1 Unit) 3-Team 7 Point Teaser (+120; Odds via Caesars)   Houston Texans/Minnesota Vikings Under 53: 12:00 PM CT on CBS   You have to give a ton of credit to Minnesota’s defense under Brian Flores, which has been the biggest key along with Sam Darnold to their 2-0 start. Importantl...20014Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-09-21/Locks NCAA Football (0.5 Unit) Arkansas/Auburn Over 56 (-110; Odds via DraftKings): 2:30 PM CT on ESPN   I like this total here as long as it’s at or below the key number of 56 points. These are two underrated offenses, ranked 13th and 24th in success rate, squaring off against two defenses t...20011Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/are-the-lynx-about-to-go-on-another-championship-run/After the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Minnesota Lynx 68-51 in the regular season finale, Cheryl Reeve answered a question about Minnesota’s preparation for their first-round matchup against the Phoenix Mercury.   “I think the great thing for us is that we don’t have to be anything different than...20009Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-are-recycling-their-top-line-for-now/This is our first training camp with John Hynes, so we don't quite know yet what this process means for him as coach of the Minnesota Wild. Specifically, the lines that he used to open up training camp. Are these lines just a starting point? A way to get his NHLers back on the ice with players the...20008Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/what-does-matt-boldy-have-to-do-to-take-the-next-step/According to The Athletic’s Michael Russo, the Minnesota Wild will start the season with Ryan Hartman centering Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello. That means Matt Boldy will start on the second line with Joel Eriksson Ek, and Marco Rossi or Marcus Johansson. It will be Boldy's job to lead the ch...20005Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-under-dogs-are-barking-week-3-3/OK, that’s more like it. We rebounded nicely from a disastrous Week 1, with a scintillating 3-0 record last week. It was a profitable slate for dogs across the board, notably those getting five or more points. Here’s hoping that trend continues: Panthers +5 at Las Vegas OK, here’s the deal: If...20004Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/why-you-shouldnt-expect-to-see-jordan-love-this-weekend/As you know, Jordan Love’s playing status is under wraps until 10:30 central Sunday morning, barring a setback, when the Green Bay Packers announce their inactive players for the game in Nashville.   Everyone has an opinion about what the Pack will do or what they should do. Whether Love plays th...20003Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-09-20/Locks NCAA Football (0.5 Unit) 2-Team 6 Point Teaser (-110; Odds via Caesars)   Stanford/Syracuse Over 51.5: 6:30 PM CT on ESPN   Ok, first of all, teasing college football is not the best idea, especially totals. But it’s a slow Friday night, and what are you, a cop? I think we see plenty o...20002Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/wild-training-camp-starts-lineup-taking-shape/The summer is over, thank goodness. That means hockey can start and it more or less officially did when the Minnesota Wild opened up training camp earlier this week.       It has been just one day of skating and some teammates getting their first introductions to each other and for others, reuni...20000Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000