https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/280/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/4-things-we-learned-from-the-win-over-the-packers/The Minnesota Vikings shocked the world when they went into Lambeau Field on a blustery Sunday afternoon and beat the Packers 28-22. Dalvin Cook had four touchdowns, Kirk Cousins took care of the ball and the Vikings defense held Aaron Rodgers and the Packers to 22 points. They looked like a whole...8950Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-timberwolves-should-to-act-quickly-with-karl-anthony-towns/This isn’t supposed to be alarmist. It’s easy to overreact and assume that a star player is leaving Minnesota, especially in the NBA. We’ve been there before with Kevin Garnett, Kevin Love and Jimmy Butler.   I’m not trying to incite panic, but you should know that the New York Knicks front offic...8948Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dalvin-cook-rushes-for-4-tds-and-the-vikings-stun-the-packers-28-22/For the second straight road game, the Minnesota Vikings faced a superior opponent and played the better game. Unlike Week 5 at Seattle, however, this time Minnesota came away with the victory, 28-22.   The Vikings offense sliced through the Packers thanks to Dalvin Cook's dominant performance, a...8947Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-best-of-the-best-vikings-packers-moments/Packer week. Two words that send both a bubbling rage and a childlike exuberance through the veins of Minnesota Vikings fans. Regardless of records, twice a season these border-locked teams with almost incestually intertwined fan bases gear up, talk trash, and prepare for one of the biggest rivalr...8944Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-mailbag-future-moves-drafting-a-qb-media-good-guys/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...8943Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/big-matchups-and-key-stats-davante-adams-wont-be-denied/A lot can change in a month and a half. When these two teams met at U.S. Bank Stadium in Week 1, it was billed as a collision between division co-favorites. That feels like ages ago now for so many reasons. Way back then, the Minnesota Vikings still had Yannick Ngakoue on the roster, Anthony Barr...8940Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/aaron-rodgers-isnt-going-to-take-the-depleted-vikings-defense-lightly/The Minnesota Vikings' identity has been predicated on defense ever since Mike Zimmer took over in 2014. This philosophy has been mostly successful, especially when considering that the league as a whole is quickly becoming more offense-oriented.   Minnesota has been one of the best defensive tea...8939Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-jaire-alexander-cover-thielen-or-jefferson/In the fall of 2017, the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers squared off in an important NFC North battle. While the game would wind up being known for Anthony Barr breaking Aaron Rodgers collarbone, another development went under the radar when it came to the Vikings’ defensive gameplan.   J...8937Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-young-vikings-defensive-line-has-a-10-game-audition/First Danielle Hunter, then Anthony Barr, then myriad cornerbacks. An already-suspect Minnesota Vikings defense has been decimated by injuries. As a result, the losses have mounted and pushed the team to the brink of a significant sell-off at the trade deadline.   Whoever is left wearing purple a...8936Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kyle-brandt-packers-will-regret-not-moving-up-for-justin-jefferson/Everybody and their dad seems to be high on Justin Jefferson. Why wouldn’t they be? The rookie has been an absolute stud to start the season. He’s getting crazy love from fans and massive respect from fellow and former players. Pro Football Focus seems ready to change their website domain to justi...8935Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/heres-how-jordan-greenway-can-unleash-his-massive-untapped-potential/The natural conclusion to make after watching Jordan Greenway play hockey is, “Wow, that guy can do anything.”   Greenway is an imposing 6’6”, 227 pounds, making him one of the tallest players in NHL history. He’s no lumbering giant, either, Greenway skates very well and has decent hands, unusual...8933Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:00:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/thinking-about-other-head-coaches-joe-brady-is-a-home-run/You have nothing to apologize for. We're all thinking it. Should the Minnesota Vikings decide to move on from head coach Mike Zimmer and officially kickstart this rebuild, there will be myriad suitable replacements to choose from.   