https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/80/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-confident-in-qb-hill-kearse-and-pressley-pop-in-preseason-finale/Though there was a real-life football game going on Thursday night at US Bank Stadium, most members of the Minnesota Vikings organization were still thinking about Tuesday afternoon, when their season took a terrible turn as a result of Teddy Bridgewater’s freak knee injury.   There were some sig...1093Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-weird-stat-leaders-offense/The beauty of the game of baseball is that two people can watch the game and come away from it telling completely different stories. That’s why multiple outlets can send reporters to a game, with each possibly coming away telling a compelling enough game story to entice readers.   In the same ve...1092Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-start-slow-hang-on-to-beat-beavers/The Tracy Claeys era as head coach in Minnesota began against an unfamiliar opponent as the Golden Gophers welcomed Oregon State to town to open up the college football season on a Thursday night for the second consecutive year. This was only the first time since 1981 that Minnesota squared off ag...1090Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/91-twins-snap-streak-in-spite-of-santanas-spotty-start/Ervin Santana’s accuracy was scattershot, and as a result his pitch economy was not very good, but he did just enough to be the stopper the Minnesota Twins so desperately needed in an 8-5 win at Target Field on Thursday evening.   Santana lasted just five innings, as so-so command (102 pitches, 6...1089Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-vikings-hope-to-sign-veteran-qb-by-monday/Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman held a presser immediately before the fourth and final preseason game of the year to address questions about Teddy Bridgewater and how to move forward with the quarterback position.   Initially, he responded to questions about Bridgewater's health a...1088Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/91-buxton-back-santana-vs-quintana-and-injury-updates-on-may-milone-grossman/We’re primed for a wild night here in the Twin Cities, with the Twins, Vikings, Golden Gophers football team and the Saints all playing games at home with the Minnesota State Fair going on as well. So it’s probably fair to say the attention will be.....divided. We’ll just leave it at that.   A fa...1086Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:27:35 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/teddy-bridgewater-releases-statement-is-an-unrepentant-badass/Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater released a statement after being released from the hospital, where he was recovering from a season-ending knee injury. It's incredible. Of note, he wrote it and not a public relations advisor or member of a PR staff. I want to thank the Wilf Family...1085Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-key-to-the-twins-offseason-is-brian-dozier/As we prepare to head into the final month of the MLB regular season, it’s hardly too early to look to the offseason -- especially when considering the Minnesota Twins have lost 13 games in a row to fall headlong into the first overall slot as far as draft position is considered.   With a likely...1083Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:51:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/bridging-the-gap-whats-next-for-the-vikings-in-a-post-teddy-world/People are not very good at numbers.   That’s something that’s true about humans in general, and sports fans in particular. That’s fine; I’m bad at understanding numbers as well, but for the sake of accurate commentary I try to overcome it as often as possible.   The reason I bring this up is be...1082Thu, 01 Sep 2016 11:27:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-vikings-had-a-lot-riding-on-teddy-bridgewater-now-their-plan-have-changed/On a roster cut day that, imaginably, was already not very pleasant for the organization, the Minnesota Vikings received news that made the release of veteran John Sullivan feel like a moot point.   Shortly after beginning team drills, just before 2 p.m., quarterback Teddy Bridgewater fell to the...1073Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/sound-the-alarms-quarterback-teddy-bridgewater-goes-down-in-practice-looks-serious/              A non-contact injury for Teddy Bridgewater's left knee could mean a long-term problem, but we have no information yet. We'll update more once we have news.   Bridgewater progressed well in the offseason and looked to make the leap. Hopefully...1071Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:07:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/taking-a-look-at-the-vikings-75-man-cut-down/Cuts are a part of any NFL offseason, but they're gut-wrenching anyway. As the Vikings cut down their roster to 75 players before the final preseason game, we'll be keeping track of who's out and adding our takes to those cuts.   These players were going to be out one way or the other, so this ro...1064Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/bridgewater-secondary-star-in-us-bank-stadium-christening/In the first half of football ever played in the Minnesota Vikings’ new home, a crowd of over 66,000 bellowed as their beloved Purple cruised to a 23-10 victory.   