https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/273/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-sleep-on-the-wilds-center-depth/Take any year the Minnesota Wild have existed, try and find a true No. 1 center on the roster.   Actually, don’t, because they haven’t had one.   The Wild have begun the second overhaul of the franchise in two years. The first involved Paul Fenton jettisoning the Chuck Fletcher core that never r...9245Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-wilds-top-10-prospects/10K Rinks counted down the Top-10 Minnesota Wild Prospects. Read all about them here:   10. LHD Ryan O'Rourke (Wild Prospect Ryan O'Rourke Offers More Than Just A Mean Streak)   9. G Kaapo Kahkonen (Kaapo Kahkonen Must Vanquish the Ghosts of Wild Goalies Past)   8. RHD Brennan Menell (Brennan M...9243Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/calen-addison-is-going-to-run-into-a-logjam-on-the-wild-blue-line/One year ago Calen Addison had a clear path to making the Pittsburgh Penguins roster. He was their top prospect and the road ahead was manageable. His top competition on the right side of Pittsburgh’s defense was aging, oft-injured Kris Letang and defensive stopper John Marino. Addison was going t...9242Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/cousins-stood-no-chance-against-the-tampa-bay-pass-rush/Heading into the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, everyone assumed there would be a good deal of pressure forced by Todd Bowles’ defense. Bowles loves to blitz and the Vikings’ offensive line is not very good. It’s a pretty simple equation. The degree to which that pressure got home, however...9240Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/5-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-the-vikings-buccaneers-game/The Minnesota Vikings went to Tampa with their destiny in their hands. After taking control of the seventh seed last week via an overtime win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, the equation was relatively simple: win out and you’re in. Control your fate rather than needing to scoreboard watch in Week...9238Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-we-learned-in-the-vikings-loss-to-the-bucs/The Minnesota Vikings went into Tampa Bay and got off to a fast start, but lost momentum almost immediately when Dan Bailey missed an extra point -- a harbinger to come for the kicker, who went 0-for-4 on the day, leaving 10 points on the board. They were also on the wrong side of a handful of que...9237Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/mixing-misogyny-with-dan-bailey-criticism-misses-wide-right/This just in: Popular social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are fertile ground for reaction – both positive and negative – when the Minnesota Vikings are playing. It’s become part of the game-day experience for a large percentage of NFL fans in general, and Vikings fans are no except...9236Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-dan-bailey-unraveled-and-what-comes-next-for-the-vikings/TAMPA, Fla. -- If lips could be read through a mask, you can imagine what Mike Zimmer might've been muttering Sunday as he watched Dan Bailey miss four kicks, give away 10 points and all but harpooned the Vikings' chances of upsetting the favored Buccaneers in Tampa. Outside the mask, his hardened...9235Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dan-bailey-misses-four-times-in-vikings-26-14-loss-to-tampa-bay/Another year, another kicker meltdown. Minnesota Vikings fans have seen the unraveling of Blair Walsh, Daniel Carlson and Kaare Vedvik in the last five years. Add Dan Bailey to the list, and perhaps send him all the way to the top. His four field-goal misses were the game's main story as the Tampa...9234Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-arians-bucs-are-a-lot-like-the-john-defilippo-vikings/Two years ago the Minnesota Vikings offense was a major disappointment in a lost season. Fresh off of a 13-3 campaign that ended in an infamous 38-7 thrashing to the eventual champion Philadelphia Eagles.   The offseason started optimistically for the Vikings. After losing offensive coordinator P...9231Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gary-kubiak-vs-todd-bowles-a-battle-of-comfort-zones/The 6-6 Minnesota Vikings escape the surprisingly tolerable December in Minneapolis (three cheers for global warming!) by visiting the 7-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in what will serve as an equally critical must-win game for both organizations. With both clubs on the outside, looking in for t...9229Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whistleblower-lawsuit-against-penguins-mentions-bill-guerin-updates/Here are all the developments in the Pittsburgh Penguins lawsuit which pertain to Bill Guerin:   Dec. 8, ~9:00 am CT: Rick Westhead of TSN reports on a lawsuit filed by Jarrod Skalde against the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Warning: Most outgoing links in this story include detailed descriptions of an i...9225Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/espn-is-wrong-about-dangelo-russells-ranking/ESPN released their three installments (ESPN+ required) in their annual list of the top 100 players in the NBA, and the results have been, well, mixed.   