https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/375/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-training-camp-notebook-reviewing-the-offensive-and-defensive-line-the-past-four-days/Once again, we're focusing on the trenches and rounding up the performances of the top players along the Vikings' front lines. Offensive Line Starters The starting offensive line has looked better over time when it comes to maintaining consistent running lanes for Dalvin Cook, with solid inte...2685Sat, 05 Aug 2017 12:02:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-august-trades-and-you-a-primer/The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline is pretty straightforward -- you’re either traded, or you aren’t. It’s after that where it gets a bit....complicated. In fact, players can technically be traded up until the end of the regular season, but they must be in an organization and on the 40-man roste...2682Thu, 03 Aug 2017 23:32:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/stephen-weatherly-rising-in-the-rotation-video-interview/It was Day 3 of the 2016 NFL draft, also known as Rick Spielman’s busiest day of the weekend. “Trader Rick,” as many have dubbed him, thanks to his near addiction for moving his picks back and forth vigorously in nearly every draft class, was on his second to last pick of the year.   My eyes and...2679Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/schreier-the-minnesota-twins-remain-in-limbo-after-the-trade-deadline/The Minnesota Twins made a quick U-turn before the trade deadline, going from buyers to sellers without unloading all players with any value. They have lost five of their last six games, and a sudden change of heart has left them caught in baseball’s middle class -- a glut of .500 teams that are u...2666Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ekstrom-with-peterson-gone-vikings-joining-multi-back-trend/When the Minnesota Vikings parted ways with Adrian Peterson in free agency, their offensive identity immediately changed.   While it's still unclear exactly what type of attack the Vikings will roll out now that offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur gets to begin the season at the helm rather than be...2655Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-training-camp-a-look-at-ol-dl-camp-battles/The offensive and defensive line battles are always the highlight of padded practices to me. They best embody the physical nature of football and highlight an aspect of play that we all seem to agree is critical but have a difficult time watching in live broadcasts.   The Vikings, in particular,...2653Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:26:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ekstrom-third-down-success-an-emphasis-for-vikings-offense/The Thanksgiving Day loss to the Detroit Lions might have been the low point for the Minnesota Vikings when it came to third-down conversions.   As a team, they went 2 of 10 for the game, well below their season-long success rate of over 38 percent.   And that's not even the most maddening part....2647Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:05:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-training-camp-day-3-and-4-veterans-practice-notebook-non-linemen-edition/The first day of pads will be the fifth day of training camp, and in order to best preserve the true abilities of the offensive and defensive linemen (and save myself some writing room), we'll hold off on evaluating them until we get to at least see some one-on-ones. Other than that, we've got a h...2643Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:34:02 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ferrell-examining-the-granlundniederreiter-contract-demands/On Wednesday, it was reported by Michael Russo of the Star Tribune that the Wild were hoping to avoid arbitration hearings next week with restricted free agent forwards Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter. In the same report, Russo noted that both Granlund and Niederreiter, age 25 and 24 respect...2632Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ekstrom-qb-situation-still-lacks-clarity-as-veterans-report/Thursday afternoon the Minnesota Vikings will practice as a full team for the first team since mandatory mini-camp. There are five quarterbacks on the 90-man roster, yet perhaps only undrafted fifth-string camp body Wes Lunt, beyond a long shot to make the team, has a clear view of his place on th...2630Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-camp-notebook-rookies-days-one-and-two/After the conclusion of the rookie portion of training camp, we've gotten our first look at how the next crop of players look in a Vikings uniform. While draftees have been an utmost priority, it's been informative to look at the undrafted free agents, former practice squad invites and other reser...2628Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/schreier-looks-like-the-minnesota-twins-will-ride-this-one-out/On July 7, the day that the Minnesota Twins acquired Bartolo Colon, the team’s chief baseball officer was asked if the team would be buyers before the July 31 trade deadline. “We are buyers of Bartolo Colon,” Derek Falvey said in jest. So yeah, buyers of a 44 year old pitcher who throws sub-90 mil...2624Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/hasan-vikings-shift-to-zone-running-could-pay-dividends/It’s no secret that the Minnesota Vikings had