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Links of the Week: Rebound Edition

By Brett Anderson

What is that you say? There wasn’t enough coverage of the Vikings here on VT alone? Well, we have just the thing for everyone out there who just can’t get enough purple – our favorite links of the week:

Exactly how valuable is Blair Walsh to the Vikings? Our friends at The Vikings Age assess the young kickers value.
Bill Musgrave told reporters that he wasn’t proud of their red zone ‘plan’ last week against the Redskins. Neither were we, Bill. Neither were we…
Last week’s loss to the Redskins dropped the Vikings in their power rankings. Not as much as you may think, though. Multiple NFL.com ‘experts’ still have the Vikings listed right inside the top-10.
“The Vikes have to win this game,” says Pascifist Viking in the KAB preview of this weekend’s match up against Arizona.
The Vikings Gab has the low down on Vikings/Cardinals injuries.
Have you guys seen the Vikings Weekly Game Posters ESPN 1500 has been making every week? They’re pretty darn awesome. Check this week’s out at the bottom of this post and then go see the rest of them.
It’s never too soon to start thinking about the draft, right? The Daily Norseman takes another look at which college players could be future Vikings. Do Jesse Williams or Quinton Patton ring any bells?
The Viking Age gets a twofer this week… Is it too soon to say John Carlson was a complete bust? They sure don’t think so.
Kluwe’s going to debate a chair, so that’s fun.
A.J. Jefferson, the ex-Cardinals quarterback the Vikings traded for early September, wants to stick it to his old team this week. How is he going to do that? By spilling the beans to Vikings coaching staff.
Should Chris Cook be blowing receivers up at the line more often? Tom Pelissero with ESPN 1500 has a great write up on why the Vikings haven’t been having the over-sized corner play close to the line.
Adam pointed out yesterday that it wouldn’t be inconceivable for the Vikings to target receiver Dwayne Bowe if they win their next two games. Apparently he’s not the only one.
Another one from Rant Sports: Our buddy Gil has a fun article listing the most annoying player on each team in the NFL. I bet you can guess who he chose from the Ravens. Can you guess who he chose from the Vikings, though?

The image above was created by the good folks at ESPN 1500.

Brett Anderson

Brett Anderson (Founder) is a passionate Viking fan hailing from Sin City, Las Vegas. He can remember, as a child, scraping his knee on the playground and his friends being completely shocked by the purple blood trickling from the wound. When Brett isn't scouring the Internet for some semblance of Vikings news, he enjoys blindly putting money on them to beat whoever their opponent may be, and daydreams about being their next Tight End. Brett graduated from UNLV with a degree in Architecture and specializes in web/graphic design; he hopes to provide this site’s visitors with the best Vikings experience on the net.

Tags: a.j. jefferson bill musgrave blair walsh chris cook chris kluwe dwayne bowe jesse williams john carlson quinton patton

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Fragile Freds says:

Oct 19, 2012 at 8:03 pm

I guess Ponders girlfriend is pretty.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/001/726/636/145447265_crop_exact.jpg%3Fw%3D650%26h%3D440%26q%3D75&imgrefurl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1204999-espns-samantha-steele-gets-accidentally-racist-at-spelling-bee&h=440&w=650&sz=38&tbnid=fVxU5AOHAA8rMM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=133&zoom=1&usg=__H8VYV7mtIoBgpeg9omQUx4X91Zk=&docid=WSSL4bTVmf_-7M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZAWCUNiJBoWWyAGj8YDwBw&sqi=2&ved=0CDoQ9QEwBg&dur=127
B. Grant says:

Oct 19, 2012 at 9:28 pm

In your honor, Freds, I am going to make TWO definitive predictions this week - no details, no descriptions, no qualifications...

1. Vikes will win Sunday 24-10.

2. Tomb will never grow up.
- Tomb... says:
  
  Oct 19, 2012 at 9:58 pm
  
  You used "honor" and "Freds" in the same sentence? Dangerous. I'm surprised there isn't an immediate tear in the space-time continuum or something equally destructive.
  
  My bold prediction is that the Vikes will not win Sunday 24-10. They will win said game with a different set of numbers altogether. The turf situation in no way warrants a 24-10 score. It's an embarrassing prediction, actually. I feel completely awkward now, having to address such a preposterous statement. I'll thank you to never speak of this again.
  
  Grow up? I require more details. What is your testing criteria? Have you supported your hypothesis with a well documented control group and verifiable results? Did you "normalize" your data with that buzzcut bias that's so prevalent in today's methodology? I bet you didn't even properly unitize your variables. Why don't you just claim you've discovered a viable method of cold fusion while you're at it, with completely unsubstantiated data permeating your visibly flawed white paper sans peer review in a non replicable manner?
  
  Yeah, yeah, I know that hurt, but that needed to happen.
  
  To recap my prediction: NOT 24-10.
  
  ......................bitches.
B. Grant says:

Oct 19, 2012 at 10:15 pm

No, your honor. The prosecution rests.
- Tomb... says:
  
  Oct 19, 2012 at 10:20 pm
  
  OK good, we agree.
  
  If the Vikes win 24-10, you win.
  
  Anything else, I win.
  
  I like my odds.
  - B. Grant says:
    
    Oct 20, 2012 at 7:01 am
    
    Yes, and I like ny odds equally as well on my second prediction.