Before I tear ESPN’s 69th slot placement of the D’Angelo Russell apart, there are two things that I should point out. Considering how sub...9223Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/mike-tice-settles-the-moss-vs-jefferson-rookie-season-debate/When I think of Mike Tice, I rarely think of him being an authority figure. “Ticket scalping” and “boat party” immediately come to mind. He’s a remnant of the pre-Wilfs ownership of the Minnesota Vikings when we were all introduced to whizzonators and the team was owned by a guy named Red.   But...9222Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:15:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-mailbag-missing-a-tight-end-thielen-jefferson-comparison-free-agent-corners/For years the listeners of our Football Machine Vikings podcast have sent in amazing Twitter questions, and far too often we’ve had to leave many of them on the cutting room floor because of time. No longer! Each week we’ll pull some questions that didn’t make the cut and address them in this spac...9221Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tampa-is-a-terrible-matchup-for-minnesota-and-thats-a-good-thing/After a 1-5 start, the Minnesota Vikings have clawed their way back to a .500 record. While their in-season turnaround has been surprising, the Vikings haven’t shown obvious signs of improvement. After squeezing out two close victories against inferior competition they aren't being given much of a...9220Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-could-experience-drafters-regret-up-close-this-weekend/When the Vikings travel down to Tompa Tampa Bay for a pivotal matchup against the Buccaneers, they’ll see a new-look Bucs. While everyone wants to talk about Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Antonio Brown (and deservedly so), there will also be a pair of ex-Gophers donning the red and black.   The B...9219Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/sunday-will-be-a-career-defining-game-for-mike-zimmer/Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer has been adapting to unforeseen circumstances his entire tenure in Minnesota.   It really came to fruition in 2016, when Teddy Bridgewater's horrific knee injury marked the first domino in a truly unfortunate series of events that included a midseason chan...9217Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/taking-a-turnover-problem-into-tampa-bay/Of the 14 NFL teams with a negative turnover differential, only one is currently in playoff position.   Yes, it's the Minnesota Vikings. And yes, they're lucky to be where they are.   The last four games have been an uphill battle because of giveaways. The Vikings committed four combined first-h...9215Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/josh-okogie-should-not-be-playing-power-forward/Each year before the season, the media covering the Minnesota Timberwolves pushes something that will never happen. Last year, it was Andrew Wiggins ruining the point -- sorry, *running* the point. The year before that, it was that we could still fix things with Jimmy Butler. Remember in 2017 when...9213Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-does-josh-okogie-fit-into-the-rotation/This afternoon, I found myself alone in my room watching the FIBA Basketball U19 African Championship game. Watching that game, one thing stood out: I need the NBA to come back. We’re just a few days away from the Minnesota Timberwolves’ first regular game and there are still many questions surrou...9210Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/once-again-kirk-cousins-needs-a-you-like-that-moment-against-the-bucs/There was a time when Kirk Cousins was a feel-good story. A fourth-rounder in 2012 who was selected to back up Robert Griffin III, the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 2 overall pick in the same draft behind Andrew Luck. Griffin was Washington’s franchise quarterback; Cousins a steady hand s...9209Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-there-really-an-advantage-to-all-white-uniforms/In October, Zimmer's Vikings wore all-white uniforms for the first time since 2015. Following the 19-13 Monday night win, Zimmer commented on the decision to deviate from his normal purple pants. He said that his mentor, Bill Parcells, thought the change could give them an edge: "He said, 'I re...9207Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:30:15 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gronk-is-going-to-be-a-problem-for-the-vikings/As he prepares to face a Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Antonio Brown, head coach Mike Zimmer's mind drifts to how he's going to stop the tight end.   Rob Gronkowski will do that to a defensive-minded coach.   "We may have to have more than one guy on him," Zimmer...9204Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ben-bartch-could-have-solved-the-vikings-guard-issues/The potential solution to Minnesota Vikings' long-time guard issues was on the field Sunday. Unfortunately, he was wearing a Jacksonville Jaguars uniform.   Not that Dakota Dozier was awful — despite what his Pro Football Focus grades of 21.1 in pass protection and 43.0 in the run game might say....9203Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000