https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/234/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/now-more-than-ever-is-the-time-to-get-jim-marshall-in-the-hall-of-fame/In less than a month, the Pro Football Hall of Fame classes of 2020 and 2021 will add 28 members. While the men inducted will be celebrated, the ceremony will once again inspire discussion of players who have been snubbed over the years. Among the biggest omissions for not only the Minnesota Vikin...10743Sun, 18 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-are-people-still-sleeping-on-minnesotas-offense/There’s no question that the Minnesota Vikings’ offense was the strength of their team last year. So national pundits and fans are focused on the defense right now, right? Well, not really.   The defense may have underperformed, but this defense is not last year’s. The Vikings have players return...10741Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/guerin-has-given-us-reason-to-believe-he-can-navigate-the-pending-cap-hell/So far in his tenure as the general manager of the Minnesota Wild, Bill Guerin has made the right moves to help accomplish short-term goals while building towards the future. He has brought his winning pedigree to establish a long-term vision of the future and create a winning culture.   One of h...10740Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/20-years-of-nfl-history-proves-cousins-needs-to-throw-more/Earlier this week, Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Anthony Barr made national headlines when he told Fox 9, "I really do believe that we have a Super Bowl-winning team this year."     Upon reading the headline, I couldn't help but giggle for a couple of different reasons.   First, wha...10739Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-special-teams-are-still-a-concern/The Minnesota Vikings finished with a mediocre 7-9 record last year, but they did so on the back of one of the better offenses in the NFL, ranking top-10 if not top-five in most categories. The front office noticed the lack of veterans on defense and addressed it by signing or drafting 16 new play...10738Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-the-wolves-going-to-bring-back-vanderbilt-and-j-mac/October 19, 2021. That is the day that Minnesota Timberwolves basketball returns.   It seems like just yesterday I was lamenting over the doldrums of Wolves ball. The team was playing better, but to what end? The late-season push, albeit exciting, ended up losing the team their first-round pick t...10735Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-can-the-twins-learn-from-their-mishaps-at-the-2018-deadline/The next several weeks will be important for the Minnesota Twins as they try to retool ahead of the trade deadline. Sitting 15 games out of first place in the American League Central, they are likely to be sellers, which is not a scenario that the front office isn't familiar with.   However, the...10734Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jose-miranda-is-ready-to-take-center-stage/Wednesday afternoon was a perfect embodiment of what it’s been like to be a Minnesota Twins fan this year. Massive storm clouds dumped a heap of cold water on the Twin Cities just as people were starting to get excited to see their hometown nine play a ball game.   Yes, it’s been a tumultuous thr...10733Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-did-the-1998-vikings-stack-up-to-the-greatest-show-on-turf/In the late ‘90s, football fans were treated to two of the greatest offenses in NFL history. The 1998 Minnesota Vikings and the 1999 St. Louis Rams put scoreboards across the league on tilt and transformed two average franchises into Super Bowl contenders.   That’s why it wasn’t a shock when form...10732Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/3-players-rosas-should-trade-back-into-the-second-round-for/The Minnesota Timberwolves do not have a pick going into this year’s draft. Lost in the hubbub over whether or not the Wolves would retain their top-three protected pick this year is that Minnesota also sent their second-round pick to the Golden State Warriors in the D’Angelo Russell-Andrew Wiggin...10731Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-actual-trade-value-of-dangelo-russell/As the NBA Finals rage on, rumors are swirling off the court surrounding some of the biggest names in the league. Damian Lillard’s future with the Portland Trail Blazers seems murky. Ben Simmons has likely played his last game in a Philadelphia 76ers uniform. And Chris Paul and Kawhi Leonard are s...10730Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-if-minnesota-could-evenly-spread-out-the-parise-suter-buyout-money/Alexei Yashin may not mean much to Minnesota Wild fans. An electric scorer in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the Eastern Conference, he commanded a pretty hefty contract when he signed with the New York Islanders in 2001.   