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Tag: Minnesota

  • Chicago Bears Make Their Presence Felt

    Chicago Bears Make Their Presence Felt

    If you were waiting for that one final signature win to prove the Bears aren’t just being some sort of pretender, now you’ve got it. Sunday night’s win over the Vikings served notice to everyone that the Bears are around to make some noise this year. In the first half against Green Bay in Week […]

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  • The Vikings Cap Conundrum Part 2: How Will It Play Out?

    The Vikings Cap Conundrum Part 2: How Will It Play Out?

    Disclaimer this was written before Alex Boone was cut.  As it stands right now, Minnesota is about $11 million under the 2017 salary cap. Assuming that number rolls over into 2018 and we get a $10 million increase to the salary cap as overthecap.com predicts, Minnesota will go into 2018 with about $50 million in […]

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  • Marshawn Wilson and Northern Illinois Basketball: A Familiar Tale

    Marshawn Wilson and Northern Illinois Basketball: A Familiar Tale

    Marshawn Wilson and the Northern Illinois basketball program agreed to “mutually part ways” prior to Wednesday night’s game against Ball State in DeKalb. Via HuskieWire:

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  • The Minnesota Vikings Offseason Primer

    The Minnesota Vikings Offseason Primer

    On October 19th, during the Minnesota Vikings bye week, I wrote this article about how the Sam Bradford trade was an enormous win-win for both the Eagles and Vikings. Remarkably, both the Eagles and Vikings were undefeated through 5 weeks and the week 6 matchup looked to be a possible NFC playoff preview. Well, including […]

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  • Should I abandon my fandom?

    Should I abandon my fandom?

    I grew up in a state without a single professional sports franchise. I used to think it was the best way to grow up. You got to watch games objectively and got to choose your teams based on what you saw, what players they had, and essentially could make up whatever rationale you wanted for […]

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