https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/108/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-loss-in-philly-highlighted-longstanding-roster-construction-issues/The Minnesota Vikings fell to 0-2 after losing 34-28 to the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Stadium on Thursday Night Football. The offense picked up right where they left off last week by falling all over itself with yet another first half of football that included three costly turnovers...17152Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/philadelphia-is-becoming-minnesotas-new-house-of-horrors/Last year, Kirk Cousins emphasized extra effort with Justin Jefferson. He wanted him to have a second wind after getting hit near the end zone. Don’t just go down and make the team punch it in near the goal line. Get the ball over the goal line for six. It’s something he also emphasized with Jorda...17151Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-cant-compete-if-they-cant-fix-the-lines-of-scrimmage/Kirk Cousins fumbling on blindside sacks. Running game abandoned minutes into the night. Defensive line on roller skates as the Philadelphia Eagles’ running game grinds our hope of a potential comeback to a screeching halt.   Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?   We’ve seen this sho...17150Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-should-the-wolves-navigate-the-new-rest-rules/Defining a star player in the NBA is a lot like Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity, you know it when you see it. Excluding the rats on Reddit who think Karl-Anthony Towns is the 938th best player in the league, most of us are pretty aligned on who are the best players. And, more importantly,...17149Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-are-ready-for-their-on-your-left-moment/It feels like the Minnesota Twins are a few good breaks on the injury front from having their own iteration of the infamous from Avengers: Endgame. Just as a hampered team is about to take on their toughest challenge, they are suddenly reunited with a group of returning characters that had long...17148Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/we-can-feel-good-about-the-twins-despite-being-uncertain-about-them-all-year/Coming into the season, Fangraphs projected the Minnesota Twins to finish with a .500 record, 81-81, second in the division behind the Cleveland Guardians 82-80. Instead, Minnesota has been a division leader most of the season struggling to stay above .500 in a weak AL Central. Since the All-Star...17145Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-anatomy-of-an-upset-how-the-vikings-can-exploit-a-key-matchup-in-philly/The Minnesota Vikings look to quickly regroup after falling short, 20-17, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Vikings opened as 6.5-point favorites, but the defending NFC North champions didn’t make a good first impression. Minnesota will have a short week to shake off the loss. The NFL schedule...17144Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-caused-minnesotas-offense-to-occasionally-stall-out-last-year/Despite the plethora of offensive talent on last year’s Minnesota Timberwolves roster, they ranked 23rd in the league in offensive rating, scoring 113.3 points per 100 possessions. Last season was Minnesota’s first with Rudy Gobert, and Karl-Anthony Towns missed significant time due to his calf in...17142Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-will-the-wolves-handle-the-point-guard-position-going-forward/The Minnesota Timberwolves will enter this season with a lot of questions to answer. The anemic end to last season was a disappointment for a team that was hoping to be one of the best in the Western Conference. As the season rolls on the Wolves will have to figure out how their point guard rotati...17141Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-legend-of-september-correa-continues-to-grow/There is a familiar archetype in many great Western movies. Those movies usually feature an accomplished cowboy coming from a faraway land to fix an issue and restore order to a town that’s in dire need of saving. Many of these wild west stories are larger than life, but some of them have some tru...17139Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-much-is-chris-finch-leaning-on-analytics-in-his-coaching/Chris Finch, appeared on JJ Redick’s podcast The Old Man and the Three. In the hour-long interview, the two talked about a multitude of Minnesota Timberwolves-specific things, including coaching strategy, goals for the team for next season, and a few of the team’s star players including Anthony Ed...17134Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-minnesotas-defensive-front-be-their-biggest-obstacle-this-year/That sure was a heck of a lot different than last year's opener, eh? Last season, the Minnesota Vikings rang in the Kevin O'Connell era with an opening drive touchdown courtesy of Justin Jefferson on fourth-and-goal before beating the brakes off the Green Bay Packers. For an encore in 2023, Minnes...17129Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/anthony-edwards-world-cup-campaign-was-almost-perfect/On Sunday