https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/297/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ranking-the-top-quarterback-seasons-in-minnesota-vikings-history/The history of the Minnesota Vikings is littered with journeymen quarterbacks. While some lists of the greatest quarterbacks in their respective franchise's history stops at two or three (San Francisco and Green Bay can attest to this), the Vikings have seen some great quarterbacks put on the purp...8314Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-the-nhl-can-improve-their-broadcasts-for-their-return-to-play/With the NHL and NHLPA on the doorstep of approving the Return to Play format and bringing hockey back at the beginning of August, it's time to look at how the NHL can improve its broadcasts without fans in the arena.   For United States viewers, the NHL rightsholder is NBC, and the games figure...8311Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-the-absence-of-spencer-dinwiddie-bradley-beal-in-orlando-impacts-the-minnesota-timberwolves/The Minnesota Timberwolves are not among the 22 teams slated to finish the 2019-20 NBA season in Orlando starting at the end of July. But as is customary for the Timberwolves, they are looking ahead to the NBA Draft. And this year, the fate of a potential first-round pick for Minnesota hinges on t...8310Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-mike-boone-have-an-increased-role-with-the-minnesota-vikings-in-2020/The Minnesota Vikings are going to be a team committed to running the football in 2020.   Gary Kubiak takes over as the offensive coordinator and primary play-caller, and in the past the offenses he's operated have run the football over half of the time.   The Vikings have a stud primary back in...8307Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-60-game-schedule-starts-at-chicago-white-sox-is-relatively-balanced/First, there were the return-to-play plans. Now there are dates associated with those plans.   MLB is coming back this month. In fact, the Minnesota Twins begin the 60-game sprint to the American League Central title in Chicago against the White Sox on July 24. The game begins at 7:10 CT.   The...8305Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:30:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-tajae-sharpe-become-the-minnesota-vikings-third-receiving-threat/As the signings poured in from the initial wave of free agency, the Minnesota Vikings were making headlines of their own. After extending Kirk Cousins and trading Stefon Diggs, the Vikings had some financial wiggle room to play with in the opening wave of free agency. After signing Michael Pierce,...8304Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-is-going-to-be-on-the-minnesota-wilds-31-player-traveling-roster/More and more plans are coming together for the NHL’s return to play, and now there are specifics on the bubbles for the Eastern and Western Conferences.   The two hub cities — Toronto and Edmonton — will exist in a highly regulated bubble. The Athletic reported that players and personnel will go...8303Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-vikings-could-be-the-leagues-youngest-team-in-2020/For a third straight season, the Minnesota Vikings are likely to have one of the 10 youngest rosters in the NFL.   And there's a legitimate chance it could be the youngest.   Each season, Jimmy Kempski of PhillyVoice produces a snapshot of each team's average age following initial roster cuts. T...8302Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-analytics-tell-us-about-the-minnesota-wilds-line-matchups-against-vancouver-in-the-regular-season/The Minnesota Wild's matchup against the Vancouver Canucks has been billed as one of the more intriguing series of the qualifying round. With both teams effectively splitting the three games -- a shootout win going Minnesota’s way to give the edge to the Wild -- it certainly looks like it’s one of...8299Fri, 03 Jul 2020 06:00:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-the-minnesota-vikings-keep-ben-gedeon-or-cameron-smith-as-their-fifth-linebacker/The Minnesota Vikings' linebacker corps will likely only have one spot up for grabs this preseason. The team only kept five linebackers a season ago, and with Eric Kendricks, Anthony Barr, Eric Wilson and rookie Troy Dye all locks to make the team, if they go that route again, only one more man wi...8298Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-are-the-best-value-bets-for-nfl-mvp/As we continue to wait for more news and information regarding the NFL’s plan for the 2020 season, Las Vegas hasn’t skipped a beat, releasing a plethora of “future bets” to their casinos as they, too, wait with anticipation for commissioner Roger Goodell to lay out the blueprint for this upcoming...8297Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/we-made-it-maya-moore-achieves-biggest-victory-of-her-career-with-jonathan-irons-release/Thanks to the help of Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore and others, a Missouri man has been freed from prison after more than 22 years for a crime he didn’t commit.   On Wednesday, Moore, along with family and friends of Jonathan Irons, saw the now 40-year-old man, who was originally sentenced to 50...8295Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-nfls-plan-to-shorten-the-preseason-has-several-ripple-effects/It appears as if the NFL is shortening its preseason -- a move that pundits have requested for many years. Ironically, it took a pandemic to make it happen.   