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Tag: Minnesota Vikings

  • The Vikings Cap Conundrum

    The Vikings Cap Conundrum

    Despite an inconsistent-at-best offensive unit, the Minnesota Vikings boast maybe the NFL’s youngest elite defense.

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  • Minnesota Vikings Draft Primer

    Minnesota Vikings Draft Primer

    As a fan of the NFL and specifically the Minnesota Vikings, the off–season can be a bleak and desolate stretch. Whereas baseball stretches 8 months from early April all the way through all of November, and basketball stretches for about the same amount of time from late October to mid June, football’s season lasts a […]

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  • March-ing to Free Agency: The Week That Will Define Minnesota’s Offseason

    March-ing to Free Agency: The Week That Will Define Minnesota’s Offseason

    Just over a week ago all 32 teams and a heap of NFL media descended on Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine and after the dog and pony show is over on March 6th, the real meat of the NFL offseason truly begins.

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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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  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.11: Lions, Vikings, Packers – Oh My!

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.11: Lions, Vikings, Packers – Oh My!

    This week’s edition of the TGS Pro Weekly podcast features Tami Dooley behind the glass as winter sickness season takes Ted as its first casualty. This NFL-heavy episode, features conversation about Tyreek Hill and Ben Roethlisberger’s home/road splits. Fans don’t have to worry much about home/road splits with the Browns because they simply don’t win, […]

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  • Why both the Eagles and Vikings made out like bandits in the Bradford trade

    Why both the Eagles and Vikings made out like bandits in the Bradford trade

    THE SITUATION One of the most exciting aspects of American professional sports is the trade. It’s a relatively rare piece of the game within the game that makes up a large part of every major American professional sports league. Especially in the NFL, the trade is often an overlooked and seldom used tool when attempting […]

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  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.07: The Cubs and Vikings are the best

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.07: The Cubs and Vikings are the best

    After spending the last couple weeks riding the MLB train, the TGS Pro Weekly cast circles back around to revisit the NFL after the first month of competition. Just how good are teams like the Vikings and Eagles? What do you do with the quarterback situation in Dallas when Romo comes back healthy after the […]

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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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  • NFL week 5 preview

    NFL week 5 preview

    I’m not going to come here today pretending to be as knowledgeable and informed on the NFL as our resident expert, Janice. The truth of the matter is she’s on a BYE this week, so I was picked up of the trash pile of the waiver wire for some spot duty this week. I’m sure some […]

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  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.06: Playoffs? We’re talking about PLAYOFFS?

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.06: Playoffs? We’re talking about PLAYOFFS?

    Welcome back to another week of TGS Pro Weekly. With MLB Wild Card games in full swing, the crew starts at the center of the action with the Giants and Mets. The prevailing opinion amongst Cubs fans was that they would rather face the Mets in the opening round, so how are they feeling now […]

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