https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/205/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2-purple-dreams-and-1-packers-nightmare/This Sunday is likely the most important game for the remainder of the Minnesota Vikings’ season. Sure, it may only be a consolation win if the Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers, but that’s about as good as it gets with Minnesota’s season all but finished.   Best to try and disassociate from you...12308Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirk-cousins-positive-test-is-a-fitting-coda-to-the-vikings-season/Kirk Cousins' vaccination status was a hot topic when he arrived for training camp. Although he billed it as a “private decision,” it became unavoidably public when he was a close contact a few weeks later.   At the time, Cousins told the media that he would be “vigilant” in avoiding the virus. H...12307Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-the-wolves-commit-to-greg-monroe-for-the-rest-of-the-year/If you told any Minnesota Timberwolves fan at the beginning of the season that Greg Monroe would be putting on a Wolves jersey in late December, they'd look at you like you were crazy. If you told them he'd be playing 25 minutes a night, they would have immediately blocked you on every social medi...12306Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/if-aaron-rodgers-owns-the-bears-davante-adams-owns-the-vikings/The Minnesota Vikings enter Lambeau Field on Sunday Night Football with their season essentially already in the bag. After losing last week's game at home against the Los Angeles Rams, the Vikings have a 13% chance of making the playoffs, per FiveThirtyEight. However, Minnesota has won two straigh...12301Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/justin-jefferson-has-made-the-kirk-cousins-decision-more-complicated/At first blush, it seems like Justin Jefferson’s continued ascendance means that the Minnesota Vikings will have to move on from Kirk Cousins. The maligned quarterback is on the wrong side of 30. He has only one playoff win to his name since signing the first fully guaranteed deal in NFL history f...12299Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/which-wild-player-is-the-most-irreplaceable/The injury bug bit the Minnesota Wild hard in December. Wild fans have seen Matt Dumba, Jonas Brodin, and Jared Spurgeon miss games to illness or injury. Joel Eriksson Ek left last Monday's loss to the Dallas Stars in a sling. Brodin tested positive for COVID this week. Freddy Gaudreau was also on...12296Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-minnesotas-big-three-pick-things-up-where-the-left-off/The concept of the “Big Three” is constantly evolving in the NBA.   It began out of necessity when there were only eight teams in the league, and the Boston Celtics could trot out lineups that included Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, and several other Hall of Famers. It evolved in the ’80...12295Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-can-become-the-island-of-misfit-starting-pitchers/As the Minnesota Twins settle into a cozy, lockout-induced hibernation by the fire, they can’t help but look out the window at all the fun their neighbors seem to be having. Oh look, the Los Angeles Angels got a shiny new front-line starting pitcher. The Texas Rangers used their holiday bonus to g...12292Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whats-going-on-with-malik-beasley/The NBA season is pandemic-riddled again, and it has thrown everyone into the grinder. Every player has to step up and pull their weight when given playing time. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ depth players need to make the most of their opportunities with all five starters out.   Malik Beasley is c...12290Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/last-years-lambeau-blueprint-can-work-again-for-minnesota/Last season, the Minnesota Vikings entered Lambeau Field with a 1-5 record, and everything seemed lost. Green Bay was 5-1 and rolling along with a dominant offense. But the Vikings won that game 28-22 behind a massive performance from Dalvin Cook. This Sunday night, the Vikings should employ a sim...12289Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-needs-to-play-like-green-bay-has-everything-to-lose/'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Twin Cities, not a creature was stirring, not even one Griddy. The fans’ bets were placed by the bookie with care in hopes that a Minnesota Vikings victory soon would be there.   Minnesota's game day came and went, leaving Vikings faithful sp...12288Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-are-the-packers-more-opportunistic-than-the-vikings/If you watch a Green Bay Packers game with a group of Minnesota Vikings fans, you’ll hear the same thing.   Why do they always get the calls?   The refs missed ANOTHER hold?   The NFL loves Aaron Rodgers!   