https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/41/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dallas-turner-still-has-a-massive-opportunity-in-front-of-him/The Minnesota Vikings had a situation brewing during the first night of the 2024 NFL Draft. They had already selected their franchise quarterback, J.J. McCarthy, with the 10th-overall pick. But they had another decision to make with their second selection of the night.   The board played into Min...22047Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-have-everything-they-need-in-the-secondary/Something was missing from the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 draft.   Was it a backup quarterback? No, they addressed that by trading with the Seattle Seahawks for Sam Howell.   Maybe they forgot to get a tight end after Johnny Mundt signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. That’s not it either, because...22045Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-much-is-baldelli-to-blame-for-minnesotas-slow-start/After the Minnesota Twins collapsed last year, this year’s team is still looking for answers after going 13-18 in the first month of the season.   Rocco Baldelli is an analytically-minded manager who has won AL Manager of the Year and three division titles since the Twins hired him in 2019. Howev...22042Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tai-felton-is-now-keenan-mccardells-biggest-project/With the 102nd pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings took Tai Felton, a wide receiver from Maryland. Vikings fans had to wait a long time between the team taking Donovan Jackson at pick No. 24 and Felton, the last pick of the third round. The wait was extended because Minnesota traded...22041Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/brian-flores-is-minnesotas-interior-decorator/Look at the Minnesota Vikings' cornerback room from a year ago. It’ll look familiar but different, like your living room before you rearranged the furniture. Byron Murphy - final season of a two-year contract Shaquill Griffin - signed as a free agent Mekhi Blackmon - 2023 third-round...22038Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-missed-an-opportunity-to-assert-themselves-in-the-al-central/As the Minnesota Twins left Cleveland following a four-game series loss, their lack of production from the lineup stood out. Solid outings from Pablo López and Chris Paddack felt wasted as Minnesota’s bats could only muster only six runs over the final three games of the series.   Add in today’s...22036Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/letting-go-of-kirk-cousins-allowed-the-vikings-build-a-true-contender/The Minnesota Vikings have constructed most of their 90-man roster heading into training camp. Still, they could make free-agent acquisitions or a trade to get another cornerback. But with free agency and the draft behind us, they’ve assembled most of the 2025 squad.   It was another strong free-...22024Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-the-vikings-trying-to-reinvent-the-wheel-the-bengals-created/The draft has come and gone, and the Minnesota Vikings focused heavily on the offensive side of the ball. They drafted two players on defense, neither of whom was a defensive back.   Looking at the offensive side of the ball, it feels like we have seen this before in the NFL: an offensively domin...22008Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/walks-wont-haunt-zebby-matthews/St. Paul – In baseball, they’ve always said that walks will haunt pitchers. But for a pitcher with Greg Maddux-type command in the strike zone, setting a new career high of walks allowed in a start can sometimes be easy to dismiss.   Zebby Matthews had a meteoric rise through the minors last year...22006Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-kevin-oconnell-become-the-howell-whisperer/Kevin O'Connell's track record with quarterbacks is nearly unimpeachable. This is a guy who made Josh Dobbs look great for a game or two. But if there's one thing that's really his calling card, it's rehabilitating quarterbacks who struggled on the East Coast, backed up on the West Coast, and are...22005Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/donovan-jackson-completes-minnesotas-offensive-line-overhaul/In drafting Donovan Jackson with the 24th-overall pick, the Minnesota Vikings have completely revamped their interior offensive line in a single offseason. Gone are Ed Ingram and Garrett Bradbury, in come Will Fries, Ryan Kelly, and Jackson. Blake Brandel will likely "compete" with Jackson, but wi...22000Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jalen-ramsey-is-minnesota-final-puzzle-piece/Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah had a courtside seat to the Minnesota Timberwolves’ playoff victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday afternoon, and who could blame him?   Just 24 hours before, Adofo-Mensah wrapped up one of his most challenging draft classes, walking in...21998Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-expect-royce-lewis-to-come-back-ahead-of-schedule/St. Paul – The Minnesota Twins have expedited many players on rehab assignments this season. However, that won’t be the case for Mr. Grand Slam, Royce Lewis, who began his rehab assignment over the weekend.   “He's going to be getting a bunch of rehab at-bats; this isn't going to be a one, or two...21996Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-koc-become-jim-harbaugh-next-year/We all know how badly Jim Harbaugh wanted the Minnesota Vikings coaching job in 2022. Why wouldn't he? With Justin Jefferson in place and a roster that was about to win 13 games, Minnesota seemed like a perfect landing spot for the former Michigan coach. Of course, the Vikings ultimately didn't go...21990Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jhoan-duran-is-more-of-a-horse-than-a-one-trick-pony/Jhoan Duran has been a lot better than people seem to realize.   With all of the chatter surrounding his decreased velocity throughout the last year, it was expected that his production might regress as quickly as the heat on his fastball, which has been his best offering since debuting with the...21989Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/griffin-jax-has-found-the-feeling-on-the-mound-again/Minneapolis – The start of the 2025 season hasn’t gone the way the Minnesota Twins clubhouse wanted, but things are turning around. They took five of six against the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels in their latest homestand.   They’re also starting to turn around for Griffin Jax, the rei...21980Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-reigning-sire-of-fort-myers-has-stepped-up-in-st-paul/St. Paul – The Minnesota Twins have called up or sent down many St. Paul Saints players in the first month of the season. Those remaining in Triple-A move from position to position almost every game.   Jeferson Morales is the reigning Sire of Ft. Myers and has had to step up in the utility player...21978Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/winners-and-losers-from-the-vikngs-draft/After an offseason full of speculation and mocks, we have finally completed all three days of the 2025 draft. After entering with only four picks, many expected the Minnesota Vikings to trade down and accumulate more picks on Days 2 and 3.   Instead, the Vikings turned down a few teams looking to...21973Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-gave-j-j-mccarthy-his-own-keys-to-the-bus/The Minnesota Vikings were in a new situation 25 years ago. After years of riding the quarterback carousel since Fran Tarkenton retired, the Vikings and then-head coach Dennis Green decided to turn the job over to Daunte Culpepper and install him as the starter for the 2000 season.   Culpepper ha...21958Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/luke-keaschall-is-a-prodigal-prospect-making-a-name-for-himself-with-the-twins/Minneapolis – It was never a question whether Luke Keaschall would make his MLB debut in 2025.   It was all a matter of when.   Whether that would be before or after Memorial Day Weekend, a typical benchmark on the calendar for top prospects in the higher minor-league levels, was always a point...21952Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kwesi-adofo-mensah-used-backwards-logic-for-sticking-and-picking/On Thursday night, the Minnesota Vikings stood pat at pick No. 24 and selected guard Donovan Jackson from Ohio State, completing the offseason overhaul of their offensive line.   Jackson is an exciting piece who profiles as the team's LG, but also offers intrigue because he played LT for the Buck...21951Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/donovan-jackson-paves-the-way-for-j-j-mccarthy/I almost can’t bring myself to type the words. It feels crazy to say.   How many times over the last decade and a half of Minnesota Vikings football have fans and analysts lamented the offensive line woes above all else? How many times have you seen the comment Can he play guard? under any free-a...21947Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kwesi-remains-unafraid-to-run-the-draft-his-way/It would have been so easy for Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, the Minnesota Vikings general manager who is still looking for an extension, to play it safe in the 2025 draft. Most believe Kwesi's draft history -- headlined by a disastrous 2022 class -- is a big reason for the Vikings being slow to commit. How...21945Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-should-lean-into-the-ground-game-to-boost-their-struggling-lineup/One of the more intriguing storylines of the Rocco Baldelli era has been the Minnesota Twins’ inability to steal bases. Since he became the club’s skipper, the team has been dead last with 285 stolen bases from 2019 to 2024. It was jarring for Twins fans who remember watching Rod Carew, Chuck Knob...21943Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-rally-sausage-may-not-be-a-sausage-this-year/Somewhere in a landfill, there’s a contaminant smoldering. The green glow looks like something that J. Robert Oppenheimer wouldn’t touch. The sight of it would give people nightmares.   You may think I’m talking about something in Area 51. But this isn’t an alien conspiracy. This is the rally sau...21940Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000