one of the worst running games we’ve seen in some time. For much of the year, the Vikings were flirting with comparisons to the 1953 New York Giants, who averaged 2.64 yards per carry. While the Vikings improved their running game over the course of th...2616Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:59:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/reasons-for-defeat-a-look-back-at-the-vikings-3-8-finish-part-2/In Part 1 we looked at the Minnesota Vikings' four-game losing streak after their 2016 bye week. To nobody's surprise, the most serious problem was a lack of protection, which contributed to woes in several areas such as turnovers, third-down conversions and inability to perform offensively in the...2590Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/berg-so-minnesota-is-a-destination-now/“I’ll be talking to a lot of really good players, much better than myself, I will tell you that, and get them here to join what we have.”   That is what Jimmy Butler said when he was introduced at the Mall of America on June 30. At that time, it was impossible to believe Butler could help Minneso...2586Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jamal-crawford-says-joining-timberwolves-is-more-meaningful-than-joining-cavs-warriors/I’ve known LeBron for a while, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary to have those kinds of conversations, but I thought it’d be more meaningful to do here, to be honest with you. The Cavs and the Warriors, they’ve been there.   -- Jamal Crawford at his introductory press conference   If a 37 year ol...2585Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/reasons-for-defeat-a-look-back-at-the-vikings-3-8-finish-part-1/Dominant, though possibly flawed, the Minnesota Vikings started 5-0 start last season and had fans discussing a second straight NFC North title, who the primary challengers were in the NFC and how the team's defense may one day be spoken of with the same reverential tones as pundits allude to the...2570Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/communication-critical-to-growth-of-sports-analytics/The growth of analytics in sports analysis and team construction has been explosive. The evolution of data science in the realm of sports has been well-tracked, and it seems like the biggest step teams can take to gain a competitive edge is to invest in an analytics department.   And though the w...2567Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/analytics-conference-delves-deep-into-the-data/The evolution of sports science in the last several years has spurred the creation not only of analytics departments within teams, but also at colleges and university programs across the country. This gradual, but radical, shift in the way we look at sports will likely test teams in new ways as th...2561Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:18:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-timberwolves-are-built-to-win-but-also-for-the-future/After the Toronto Raptors acquired forward CJ Miles from the Indiana Pacers in a sign-and-trade last week, it was reported that Miles and the Minnesota Timberwolves had agreed to a deal, but Minnesota’s lack of cap space complicated things. Indiana -- who ultimately landed guard Cory Joseph -- rep...2556Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/remington-40-random-thoughts-from-minnesota-wild-development-camp/As with any game that I go to live, I have random thoughts. Thursday I went to the open scrimmage as part of the Wild Development Camp, which was followed by the Wild Block Party across the street. It's always fun going to a hockey game in July. I do enjoy the abyss that is the hockey offsea...2554Fri, 14 Jul 2017 08:58:13 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/eight-nba-summer-league-takeaways/After two weeks of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas/Orlando/Utah, with the Summer League playoffs kicking off, it is time to gather what information we can from the rookies in action. The most important thing to keep in mind is not overreacting to a performance. Lots of the competition in the Su...2553Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/schreier-the-minnesota-twins-survived-the-first-half-can-they-thrive-in-the-second/There are times where we could have spurted a little bit and taken advantage of some momentum of things we were doing pretty well. That being said, if you had looked back from the beginning, to be where we are, it would probably be encouraging.   -- Twins manager Paul Molitor after an 11-5 loss t...2552Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ferrell-after-kaprizov-wild-prospect-cupboard-is-running-thin/Last week, the Wild kicked off their annual prospect camp with the reports looming over it that prized prospect Kirill Kaprizov will be staying in Russia for the next three seasons. While Kaprizov himself has yet to sign a contract, all signs are pointing to him inking said three year deal to rema...2543Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nba-offseason-grades-how-every-team-turned-out-part-2/Miss Part 1? CLICK HERE for see who graded out best.   Cleveland Cavaliers - C   This team is top heavy with a thin bench that only weakened through the course of 82 games. They failed to make the defense more imposing by adding George or shooters like J.J. Redick to try and outshoot Golden Stat...2541Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000