Category: Vikings

Vikings warm up in ‘Free Odell’ shirts

Minnesota Vikings players had interesting fashion statements before their game with the Ravens

A number of Minnesota Vikings sent a message before their game with the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

The players, including Cameron Dantzler and Justin Jefferson, wore shirts that read “Free Odell.”

They were referring to former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. who was released by the team earlier this week after a turbulent stay.

Have to wonder if the players are also hoping team management finds a way to add the former LSU star to the Vikings.

Vikings get TD pass from Kirk Cousins to K.J. Osborn to rock Panthers in OT

Kirk Cousins to K.J. Osborn for the Vikings’ victory in OT

The Minnesota Vikings blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers. However, they got it together in overtime and got a Kirk Cousins pass to K.J. Osborn for a 27-yard touchdown that gave the Vikings a 34-28 victory.

The Vikings appeared to have the game won, up 28-17 but allowed a field goal, touchdown — on a 96-yard drive — and 2-point conversion to force the 10-minute extra period.

Minnesota won the coin toss and Cousins led a 9-play, 75-yard drive that culminated in the pass from Cousins to Osborn.

Both teams are 3-3, though the Vikings have won two straight and Carolina has lost three in a row.

Detroit Lions lose again, 19-17, this time on 54-yard field goal by Minnesota Vikings

How many times can the Detroit Lions lose games 19-17 on long field goals?

The Minnesota Vikings find ways to lose. The Detroit Lions usually find ways to wind up on the short end of the score. Something had to give Sunday in Minnesota.

And it was the Lions, who suffered another brutal beat in an NFC North clash.

The Vikings led 16-6 in the final quarter and somehow allowed the winless Lions to score 11 points in the final 15 minutes.

The Lions thought they were in good shape after they scored a touchdown and converted a 2-point conversion following an Alexander Mattison fumble that gave Detroit the ball deep in Minnesota territory.

Not so fast. Poor Dan Campell. The Lions left just enough time on the clock for the Vikings to move into field-goal range.

Detroit, which has already lost a game on a 66-yard field goal by Justin Tucker against the Baltimore Ravens, was in the same position, leading 17-16 and …

Greg Joseph came on and nailed a 54-yard field goal to give the Vikings the victory, 19-17.

Yes, the Lions have lost a pair of games 19-17 on field goals that have totaled 120 yards.

Ouch.

Not that anyone has forgotten but when the Detroit Lions lost to the New Orleans Saints on Tom Dempsey’s then-record 63-yard field goal, the final score was … 19-17.

Minnesota Vikings radio calls late field-goal attempt good … it wasn’t

Want to get away? Greg Joseph probably felt that way when he missed the field goal that would have given the Minnesota Vikings a win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. He has company in the whiff department. Give a listen to Paul Allen on the …

Want to get away?

Greg Joseph probably felt that way when he missed the field goal that would have given the Minnesota Vikings a win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

He has company in the whiff department. Give a listen to Paul Allen on the Minnesota radio call as he declares the kick is good … only it wasn’t.

Southwest Airlines, famous for want to get away, does have a base in Phoenix, so at least the kick came in the right spot.

Thrill of victory for Cowboys; agony of defeat for Vikings

Greg Zuerlein won it for Dallas while Greg Joseph missed a chance to win a game for Minnesota

The Dallas Cowboys felt the pain of losing a game in the final seconds in Week 1 when they fell to Tampa Bay.

On Sunday, the Cowboys sent out Greg Zuerlein for a 56-yard field goal with 4 seconds left at SoFi Stadium against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Greg the Leg as he is known drilled the kick and Dallas left LA with a 20-17 victory and a 1-1 record.

That was the good news for a kicker in the late window. The news was not as good for the Minnesota Vikings and Greg Joseph.

Watch as the Viking kicker has a chance to win it but misses and Minnesota falls to 0-2 with its 34-33 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in the desert.

The kicks by both guys named Greg happened within a minute of each other and left one team with the sweet taste of victory and the other with the bitter flavor of defeat.

Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings having huge first half against Arizona Cardinals

Kirk Cousins has hit 3 different receivers for touchdowns in the first half of Vikings-Cardinals

Kirk Cousins has heard it all through the preseason and Week 1, for his opinions off the field and his play on it.

The Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback apparently is going to let his play do his talking against the Arizona Cardinals.

He opened the game with a long TD pass to K.J. Osborn for a 64-yard touchdown.

The veteran then kept sharing the glory as he found Adam Thielen from 7 yards for a score.