Longtime New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDanie...8932Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:30:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-arent-the-vikings-without-anthony-barr/The Minnesota Vikings have a bad defense. For a Mike Zimmer coached team, that's jarring. We're used to suffocating defenses that win games 20-10 and have opposing offenses searching for their identities afterwards. But in the last four games, Minnesota has given up two-score leads twice (nearly t...8930Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-deep-dive-on-moss-vs-jefferson/Randy Moss is not a Hall of Famer because of his first six games. He's a Hall of Famer for amassing over 15,000 receiving yards, 150 touchdowns and 10 thousand-yard seasons.   So even after his mystical rookie season in 1998 where the Minnesota Vikings revolutionized the deep ball and went 15-1,...8928Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ezra-cleveland-held-his-own-in-his-debut/The list of positives coming out of the Minnesota Vikings’ Week 6 stink bomb against the Atlanta Falcons is short and for the most part consists of two words: Justin and Jefferson. But all eyes — okay, some eyes; okay, my eyes — were fixated on another Minnesota rookie making his first NFL start....8927Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:30:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lamelo-balls-boom-or-bust-potential/I have two memories of watching Adam Dunn, 14-year Major League Baseball veteran, play for my hometown Chicago White Sox. The first time was in 2012, and the 6’6”, 285-pound Dunn cranked one of his 462 career home runs about 440-some feet out of right-center field. Before the at-bat, the opposing...8926Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/even-a-mike-zimmer-trade-should-be-on-the-table/It's no secret that as we approach the NFL trade deadline, the Minnesota Vikings are sellers. The Yannick Ngokue trade made it very clear to the rest of the league that the team’s eyes are set on the future. Add to that a pending salary cap disaster, and the purple are likely willing and ready to...8925Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:30:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/everson-griffen-will-debut-against-the-vikings/When the 2020 season started, the Minnesota Vikings knew they would have a revenge game of sorts in Week 9 when Adrian Peterson would wear a Detroit Lions uniform into U.S. Bank Stadium. They knew two weeks later they would get another one when Everson Griffen would wear Cowboy grey and blue again...8924Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/riley-reiff-to-the-titans-seems-like-a-no-brainer/Ever since their hotly-contested Week 3 matchup, the Minnesota Vikings and the Tennessee Titans have gone in very different directions. The Vikings have fallen to a laughable 1-5, and have found themselves in the position of being an NFL chop shop. They need to pull things apart, get what they can...8922Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-worry-about-alexander-khovanovs-struggles-in-russia/It’s easier than ever to be a prospect nerd. Fans can track almost any player in the world thanks to websites like Elite Prospects. Scouts watch games in far-flung leagues, then hop on Twitter and make their commentary available. Dedicated Minnesota Wild fans work hard to maintain a one-stop shop...8921Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-vikings-have-to-do-to-get-back-on-track-this-season/The Minnesota Vikings are sitting at 1-5 and most fans have already given up on their chances of competing this season. While dreaming of a high 2021 draft pick and a sexy young quarterback is easy to do, Minnesota still has 10 games left this season. Their chances of making the playoffs may be sl...8918Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/3-outside-the-box-trades-the-vikings-should-consider/Coming out of the bye week with a 1-5 record, the Minnesota Vikings have some tough decisions to make. With the 2020 season dead in the water, Rick Spielman has his hand over the button that will disband a team that has had its moments during the latter half of the 2010s but is in need of a massiv...8917Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-to-survive-if-youre-stuck-with-kirk-cousins/When teams give up on a season, it plays out differently than fans typically want. Maybe you want them to trade away veterans, shed salaries and move to the next iteration of the franchise. The Minnesota Vikings likely won't do that, though they've been trying to shed some older salaries to no ava...8916Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/things-vikings-fans-should-be-watching-in-a-lost-season/I hate to admit this out loud, but I almost forgot that the Minnesota Vikings weren’t playing this week. I realize that’s easy to say in a lost season where the team is 1-5 and coming off a loss to the previously winless Atlanta Falcons, but there are still reasons to watch this team: Justin Jeffe...8914Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-wolves-cant-shouldnt-and-definitely-shouldnt-do-with-the-no-1-pick/When the Timberwolves won the lottery this year I was ecstatic. The moment Mark Tatum flipped that final card and revealed our Wolves, I leapt out of my seat and did a dance that looked something like this:     As time passed, my enthusiasm waned as I thought about Timberwolves draft history. E...8913Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000