A running back trade is on the table. Jonathan Taylor of the Indianapolis Colts is just not for it. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Rams traded Cam Akers to the Minnesota Vikings for essentially the lowest price imaginable: a swap of a conditional late-round pick for one that will be taken three years from now.… Read More »
Dalton Risner stood in front of an NFL locker for the first time since mid-January as a new nameplate was mounted behind him. For the fourth-year veteran guard, everything is brand new once more. Tuesday saw the end of Risner’s eight-month free agency when he signed with the Minnesota Vikings. The team that selected him… Read More »
The Minnesota Vikings’ Cam Akers is a new teammate for running back Alexander Mattison. Through a trade with the Los Angeles Rams, the Minnesota Vikings have taken care of an obvious gap in the running back room. Minnesota acquired Cam Akers from L. A. on Wednesday, September 20, in exchange for a swap of draft… Read More »
Kirk Cousins, the quarterback for the Vikings, reacts to the season-opening loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It goes like this in the odd case of Kirk Cousins. Kirk is the oddball, overly analytical signal caller who was sent to Minnesota to oversee a run-first offense. Kirko is a shirtless gunfighter with neck chains that… Read More »
The newly remodeled Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by quarterback Baker Mayfield, weren’t anticipated to pose much of a threat to Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1 on the road. Even though Cousins put on a show with the team’s aerial attack, tossing for 344 yards and two touchdowns, and superstar wide receiver… Read More »
Center Garrett Bradbury has been ruled out as the Vikings take on the Eagles on a short week. He played in just two series against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday. A back injury forced Bradbury to leave the game; he did not come back. Due to a back injury, Bradbury missed the final five… Read More »
Before the game against Philadelphia on Thursday night, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins and wide receiver Justin Jefferson met with the media. After losing to Tampa Bay 20-17 in Week 1, the Minnesota Vikings travel to Philadelphia on a short week to play the Eagles on Thursday Night Football in an effort to avoid starting the… Read More »
The Vikings released their preliminary injury report for Week 2’s game against Philadelphia less than twenty-four hours after finishing their home game against the Buccaneers in Week 1. The team is trying to turn things around quickly as they travel to Philadelphia (1-0) for a 7:15 p.m. game despite not having practiced. m. Thursday Night… Read More »
Before halftime of their season-opening game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Minnesota Vikings were on what might have been the deciding scoring drive. At the Buccaneers’ 13-yard line, Kirk Cousins dropped back and threw the ball to K.J. Osborn on a second-and-1 situation. Christian Izien, a rookie for the Buccaneers, stripped the pass out… Read More »
These two teams start the 2023 NFL season today. The Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers both start their missing key players from the previous campaign in 2023. Former Vikings running back Dalvin Cook is now with the New York Jets, leaving Alexander Mattison atop the depth chart at the position in Minnesota. Tampa Bay… Read More »