https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/79/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-want-to-handle-mccarthy-with-clean-hands/Kwesi Adofo-Mensah met with Kevin O'Connell in a Los Angeles conference room before hiring him in February 2022. O’Connell laid out his vision for the Minnesota Vikings and how to develop quarterbacks there. Adofo-Mensah had a long list of qualified people to choose from. Raheem Morris, DeMeco Rya...18959Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-hasnt-rudy-gobert-been-a-postseason-liability-in-minnesota/In the post-game press conference after Game 3 against the Phoenix Suns, a reporter asked Rudy Gobert if he could feel Phoenix’s apprehension around the basket. Gobert smirks before responding.   “Of course,” he said, “that’s what I do best.”     Gobert has been the league's best post defender...18958Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-sweeping-the-suns-give-the-wolves-an-advantage-in-the-second-round/At the end of the regular season, the Minnesota Timberwolves fell out of the 1 seed, landing with what many thought would be their worst possible first-round matchup against the Phoenix Suns. Phoenix had swept the Wolves 3-0 in their regular season games. However, the Wolves flipped the script in...18957Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/naw-found-success-by-balancing-presence-and-perspective/There wasn’t a moment where Nickeil Alexander-Walker figured things out last year. He played inconsistent minutes all season and likely wouldn’t have played a significant role in the playoffs if Jaden McDaniels hadn’t injured his hand punching a wall in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ final regular-se...18952Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jay-jackson-is-the-twins-globetrotting-big-brother/Jay Jackson’s favorite restaurant in Hiroshima doesn’t have a name, and you can’t find it on a map. There wasn’t a secret knock to get in or a password. You just have to know the guy.   “One of my friends owned a steakhouse-type place,” said Jackson. “But he would just get imported really good me...18949Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-could-be-a-quarterback-away-from-contending/In the spring of 2018, the Minnesota Vikings felt like they had a contender. A year earlier, the Vikings had the best defense in the NFL and a group of emerging young offensive weapons. They went 13-3 and lost in the NFC Championship game; it felt like they were a quarterback away from putting it...18948Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/anthony-edwards-brought-the-rain-and-blotted-out-the-suns/One hundred fifty-three teams in NBA history have fallen behind 3-0 in a playoff series. Only four times has a team down 0-3 forced a Game 7, and the trailing team has never returned from the deficit. After the Minnesota Timberwolves outplayed them for the third straight game, the Phoenix Suns ent...18946Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ryan-jeffers-and-his-rally-sausage-are-reviving-minnesotas-offense/On Saturday night, the Minnesota Twins were in full control against the Los Angeles Angels. Carlos Santana just socked a three-run homer to pave the way to what would be a 16-5 victory. As he stepped on home plate, he made his way toward the dugout, where he was greeted by…Ryan Jeffers’s giant sau...18945Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kwesi-adofo-mensah-is-creeping-closer-to-going-full-rams/Kwesi Adofo-Mensah may never live down his July 2022 USA Today interview. Initially, the big news was that he said: “The one asset where you get nervous about not burning it down is quarterback.”   He added, “We don’t have Tom Brady” and “We don’t have Pat Mahomes.”   “(The team) is more likely...18941Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/expectations-will-abound-for-minnesotas-first-round-rookies/I went into Thursday night of the NFL Draft as a ball of anxiety, stressed about what scenarios would unfold and what it would mean for the future of this franchise.   Like many Minnesota Vikings fans, I was convinced the team would be mortgaging multiple first-round picks for their new quarterba...18938Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/an-early-look-at-minnesotas-7th-round-picks/With the 230h pick in the NFL draft, the Minnesota Vikings added to their offensive line by selecting center Michael Jurgens from Wake Forest. Jurgens will likely serve as a depth piece during his rookie season as a Viking given Garrett Bradbury’s hold on the position. However, with Austin Schlott...18935Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-first-look-at-the-vikings-sixth-round-draft-picks/After taking a break for a whopping 69 picks, the Minnesota Vikings selected Walter Rouse, an offensive lineman from Oklahoma in the sixth round. Rouse stands at 6'6", weighs 322 lbs., and played four years at Stanford before transferring to Oklahoma. Rouse primarily played left tackle in college...18934Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-first-look-at-the-vikings-new-cb-khyree-jackson/After the Minnesota Vikings had no picks on Day 2 of the draft following their seismic Day 1 decisions, they began Day 3 of the NFL draft by addressing one of their biggest needs: cornerback. With the 108th pick, the Purple selected Khyree Jackson, a tall, lanky press corner out of Oregon. Jackson...18933Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-went-to-another-level-in-game-3/To understand Game 3, we must look at what the Phoenix Suns said after their Game 2 loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.   “We didn’t keep our composure,” Phoenix head coach Frank Vogel.  When a reporter asked what caused the lack of composure, he responded, “All of the above....18930Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-time-for-the-vikings-to-build-the-trenches-on-day-3/The Minnesota Vikings' first night of the NFL Draft was successful. They found their quarterback of the future in J.J. McCarthy and followed that up by drafting Dallas Turner, a dominant edge rusher.   Draft analysts praised Minnesota’s work and gave them several As in their draft grades. But as...18926Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-the-wolves-return-to-bad-habits-in-phoenix/The Minnesota Timberwolves are up 2-0 in their first-round series against the Phoenix Suns. It's quite an extraordinary development, given everything that happened in the regular season between the two teams. Not only have the Wolves beaten the Suns, who took all three regular-season games, but th...18922Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-chart-their-new-path-by-breaking-old-trends/After months (years, even) of speculation, the Minnesota Vikings actually pulled it off. They traded up in the first round of the NFL Draft for a premier pass rusher in Dallas Turner. They also found a way to move up to 10th overall and select J.J. McCarthy as their franchise quarterback. For much...18921Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-2024-nfl-draft-chronicles/Thursday night will go down as one of the biggest turning points in the history of the Minnesota Vikings. After cutting the umbilical cord following six years with Kirk Cousins, the Vikings needed a new quarterback, and there were several options on the table.   The anticipation was killing us. T...18920Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-are-still-navigating-the-uncomfortable-middle/Two weeks before the draft, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said he accounted for irrational actions in his preparations. “You have to you have to build in some rationale,” he reasoned, “just because [of] the position and the need.” And while he couldn’t move up for Drake Maye at No. 3, he landed J.J. McCarthy...18919Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jj-mccarthy-is-the-pick-for-minnesota/Months of waiting, discussing, and mocking came to an end on Thursday night as the Minnesota Vikings took their quarterback of the future in J.J. McCarthy. It was a wild first 10 pick. Despite the team’s attempts to move up for Drake Maye, the New England Patriots took the North Carolina youngster...18918Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/has-willi-castro-graduated-out-of-the-group-of-struggling-twins-sluggers/Justifiably, much of the early criticism of the Minnesota Twins has stemmed from the bottom half of their lineup on a nightly basis. A group of veteran sluggers started their 2024 campaign in an absolute tailspin simultaneously, creating a black hole that has already swallowed multiple wins.   So...18917Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2024-vikings-mock-draft-tracker-vol-2/The day is finally here. After much anticipation, falling in and out of love with prospects, and scouring every mock draft on the internet for "the one," it’s draft day. This draft will likely signal the start of a new era for the Minnesota Vikings, with most pundits expecting them to move up in p...18915Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/david-festa-isnt-limited-by-his-pitch-count/Counting stats don’t tell the whole story, but David Festa is off to a hot start in Triple-A for the 2024 season.   The St. Paul Saints have limited his five starts to 15 ⅔ innings. However, the 24-year-old New Jersey native is keeping the run game down against opposing hitters. His 1.72 ERA is s...18914Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/naw-and-naz-round-out-minnesotas-championship-blueprint/The concept of depth can often be misunderstood when it comes to the playoffs. Having multiple options at the end of your bench to substitute in when a superior player is sitting out is valuable in team building. But things tend to change once you get to the playoffs and rotations tighten.   A te...18912Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-are-in-survival-mode/The Minnesota Twins lost 3-2 to the Chicago White Sox on Oct. 3, 2022. Old friend Liam Hendriks picked up the win; Griffin Jax took the loss. Minnesota was coming off a series loss to the Detroit Tigers, where Ronny Henriquez took the loss in Game 2 and Simeon Woods Richardson picked up an L in Ga...18911Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000