Unfortunately for all involved, the contract was bought out four years...10729Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-klint-kubiak-shouldnt-update-the-vikings-offense/Klint Kubiak has some pretty big shoes to fill. Gary Kubiak was a legend of NFL offense, from his days perfecting the wide zone with Alex Gibbs all the way to his final season in Minnesota. As one of the original architects of Shanahan/McVay wide zone offenses we see all over the league, his loss...10728Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-the-wild-shocked-everyone-and-bought-out-ryan-suter/In the days of Twitter, where NHL Insiders deliver information at all hours, it’s hard to drop true bombshells. When something big happens, usually someone is tipped off by a player, agent, or general manager, and takes it public. Oftentimes, the rumors start trickling out weeks in advance.   But...10724Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/10k-rinks-radio-zach-parise-ryan-suter-buyout-matt-dumba-expansion-jack-eichel-trade-rumors/  The Minnesota Wild did it - they bought out both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. Nine years after signing them to 13-year, $98 million deals, they ended the Era. There's plenty of time to reminisce later, but Joe and Tony break down a shocking day, discussing: Wow, holy crap, they actually d...10723Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/john-collins-to-the-wolves-doesnt-make-much-sense/The Minnesota Timberwolves often come up as a potential trade partner this offseason. They've been linked to one of the most controversial stars who could be on the move, Ben Simmons, and now there is some speculation that they're interested in Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins. Shams Charania of...10722Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-parise-and-suter-buyouts-threaten-to-hamstring-the-wilds-youth-movement/“Don’t mortgage the future” has been the rallying cry of many a Minnesota Wild fan lately. A tricky Expansion Draft is on the way, and the Wild might have to cut a deal with Seattle? Don’t do it! Can’t mortgage the future! Star center Jack Eichel floating around on the trade market? We better not...10719Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/updated-unofficial-sack-leaderboard-highlighted-by-vikings-greats/On Monday, in the midst of the slowest portion of the NFL offseason, profootballreference.com quietly released the results of their lengthy research into sack data before 1982, the year sacks became an official NFL statistic. It's unlikely that the NFL will adopt this data, stretching back to 1960...10718Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-most-interesting-vikings-player-at-each-position-group/The Vikings play preseason football on Aug. 14, one month from the date of this publication.   Crazy, right?   The time is quickly approaching to get familiar with who's currently on the roster, who makes the cut, and why you should be irrationally cheering for certain players to make it.   Goi...10717Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirk-cousins-tabbed-for-business-of-football-hall-of-fame-2/We are now less than a month away from inducting the next NFL Hall of Fame class in Canton, Ohio. The Hall of Fame represents both the pinnacle of an individual‘s career and an endless point of speculation from the media. Continuing the latter of those two trends, Sports Illustrated’s Andrew Brand...10716Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-new-pff-data-study-says-that-zimmers-vikings-have-had-relatively-good-injury-luck/The most frequent excuse for last year's Minnesota Vikings was, Well, if only we were healthy. However, as I wrote back in March, the injury excuse didn't necessarily hold up -- especially in comparison to other teams. Last month, Pro Football Focus's Tej Seth and Ben Brown released a data study w...10715Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-biggest-what-ifs-in-the-first-half-of-the-season/The Minnesota Twins were coming off consecutive AL Central titles and had World Series aspirations at the beginning of the season, but they are 39-50 at the All-Star Break. The season has been a disappointment, to say the least.   It’s easy to wonder how the Twins would have fared if a few things...10714Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-kellen-mond-fits-the-vikings-offense-better-than-texas-am/The rumor mill was in full swing as this year's draft approached, with questions lingering about what the Vikings would do at the quarterback position. Would they trade up for Justin Fields? Could they send Kirk Cousins to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for Jimmy Garoppolo? After a whirlwind...10710Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-ok-to-admit-the-vikings-look-pretty-great-this-year/Minnesota sports fans are often reluctant to get their hopes up — understandably so for a state with the longest sports championship drought in America.   That reluctance goes double for Vikings fans, who have seen the team earn the fifth-most playoff appearances, yet have zero championships to s...10709Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/last-years-draft-has-been-rosas-crowning-achievment-so-far/If the 2019 draft -- or at least the top half of it -- was the lowlight of Gersson Rosas’ time in the Twin Cities so far, last year’s draft was the highlight. Because the Minnesota Timberwolves had the No. 1-overall pick, it’s easy to think that it was a cushy gig, that Rosas made the decision he...10708Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000