https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/96/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/has-the-mcvay-coaching-tree-lost-most-of-its-luster/A little over a week before Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals in February 2022, ESPN's Ben Baby wrote: Three years ago, it was one of the biggest jokes in football. If you ever had a cup of coffee with Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, you had a good c...17884Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-should-have-three-all-stars-this-year/It’s mid-December, which means the most wonderful time of the year is right around the corner. NBA All-Star voting season is nigh. When voting opens on December 19th, we’ll all have some big decisions to make while half-assing it at work before Christmas. But this year, one decision should come ea...17883Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ivan-pace-jr-is-primed-for-one-hell-of-a-homecoming-this-sunday/Homecomings are weird.   I feel like whenever someone leaves their hometown, they’re balancing the weight of expectations and the desire to prove themselves. When you return, you wanna have something to show for it, to prove you could make it out there despite any doubters. There’s a reason every...17882Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/3-former-twins-who-would-be-excellent-in-the-broadcast-booth/One of the biggest changes for next year’s Minnesota Twins team won’t be seen on the field. Rather, the club will have a new but familiar voice guiding them through their TV broadcasts. As Dick Bremer starts his walk into the line of corn growing beyond the game’s outfield wall, Cory Provus will a...17879Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nick-mullens-got-overlooked-because-we-cant-unsee-what-weve-seen/Nobody will blame Joshua Dobbs for locking into Justin Jefferson on third-and-four. The Minnesota Vikings were deep in Las Vegas Raiders territory on their third drive, trying to break a 0-0 tie. Dobbs lobbed the ball over the middle – a little late and a skosh high. Jefferson leaped for it, reach...17876Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-can-the-wolves-better-use-kats-drives-to-open-up-the-offense/Karl-Anthony Towns may be renowned for his three-point shooting prowess, but his ability to drive to the rim off the dribble effectively at a high volume transformed his offensive game into what it is today. Towns' reputation as a threat from distance mainly came from the quick development of his...17873Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/now-is-not-the-time-to-trade-christian-vazquez/The Minnesota Twins were one of the busiest teams in baseball last offseason. They re-signed Carlos Correa and traded for Kyle Farmer and Pablo López. In doing so, they brought in veteran leadership and high-end talent to the Twin Cities. However, they plugged one of their quieter but important ho...17871Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nick-mullens-was-the-right-choice-not-because-hes-better-but-because-hes-ready/The Minnesota Vikings made the official announcement that Nick Mullens would start over Joshua Dobbs after he led the lone scoring drive in the mockery of NFL football that was the Vikings' win over the Las Vegas Raiders. That’s not particularly shocking – Mullens was more productive and entered t...17870Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/shake-milton-is-getting-more-comfortable-playing-with-minnesotas-bigs/The Minnesota Timberwolves' last two games mark the first time this season that Shake Milton has scored double-digit points for the Wolves twice in a row. Shake had likely his best offensive game so far this year in Minnesota's win over the Memphis Grizzlies, scoring 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting,...17867Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-long-term-qb-plans-are-starting-to-take-a-different-shape/In the offseason, the Minnesota Vikings decided not to extend Kirk Cousins’ contract past the 2023 season, thus putting their future at quarterback position under the microscope for the first time since the Cousins era began.   Cousins played for the Vikings with an uncertain future for the first...17866Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ivan-pace-jr-transformed-from-udfa-to-stud-lb-in-just-13-games/April 29, 2023 had to be a frustrating day for Ivan Pace Jr. and his family. Pace dominated in his final college season at Cincinnati and was considered to be a mid-round draft pick, but he ended up falling completely out of the NFL Draft. Maybe it was his smaller 5'10", 231 lbs. frame or the need...17862Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/brian-flores-showed-up-in-minnesota-one-year-too-late/As the Minnesota Vikings defensive rank rises by the week, so too does Brian Flores' potential to land a head coaching job.   