Harrison Smith got them roaring with an interception on the team’s fourth defensive play, Teddy Bridgewater pushed decibel levels ove...1058Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/teddy-bridgewater-looks-sharp-in-all-important-third-preseason-game/There's a little bit of sarcasm in saying that the Bridgewater looked good in an "important" preseason game, but insofar as the third game of the preseason provides the best possible test case for the regular season, Bridgewater looked sharp in the 23-10 win for the Vikings over the Chargers.   1...1056Sun, 28 Aug 2016 18:30:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/notebook-vikings-wrap-busy-week-with-practice-at-new-stadium/A lot has happened since the Minnesota Vikings last played a football game. Mike Zimmer went toe-to-toe with the media. Teddy Bridgewater recovered from a mysterious shoulder injury. The Vikings signed a new quarterback. Matt Kalil got hurt, while several of his teammates returned to the field. Ad...1052Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/825-berrios-digs-deep-hole-as-twins-are-swept-by-tigers-berrios-and-duffey-demoted-to-rochester/It was more of the same for Jose Berrios and the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon, as the rookie right-hander dug too deep of a hole for the offense to dig out of in an 8-5 loss to the Detroit Tigers at Target Field.   The loss was the Twins’ seventh in a row, dropping their overall record...1045Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/825-berrios-vs-norris-copious-injury-updates-and-buxton-rolls-in-rochester/Greetings from Target Field, where it’s delightfully cool with a light breeze swirling as the grounds crew prepares for the 12:10 start. It’s righty Jose Berrios on the bump for the Twins against lefty Daniel Norris. There’s no local TV coverage, but MLB Network will have the action as part of a n...1043Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-vikings-should-not-let-adrian-peterson-play-on-sunday/Photo Credit: Kyle Hansen   The Minnesota Vikings’ media is currently embroiled in their most serious kerfuffle (if you can call it that) with head coach Mike Zimmer to date. While the third-year coach would prefer to keep the scribes playing 20 Questions when it comes to the injury report, we in...1040Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/824-crooked-numbers-in-two-innings-doom-twins-in-second-straight-loss-to-tigers/The Tigers hung up a couple crooked numbers on the Twins on the way to a second straight big win to open the series at Target Field. A five-run third and a three-run eighth spurred the 9-4 win for the Tigers, as starter Matt Boyd (5-2) tossed six solid innings despite allowing a pair of home runs....1039Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/824-doziers-power-light-flashes-velocity-park-goes-under-the-knife-and-more/Good afternoon from the Cumulus studios, where I'm preparing to produce the Andy, Luke and Arif Football Machine -- Cold Omaha's flagship Minnesota Vikings podcast. I was over at Target Field earlier, however, doing some pregame coverage for the Twins. Brandon (@Brandon_Warne) will write the gamer...1038Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/823-gibson-wobbles-as-twins-fall-8-3-in-series-opener-with-detroit/The Twins and Tigers just beat the downpour that swept into downtown Minneapolis following the game, as Detroit took advantage of command woes from starter Kyle Gibson and perhaps the opposite issue from reliever Michael Tonkin on the way to a 8-3 on Tuesday night at Target Field.   Gibson laste...1034Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/823-gibson-vs-sanchez-oldfriend-and-injury-updates-and-potential-rain-in-the-forecast/It’s overcast, breezy and warm as the Minnesota Twins prepare to open a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers at Target Field. It’s righty Kyle Gibson going for the Twins against righty Anibal Sanchez for the Tigers as we get the shortest homestand of the season at just three games underway...1033Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-preseason-rushing-offense-a-greater-concern-than-rush-defense/As Troymaine Pope rumbled past and slithered through Minnesota Vikings defenders on Thursday evening, some folks may have had alarm bells going off in their heads. Wasn’t this Vikings rush defense supposed to be improved?   While the final quarter definitely wasn’t pretty, it’s OK to pump the bra...1030Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:41:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/3-college-football-teams-to-fade-in-2016/1026Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/joel-stave-runs-first-second-and-third-string-offenses-at-practice/It's not a sentence any Minnesota Vikings fan ever thought they'd hear, but as this story's title suggests, the undrafted rookie from Wisconsin, Joel Stave, who was fourth on the depth chart before training camp, was the only quarterback to throw a ball in team drills on Saturday afternoon at Wint...1019Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:22:29 +0000