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The Minnesota Vikings were originally set to draft at the 14th spot of the first round Thursday night. Instead, despite […]

Each week, local comedian/writer/Vikings fan stops by to drop a new skoLOL Top Ten list! This week, it’s a doozy! […]

The Minnesota Vikings handed the New Orleans Saints 52 points on Christmas day – the most by a Vikings team […]

The Big Easy proved much too hard for the Vikings to forge a Christmas miracle and salvage one more week […]

Recap How many times did we hear Troy Aikman bring up Zimmer being unhappy with the “tackling” by the Vikings […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers squeezed their 2020 win-loss record to 8-5 after the Minnesota Vikings allowed kicking woes to dismantle […]

The Minnesota Vikings went into their Week 14 game against the 7-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers knowing they would most likely […]

The Vikings tricked us… AGAIN I got engaged last Christmas to my best friend. She is the best person I’ve […]

Week 11 a Temporary Defensive Regression    When Minnesota Vikings long-timers like Linval Joseph, Xavier Rhodes, Everson Griffen, Trae  Waynes, Mackensie Alexander, Stephen Weatherly, and Andrew Sendejo left the team several  months ago, the defense was destined to look markedly different. Mike Zimmer’s calling card is  that of defense and has been so for decades.    It was improbable that the revised and retooled bunch of men on the defensive side of the ball  would struggle. But with injuries to three staples – Danielle Hunter, Anthony Barr, and Michael  Pierce – there simply was enough depth to replace all 10 of the aforementioned names. “Next  man up” only works when the “next man” is actually pretty good. The next men up for the  Vikings are either wet behind the ears or career backup-caliber players.    Because of those factoids, the Vikings defense ranks 27th in points allowed per game and 22nd  in yards allowed per game – wretched marks as adjudicated by Zimmer’s stern standards. The  heft of the damage was perpetrated in Weeks 1-6 while glimmers of defensive competence  were evident following the Week 7 bye week. The Vikings defeated three divisional opponents –  all with some degree of impressive defense.    Then, a step backward occurred in Week 11. The Andy Dalton-led Cowboys made forcible  […]