Local fans are already flashing back to the one-and-done Mike Tomlin, who arrived in 2006 and left in 2007 to start a Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty. If he'd showed up in 200...17860Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/did-kocs-inflexibility-let-maxx-crosby-break-the-vikings-offense/There are two sides to the coin of the Minnesota Vikings' 3-0 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon. Brian Flores and his defense of relatively unproven fixtures dragged the Vikings across the finish line by recording the franchise's first shutout since a trip to Lambeau Field aga...17854Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rudy-gobert-is-building-an-mvp-case-for-himself/With just over five minutes remaining between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves on Dec. 6, Anthony Edwards shifted into the paint and attempted a challenging layup that missed the rim entirely, and the defense swatted off the backboard. Rudy Gobert was lurking and corralled the offe...17851Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-oconnells-loyalty-a-concern/The Minnesota Vikings wanted something different from Mike Zimmer when they made a coaching change.   Zimmer was a successful coach, leading the Vikings to a pair of division titles and their lone playoff win since 2009. He built one of the league’s top defenses and belongs in the conversation wi...17850Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kyle-anderson-has-unlocked-something-with-his-screen-and-roll-game/Kyle Anderson wasn’t supposed to be the Minnesota Timberwolves’ starting power forward last year. He not only filled the gap left by Karl-Anthony Towns’ injury but also thrived as a veteran playmaker, defender, and shooter.   Non-Wolves fans may not have realized it, but Anderson’s slow, wonky-lo...17849Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-vikings-did-in-vegas-must-stay-in-vegas/It was somewhere around Barstow, Hunter S. Thompson wrote in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, that the drugs began to take hold. Rolling Stone first printed Fear and Loathing in its magazine. Random House published it as a book a year later in 1972, and Paramount turned it into a stoner road trip c...17844Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nordos-numbers-week-14/The Minnesota Vikings escaped the desert with a 3-0 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. It was the first time since 1971 that the Vikings went scoreless through three quarters, but legions of purple-laden fans left Allegiant Stadium to celebrate a purple win on the strip.   Here are five numbers that...17843Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tim-connelly-and-co-still-need-to-take-a-page-from-denvers-playbook/The Minnesota Timberwolves have been fantastic this season. There’s no other way to put it. At 17-4, they own the NBA’s best record. Minnesota’s defense has been even stronger than almost everyone could have predicted. And they’re playing sound defense without their best perimeter defender, Jaden...17838Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/slowing-davante-adams-begins-with-attacking-aiden-oconnell/Davante Adams has had a quiet 2023 campaign, but he remains the dangerous receiver he was with the Green Bay Packers. While he’s experienced a decline statistically, it’s not due to his play slowing with age. Instead, it indicates the dysfunction the Las Vegas Raiders have experienced this year. A...17828Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kyle-anderson-has-solved-minnesotas-backup-point-guard-dilemma/There is a clip from the hit 2000s TV show Scrubs where Dr. Turk looks toward his on-screen girlfriend and says, “You know I do what I do when I do what I do.” There isn’t a more perfect quote to describe Kyle Anderson's role with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Standing 6’8”, he has played most of hi...17827Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/corbin-burnes-would-be-a-perfect-but-costly-fit-for-the-twins/After Sonny Gray signed with the St. Louis Cardinals to spread his wings for the next three years, the Minnesota Twins must find a way to fill the enormous shoes he left atop their rotation. It appears unlikely that they will pursue any of the other high-end pitchers on the free-agent market becau...17824Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/does-justin-jefferson-need-to-go-2012-adrian-peterson-out-of-the-bye/When it comes to the history of the Minnesota Vikings, few performances are as dominant as Adrian Peterson was in the final month of the 2012 season.   The Vikings legend took over in December 2012, leading Minnesota to four-straight wins and claiming a playoff spot. The performance helped Peters...17823Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/stopping-maxx-crosby-starts-with-protecting-brian-oneill/No disrespect to Montez Sweat or Cam Jordan, but it's been a little while since the Minnesota Vikings have drawn a bona fide game-wrecker like Maxx Crosby. Even though the Las Vegas Raiders have one of the more talented wide receivers on the planet in Davante Adams, Crosby is the head of the snake...17819Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-dobbs-decision-says-more-about-koc-than-dobbs/In general, I've never been a “tank the season” kind of guy.   I don’t necessarily have anything against those fans. We’ve seen countless examples of terrible teams winning a meaningless game or two and costing them a chance at a generational player. I won’t fault any of the Jacksonville Jaguars...17818Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000