morning, the 2023 FIBA World Cup wrapped up after Team Germany beat Serbia 83-77. Heading into the World Cup, most pundits didn’t expect Germany and Serbia to play in the championship game. Instead, they expected the United States, France, and Canada to have the best roster – leading to...17128Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-the-tables-are-turning-on-the-lopez-arraez-trade/Luis Arraez was unavoidable for most of the summer. ESPN rarely fixates on baseball unless they’re showing Shohei Otani highlights. MLB is a regional sport until the playoffs, which isn’t necessarily bad, but ESPN needs to appeal to a national audience. Still, when Arraez is flirting with a .400 b...17127Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jeffersons-contract-situation-made-a-bad-day-worse/Sunday was a terrible day to be a Minnesota Vikings fan. In the early hours, it was reported that the Vikings would not be reaching an agreement on a contract extension with Justin Jefferson. A few moments later, trade speculation started to fly across the internet. The Vikings lost to the Tampa B...17126Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/third-down-failures-doomed-the-vikings-against-the-bucs/For the Minnesota Vikings' defense, the team's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a tale of two halves. On Tampa's first six drives, the Vikings allowed only 29 total yards and one first down on 20 offensive plays. On the Bucs' subsequent five drives (excluding the one-play drive to end the firs...17122Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/sonny-gray-is-a-serious-cy-young-candidate/It’s September and pitching remains a highlight of the Minnesota Twins' 2023 season. Pablo López recently eclipsed 200 strikeouts; his four-seamer has leveled up and brought his entire game with it. Kenta Maeda returned after missing all of 2022 and has had flashes of success. Bailey Ober inserted...17120Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nordos-numbers-week-1/The Minnesota Vikings lost their season opener to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 20-17. The game started less than ideally. Kirk Cousins took a while to find his rhythm, fumbled the ball twice, and the Bucs recovered both.   Cousins eventually settled down as the half went on, throwing a 39-yard touch...17116Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-picked-up-where-they-left-off/The last we saw the Minnesota Vikings, they left the field after losing 31-24 to an underdog New York Giants team in the playoffs. The 11-0 one-score magic they had last season disappeared that night. Still, it felt like the Vikings would get away with one again on Sunday. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers...17115Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-must-use-september-to-get-the-bullpen-right/Emilio Pagán brings a poker mentality to the mound. He’ll raise before the flop if he likes his cards. He reads his opponent's tendencies. Occasionally, Pagán will bluff when he doesn’t have his best stuff. Last year, he felt he often got beat on the river. He’d give up a home run that wouldn’t co...17113Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ant-vs-naw-is-minnesotas-basketball-world-cup/It’s not the USA vs. Canada gold medal match everyone may have wanted to see, but at least they will still face off in FIBA. The bronze medal game between USA and Canada will feature two Minnesota Timberwolves players who have filled huge holes for their respective national teams. Anthony Edwards...17109Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-chris-finch-straddle-two-eras-of-timberwolves-basketball/Last season, Chris Finch accomplished what no other head coach in Minnesota Timberwolves history had been able to do outside of Flip Saunders: consecutive playoff berths. It was a small feat but something that had become unfamiliar for the organization since Kevin Garnett’s glory days in the early...17106Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirk-cousins-and-baker-mayfield-share-one-thing-in-common/Coming into the season, this quarterback's approval rating had never been higher. He had starred in several commercials and was firmly in the public eye. He had become the face of the franchise, and he was coming due for a new contract.   Everybody was on pins and needles to see what his team wou...17105Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/155643/Week 1 has arrived, and Minnesota Vikings fans are gung-ho-ho over new defensive coordinator Brian Flores and his aggressive, blitz-centric scheme. Gone are the days where Minnesota's cornerbacks give ample cushion to opposing receivers with Ed Donatell's bend-(then bend a little bit more)-and-eve...17099Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/detroits-upset-is-truly-upsetting-for-vikings-fans/Bad news out of Detroit. That’s not so surprising. It could be about crime statistics or the collapse of American industry or further indignities suffered by their local football franchise. We could be talking about any year in the last several decades.   The difference is, this time the news out...17098Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000