And then hit a third receiver, super second-year player Justin Jefferson, from 14 yards to make it 20-7.

Of course, the PAT was missed.

The Vikings were looking to even their mark at 1-1 while Cardinals hoped to go to 2-0.

 

COVID-19 issues hit Minnesota Vikings’ camp

Rookie Viking quarterback Kellen Monds has tested positive for COVID-19

The debate over COVID-19 and vaccinations rages on in the world and NFL.

The disease has taken hold in Minnesota Vikings camp and it has hit the team’s quarterback room.

“Due to the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols, multiple players will be held out of tonight’s practice inside TCO Stadium,” the team said in a statement on Saturday.

Rookie quarterback Kellen Monds tested positive for COVID-19 and Kirk Cousins and Nate Stanley were designated as close contacts. NFL Media reported that Cousins, the starting quarterback, is a “high-risk” contact.

The only one to escape isolation was Jake Browning, who is vaccinated.

Patrick Peterson passes on 21, will wear No. 7 as a Minnesota Viking

Patrick Peterson has changed teams. He will play for the Vikings after spending his career with Arizona. And he will wear No. 7, not 21.

Patrick Peterson will go from patrolling the secondary for the Arizona Cardinals to the Minnesota Vikings’ defensive backfield in 2021.

And he won’t be No. 21 in 2021.

Peterson revealed he will wear No. 7 for the Vikings, taking advantage of the NFL rule change that permits some position players to wear single digits.

Acquiring the digit wasn’t a freebie. Quarterback Nate Stanley was No. 7 for the men of purple. So, some negotiating went on and a deal was struck.

In exchange for paying for new shoulder pads for Stanley’s alma mater, Menomonie High School in Wisconsin, Stanley handed over No. 7 to  Peterson.

Peterson was a first-round pick in 2011 and spent his first 10 seasons as a Cardinal. He was an eight-time Pro Bowler.

“I always wanted to rock No. 7,” Peterson said on his “All Things Covered” podcast. “Once they made the change, it was easy for me because 7 has always been my number. I felt like 7 was my number. Like 21 is Deion’s [Sanders] number, you know what I mean? I just felt like in high school and in college, I made 7 known. You can tell. When I went to LSU, guys wanted to wear No. 7 … I felt like that’s my number.”

Peterson returns to not only No. 7 but the colors he donned when he starred in college at LSU.

 

 

Minnesota Vikings’ Jeff Gladney arrested on charge of assault/family violence

Minnesota Vikings DB Jeff Gladney turned himself in to face charges in a domestic violence case

Jeff Gladney, the Minnesota Vikings’ first-round pick in 2020, turned himself in Monday to face charges in an alleged domestic violence incident in Texas.

The defensive back, who was the 31st pick in the NFL Draft, allegedly assaulted a 22-year-old woman on Friday. The two were involved in a verbal altercation “over content in a cell phone” that later escalated to physical violence, according to the statement from police.

The NFL is investigating and the Vikings said in a statement that they are aware of the arrest and gathering more information.

Brett Favre makes shocking admission about painkiller addiction

Brett Favre said he was at such a low point when trying to kick a painkiller addiction he almost wanted to kill himself

Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said he contemplated suicide when giving up painkillers.

“I was as low as I possibly could be,” the former Green Bay Packers star said on an episode of his podcast, “Bolling with Favre,” with co-host Eric Bolling and guest Dr. Phil on Tuesday. “I said it’s one of two things — I die, or I flush these pills down the toilet. I sat by the toilet for two hours. Eventually, I dumped the pills in the toilet, flushed them and I almost wanted to kill myself because of doing that.

“I could not believe that I’ve actually done that, and I was so mad at myself because now what was I gonna do?”

Favre said that he started taking two pills a day, but teammates helped him get more and it came to a point where he was taking a month’s prescription in two days, which he called “crazy.” He had two seizures in 1995 after he increased his pill intake, and that’s when he came clean with his addiction and went to rehab for 75 days.

Favre explained what he went through.

“It was really not the way you want to come off of pain pills because it could kill you,” Favre said. “I shook with cold sweats and hot sweats. Every night at nine o’clock, I just shook because that was the exact time when I took them. No matter where I was or what I was doing, I would take them.”

A three-time NFL MVP, Favre was a six-time All-Pro selection, 11-time Pro Bowler, and he was a part of the league’s 90s All-Decade team, as well as the NFL’s 100th Anniversary All-Time team. Favre was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.