https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/51/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-the-vikings-re-create-the-chemistry-they-had-this-year/Blake Cashman grew up in Eden Prairie and played for the Gophers, but last season was his first with the Minnesota Vikings. Still, he knew from afar that players liked playing for the Vikings.   “The Minnesota Vikings always have a really good, strong culture,” he said after cleaning out his lock...21041Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-the-vikings-reliving-the-kirk-cousins-decision-with-sam-darnold/Picture, if you will:   Locker cleanout day, a somber time for the Minnesota Vikings. The dreams of another potential Super Bowl season were flushed away in Arizona. Players were gathering up both their belongings and emotions while talking to reporters.   But a couple of floors above the aggrav...21036Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-train-always-leaves-you-with-more-baggage-than-you-left-with/The journey is over. We’ve returned to the station toting more baggage than we left with. For a few days, we will complain about the new bags — how heavy they are, the space they take up — only to return to the station with a mix of eagerness and dread, ready to board the next train in September,...21035Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kocs-superpower-complements-kwesis-wall-street-mind/During the Minnesota Vikings’ Monday Night Football win over the Chicago Bears on December 16, ESPN ran a graphic displaying Minnesota’s quarterbacks under contract. Had they run it before the quarantine, it would have baffled the millions of fans tuning in to watch the Vikings beat Chicago 30-12....21032Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/fixing-the-vikings-starts-with-fixing-the-o-line-in-free-agency/Monday night’s loss was a toughie.   Normally, I’m the type of sports fan who can’t resist digging into every bit of media and analysis after a game, for better or worse. I trust my eye, so I want to go back and rewatch and take my time garnering insights from people I respect. Even when it hurts...21029Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/we-still-dont-know-how-close-the-vikings-are-to-contending/The Minnesota Vikings’ 2022 season ended with Kirk Cousins’ infamous fourth-and-eight checkdown to T.J. Hockenson. Afterward, Kevin O'Connell commented on how hard it was to experience a 13-win season end so abruptly.   “Tough to come in and talk to your team when we didn't get it done tonight,”...21024Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/finding-happiness-after-misery/The 10-7 Los Angeles Rams eliminated the 14-3 Minnesota Vikings, 27-9, in a game played in Glendale, Ariz., due to the wildfires in L.A.   Coming off an emotional and physically punishing Detroit Lions loss the week before, the Vikings had to reset and rally against the Rams. Teams that play Detr...21013Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-early-exit-started-the-conversation-everyone-wants-to-have/The Minnesota Vikings’ 27-9 Wild Card loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night was bittersweet.   It was disappointing to see the Vikings post a 14-2 record and then crash out in the final two games of the season. However, it opened the floodgates to the topic Vikings fans really wanted to ta...21010Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-enter-the-offseason-with-more-questions-than-answers/History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. In the Minnesota Vikings’ case, the discordant cacophony will ring in their ears throughout the offseason.   The Los Angeles Rams beat them 27-9 on Monday night. Because of the L.A. wildfires, the team played a neutral-site game in Glendale, Ariz., an...21007Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nordos-numbers-wild-card-game-vs-rams/The Los Angeles Rams routed the Minnesota Vikings 27-9 on Wild Card weekend.   Minnesota played in a unique road playoff game in Arizona after the NFL moved the game to Glendale because of the wildfires in Los Angeles, meaning the NFC West winners played the 14-win Vikings at a neutral stadium.  ...21006Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-defense-must-switch-it-up-to-beat-l-a/In my lifetime, being a Minnesota Vikings fan is a repetition of a seven- to twelve-year cycle, the apex of which is that one team that’s so captivating you know you’ll never forget it — the team that feels like it might be special enough to finally win it all.   Come on, say them with me: ‘98, ‘...21002Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-have-gone-from-building-hype-to-emphasizing-perspective/T.J. Hockenson vividly remembers the short week between the Minnesota Vikings’ 31-29 loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 7 and their 30-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams five days later.   “It was a tough one,” Hockenson said. “We came off our bye week and lost two in a row, [then] turned the page an...20993Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-were-always-going-to-play-this-game-on-a-neutral-field/Kevin O'Connell has spent much of his life in Southern California. He grew up in Carlsbad, attended San Diego State, and won a Super Bowl as the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator in 2021 before the Minnesota Vikings hired him as their head coach in 2022.   