Now the question becomes: Will there be any negative consequences?   ESPN's Kevin Seifert reported that the league will eliminate the fir...8294Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-the-minnesota-wild-may-sign-kirill-kaprizov-even-though-he-cannot-play-this-year/Offense comes easy to Kirill Kaprizov. He does work hard, using his Zach Parise-like motor to get to the scoring areas. But getting the puck past goalies? Making highlight-level plays? That’s nothing to him. It’s the reason why Kaprizov has more hype behind him than any Minnesota Wild prospect sin...8293Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-if-former-minnesota-vikings-qb-teddy-bridgewater-never-got-hurt/In the way my brain is wired, I flashback to Aug. 30, 2016 regularly. That day was a dark day for fans of the Minnesota Vikings because it was the day a collective piece of their soul died. Teddy Bridgewater, the charismatic quarterback of the future, was two weeks away from hitting the field for...8291Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-power-play-propelled-the-minnesota-wild-in-its-second-meeting-with-vancouver-this-season/In Part 2 of our series highlighting the three regular-season meetings between the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks in 2020, we look at how the Wild used their power play to overwhelm Vancouver in St. Paul. GAME RECAP - WILD 4, CANUCKS 2 A three-goal first period -- scored by Brad Hunt, Rya...8290Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-timberwolves-draft-fate-rests-on-spencer-dinwiddies-status-brooklyns-success-in-orlando/The NBA is slated to return to action on July 31, as 22 teams will travel to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando to play out the remainder of the 2020 NBA season.   The Minnesota Timberwolves are one of eight teams not participating in the Florida festivities. The NBA tabbed the 16 t...8289Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-jared-allen-and-kevin-williams-become-hall-of-famers-in-2021/The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced last week that there will be no induction ceremonies this summer due to COVID-19. Therefore, the class of 2020 will be enshrined next July alongside the 2021 class… provided, of course, the global pandemic is under control by then.   Speaking of the 2021 cl...8286Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-the-minnesota-vikings-have-signed-cam-newton/Cam Newton finally found a new team this week when he agreed to a one-year, $1.05 million contract with the New England Patriots that can earn him up to $7.5 million in incentives. Newton will compete with Jarrett Stidham to be the Patriots starter his year, which he is favored to win. The Vikings...8285Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-the-minnesota-twins-60-man-roster-affects-the-pitching-staff-fringe-players-and-prospects/The Minnesota Twins are headed to camp!   Major League Baseball is back for Summer Camp (Presented by Camping World) and the Twins have their roster assembled.   Minnesota collected 59 names; 29 pitchers, 13 infielders, 10 outfielders, six catchers and one designated hitter to make up the allowe...8284Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/want-to-fix-the-nhl-draft-lottery-get-rid-of-the-draft/The 2020 NHL Draft Lottery produced no winner. A Team to Be Determined won the Alexis Lafreniere Sweepstakes, leaving a ton of people enraged in the aftermath. Some were angry that a singularly awful team like Detroit could fall from first to fourth overall. Others fumed over the possibility of ma...8283Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/logan-ryan-darqueze-dennard-and-other-cornerbacks-who-could-improve-the-minnesota-vikings-secondary-in-2020/As the Minnesota Vikings head into the 2020 season, there are plenty of questions for a team relying on 15 rookie draft picks in the middle of a pandemic. Although there are several positions that need to be addressed in training camp, one of the biggest questions is who will play cornerback in Mi...8282Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-best-available-free-agents-for-the-minnesota-vikings/They say the NFL has no offseason anymore. Between the free agency period and draft hype that follows directly after the Super Bowl they may be right. Which is why general managers and coaches alike are constantly scouring the free agent bin and preparing themselves to pounce on any given position...8281Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-wild-could-have-beaten-the-vancouver-canucks-in-their-first-regular-season-meeting/Over the next few days, we will conduct a game-by-game review of the Wild and Canucks' three regular-season meetings. There had been three meetings scheduled this regular season, and amazingly all of them took place in the calendar year 2020 before the season paused on March 12.   The objective h...8280Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/would-a-desmond-king-trade-make-sense-for-the-minnesota-vikings/Minnesota Vikings training camp is less than a month away, and the team still has some roster building to do.   In two months since the draft, the Vikings have curiously left three roster spots open -- an odd decision considering how valuable virtual meetings might have been for those three playe...8279Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000