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"We started our career back when I was the co-director in Chicago and he came in as an intern, I believe, in 1997-1998," Spielman said. "When I left Chicago and went to Miami, it took me a year, but I knew that was the number one person I wanted to bring with me down in Miami. And then when I...

Lowest lows 1. Let's just say the Vikings didn't experience Hoosier Hospitality during their visit to Indianapolis. The Colts hosted the Vikings for a Week 2 matchup, and Minnesota's offense struggled mightily en route to just 175 total net yards. Indy's secondary had a field day, with...

Joe Marino of The Draft Network Jan. 7, 2021 The predicted pick: Gregory Rousseau, Edge, Miami The Vikings are a team in transition after saying goodbye to some key veterans in recent years and restocking the roster through the draft. Minnesota is loaded with draft capital once again in...

Pro Football Focus suggests free-agent signing for Vikings The start of the new league year is still a couple of months away, but NFL pundits are looking ahead at free agency and which players could suit up for new teams in 2021. PFF's Sam Monson opined one free agent that each team should...

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Believe it or not … Kirk Cousins (12,335.97, which ranked eighth among Vikings) actually traveled farther than Cook (11,863.20, which ranked 10th). Cousins rushed 32 total times (including kneel-downs) for 156 yards, which is the second-most in any of his nine pro seasons. Much of his...

2 pressing questions for 2021 1. Does Cousins start 2021 the way he ended 2020, even if there is another coordinator change? Cousins threw 10 interceptions in Minnesota's first six games in 2020, but responded with just three in the final 10 contests. His turnaround helped the Vikings get...

McGinn wrote: Kendricks was third as a rookie in 2015 behind Chicago's Shea McClellin and Detroit's Stephen Tulloch. "He's kind of the heartbeat of that defense," said one scout. Kendricks has made the first team for five straight seasons, including three as a unanimous choice. "He's one of...

With all of the extra picks we've picked up this year, and will get for compensatory, etc, what are the odds that we actually trade UP in the draft? What was it, six trade backs to pick up a couple extra players that either aren't on the team or are buried on the practice squad from the 2020 NFL...

EAGAN, Minn. — An additional pair of Vikings coaches will not return for the 2021 season, the team announced Friday. The contracts of Senior Defensive Assistant Dom Capers and Director of Competition Development Mark Uyeyama are expiring and will not be renewed. Capers joined Minnesota...

EAGAN, Minn. — Justin Jefferson's rookie season was one for the record books. The Vikings wide receiver turned heads around the league and was announced Friday morning as one of five finalists for the 2020 Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year Award. This award is decided entirely by fans'...

The fifth receiver drafted in 2020, Jefferson broke the 18-year, Super Bowl-era rookie record for receiving yards (1,400) and set Vikings rookie records for receiving yards, receptions (88) and 100-yard games (7), passing the marks established by Hall of Famer Randy Moss during his 1998...

And just for fun, let's take a look at whom McShay projected the top five picks to be: 1. Jacksonville Jaguars: Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence 2. New York Jets: Oregon T Penei Sewell 3. Miami Dolphins (via HOU): Alabama WR DeVonta Smith 4. Atlanta Falcons: BYU QB Zach Wilson 5. Cincinnati...

The Vikings went 6-4 in those 10 games, which was the most under Zimmer in his seven seasons in charge. The previous high was nine games in 2014. The Vikings won four of those and also finished 7-9. Six of the games were decided by three or fewer points, with Minnesota suffering 1-point losses...

Minnesota's season is over after the Vikings went 7-9 and finished third in the NFC North. The Vikings had a roller-coaster season with a 1-5 start, followed by a 5-1 stretch that was capped by a 1-3 finish. Here's a look at where the Vikings rank heading into the 2021 offseason: No. 19...

Orr wrote: With the expanded format, it wouldn't be surprising to see the NFC North consistently send two teams to the playoffs every year. There is no reason to think that the Vikings will sit out of the playoffs again, especially with so many reinforcements on the way. Orr also said...

The Vikings offense, which stayed generally healthy, put up numbers that made or challenged team and NFL records in 2020. Minnesota featured a 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver for just the eighth time in franchise history and second season in a row. Unfortunately...

Also no surprise is the quarterback position, which went to Chargers rookie Justin Herbert. Numerous debates have erupted over social media around which "Justin" should be named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year between Jefferson and Herbert. Linsey selected Herbert at QB over Bengals...

Touchdowns 1,469 Total touchdowns were scored in 2020, an average of 45.9 per team to fuel the scoring record. 55 The Vikings scored 55 offensive touchdowns, which ranks second only to the 58 by the record-breaking 1998 squad. That's a lot of "The Griddy." 35 The Vikings scored 35 of...

It's worth noting that the 31.1 points allowed per game are the second-most in Vikings history behind the 1965 team still trying to find its footing (32.4 per game) in the franchise's fifth season, so that's not the identity that the Minnesota Vikings have hewn. It's also important to mention...