He’s seen wildfires in Southern Ca...20991Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/griffin-jax-is-a-certainty-in-minnesotas-variable-bullpen/Griffin Jax established himself as a cornerstone of the Minnesota Twins’ bullpen over the last two seasons. And according to the club’s new general manager, that’s where he’ll remain heading into the 2025 campaign.   "It's something we've been working through heavily throughout the offseason with...20987Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-are-better-equipped-to-handle-puka-nacua-and-the-rams-this-time-around/The Minnesota Vikings were getting to battle the Los Angeles Rams on a cool October night. The Vikings had just suffered their first loss of the season the week before, and Kevin O’Connell was ready to battle his mentor Sean McVay in a showdown fit for national television.   Once Al Michaels had...20986Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-offense-should-heat-up-again-in-arizona/The Minnesota Vikings’ worst performance of the 2024 season came in their biggest game. It triggered memories Vikings fans hoped to stave off for at least another couple of weeks. However, that same game also gave fans some reasons for optimism going into a rematch with the Los Angeles Rams.   Wh...20983Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-a-target-field-lease-extension-could-mean-for-the-twins-future/Minneapolis, Minn. – Action is underway in securing the Minnesota Twins' future at Target Field for another 20 years. The Minnesota Ballpark Authority, the public entity that owns the ballpark and leases it to the Twins*, met on Thursday and approved their proposition to extend the Twins’ lease at...20981Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/aaron-jones-and-minnesotas-flat-circle/Aaron Jones isn’t Brett Favre. Still, the former Green Bay Packers running back is a turncoat who’s become beloved in the Minnesota Vikings locker room for his upbeat personality and relentless play.   Packers fans loved Jones, and Jones assured them that the feeling was mutual before Minnesota’s...20980Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/darnold-stands-at-a-career-crossroads-as-the-vikings-return-to-la/A common theme this season for the Minnesota Vikings has been rewriting expectations.   I feel like I’ve repeatedly written about how this team has exceeded and reset our expectations time and time again. Going into the Green Bay Packers game, I wrote about how, if they won that game, swept their...20972Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ant-is-in-the-middle-of-a-historic-pull-up-3-point-shooting-season/In the modern NBA, the ability to knock down three-point (3P) shots off the dribble at a high volume has become a crucial trait for primary scoring threats. Anthony Edwards has already mastered that skill and is in the middle of a historic dribble pull-up shooting season.   Through the first 36 g...20970Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-sam-darnold-principle-never-changed/It was a throwaway line. Something people said among friends, a hypothetical.   When the Minnesota Vikings signed Sam Darnold to a one-year, $10 million deal in the offseason, people saw it as a bridge contract. Many felt Darnold would have to lead the Vikings to the Super Bowl to supersede J.J....20969Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/beating-la-starts-with-pressuring-stafford/It feels like déjà vu that the Minnesota Vikings have to go on the road again to play the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. The two teams played on Oct. 24, four days after the Vikings lost to the Detroit Lions.   The Rams activated Puka Nacua off injured reserve just four hours before the game,...20967Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-much-should-we-read-into-minnesotas-red-zone-woes/The buildup to last Sunday’s matchup in Detroit reached its boiling point well before the weekend began. Endless promotion and team content circulated through the national media, reaching a point where an already chronically anxious fan would ask, “Can we just play the game already?”   Only cynic...20966Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/breaking-down-the-goal-line-failures-that-doomed-the-vikings-against-the-lions/The stakes of the Minnesota Vikings' Sunday night game against the Detroit Lions were massive, and the Vikings laid a dud, losing 31-9. However, the final score belies the game flow a little. The Vikings had the ball in field goal range down 17-9 at the end of the third quarter, but a missed field...20960Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-will-have-created-a-game-of-musical-chairs-at-first-base/Overall, the Minnesota Twins’ positional depth chart is not in the worst shape for a team that has spent $3.06 million this offseason, per Spotrac. However, the just over $3 million in spending this offseason has all been on minor league free agents, the latest of which is first baseman Mike Ford....20959Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000