The greatest hits of angry Vikings fans watching the Packers reached a crescendo as the...12286Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/theres-gotta-be-a-better-way-to-get-kene-nwangwu-involved/Rick Spielman hasn't seen much production from the Minnesota Vikings’ 2021 draft class this year. Out of the team’s four third-round picks, only Patrick Jones has played meaningful snaps thanks to injuries on the defensive line. In a year that seems as though it’ll end with some leadership change,...12284Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/scouting-the-wilds-winter-classic-opponent/Coming into the 2021-22 NHL season, the Central Division might have been the toughest to predict. Many experts predicted the Colorado Avalanche would run away with the division, followed by the Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars, and the Minnesota Wild. However, the St. Louis Blues are tied for 2nd place...12282Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-already-have-proven-something-during-their-covid-outbreak/Chris Finch's Minnesota Timberwolves are the latest NBA team to go through a COVID outbreak. Recently, the Wolves had as many as eight players at once on the health and safety protocols list. What they've been able to muster during the chaos has already shown they can stay afloat during impossible...12280Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kyle-sloter-is-a-vikings-legend-and-youre-wrong-if-you-disagree/There are many important figures in the history of the Minnesota Vikings. Bud Grant was the stoic leader who guided his team to four Super Bowls. Randy Moss was the receiver who changed the game. Stefon Diggs caught the Minneapolis Miracle. The list goes on and on.   For all of the great characte...12278Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-is-to-blame-for-minnesotas-run-defense-issues/The Minnesota Vikings have a run-defense issue. Considering that the Los Angeles Rams exposed it, and Aaron Jones and the similarly constructed Green Bay Packers are next on the docket, they have to address the issue — and fast. Whenever there is a problem to diagnose, it's easy to jump to the sim...12276Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-must-decide-is-this-their-year-or-not/The Minnesota Wild had many games postponed around the Christmas break, but they couldn't escape the injury bug. Jared Spurgeon reaggravated a lower-body injury, and Joel Eriksson Ek suffered what seems to be a significant upper-body injury. Now news emerged today that Jonas Brodin will likely mis...12270Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/3-new-years-resolutions-for-the-timberwolves-in-2022/For many people, the changing of the calendar year brings about a chance for a fresh start. Whether it be saving money, eating healthier, or exercising more, everyone's guilty of trying to improve in some way or another, beginning on Jan. 1. Sometimes a brand new 12 months can be just the signal p...12269Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-need-to-learn-something-from-their-next-four-games/The Minnesota Timberwolves win over the Boston Celtics on Monday night was an incredible display of toughness and heart. However, they are still facing many hardships and are about to enter a challenging set of games.   The Wolves will be facing the Utah Jazz, who currently have only nine losses...12268Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-rush-to-judgment-on-jorge-alcala/After years of running out one of baseball’s worst pitching units, the Minnesota Twins have surprisingly built one of the league’s best bullpens. They put out a 4.17 bullpen ERA which was tenth-best in 2019, and a sixth-best 3.62 bullpen ERA in 2020.   After seeing a once-dominant bullpen fall fr...12266Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/brandon-duhaime-brings-it-every-night-for-the-wild/At the start of the season, no one would’ve guessed that Brandon Duhaime would be the lone rookie to play consistent games for the Minnesota Wild this year. Yet, he’s one of eight Wild players who've been in the lineup every game. Few saw the kid who wiped out after stepping on a puck during his r...12265Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/goalie-jesper-wallstedt-is-giving-the-wild-a-glimpse-of-their-future-at-world-juniors/The Minnesota Wild are getting a glimpse of Swedish goaltender Jesper Wallstedt at the World Juniors. On Monday, their potential franchise goaltender stopped 27 of 30 shots in a 6-3 victory against the Russians, then put on a clinic en route to a 48-save shutout against Slovakia.   Wallstedt's ta...12264Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-mike-borgonzi-ready-to-lead-a-front-office/With the Minnesota Vikings' fate this season all but sealed following their 30-23 home loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the noise about an overhaul of the entire organization has never been louder. Folks are quick to rattle off the names of desired potential head coaches, but a potentially more criti...12263Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ownership-should-take-note-of-what-justin-jefferson-is-saying/When Justin Jefferson arrived at the US Bank Stadium last Sunday, there was plenty of reason to be excited. The Minnesota Vikings were in position to take the final playoff spot in the NFC. If they won their remaining three games, they had a chance to control their destiny and get into the postsea...12258Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000