Tag: minnesota Vikings

  • Minnesota Vikings – Who Needs Adrian Peterson?

    Minnesota Vikings – Who Needs Adrian Peterson?

    The Minnesota Vikings have nothing to play for, but they’re still a major player in the molding of the playoff picture. Without Adrian Peterson, they managed to beat the Philadelphia Eagles with a fine performance from Matt Cassel and their third-string running back, Matt Asiata, which ruined the Eagles’ chances of almost finishing off their problems in the NFC East.

  • Adrian Peterson is on Pace to Have The Best Post-2000 Yards Season Ever

    Adrian Peterson is on Pace to Have The Best Post-2000 Yards Season Ever

    It’s rare to have a running back who gets to 2000 yards in one season. Only 7 players in NFL history have managed that feat, all of them only once, with Adrian Peterson being the last player to do it, accomplishing it last season. This year he isn’t going to reach that mark, but he is on pace to finish with the most yards ever for a running back coming off a +2000 season.

  • Redskins vs Vikings – Christian Ponder Injured Just When Things Got Good

    Redskins vs Vikings – Christian Ponder Injured Just When Things Got Good

    The Minnesota Vikings can’t catch a break. Just as they get back on the horse again, with Adrian Peterson scoring a couple of touchdowns and Christian Ponder puts in a second consecutive good performance, they go ahead and lose their quarterback to an injury that mean it’s over for him this season.

  • NFL – Redskins vs Vikings Predictions

    NFL – Redskins vs Vikings Predictions

    While the Washington Redskins are looking for consistency, especially from Robert Griffin III, the Minnesota Vikings are hoping that they finally get a less than bad night from their quarterback, Christian Ponder, and that their awful losing streak ends at some point.

  • NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings Starting Josh Freeman Again

    NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings Starting Josh Freeman Again

    The quarterback changes aren’t stopping for the Minnesota Vikings, and after recovering from a concussion, it seems that Josh Freeman is in line for his second start this season on his new team, hopefully doing a lot better than on his very disappointing debut.

  • NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings Not Benching Josh Freeman

    NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings Not Benching Josh Freeman

    Despite a horrendous performance on his debut as the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, Josh Freeman won’t lose that job in the next game as well, as his head coach believes that the problems featured in his passing are easily fixable even in the short time left for them to prepare.

  • Minnesota Vikings – Josh Freeman Over Adrian Peterson?!

    Minnesota Vikings – Josh Freeman Over Adrian Peterson?!

    Of all the things that don’t make sense, giving Josh Freeman, on his first start for the Minnesota Vikings, to throw the ball 53 times while there’s someone called Adrian Peterson in the backfield defies any kind of logic that’s based on the assumption that you play to win games and not prove a point.

  • NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings Trading Christian Ponder

    NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings Trading Christian Ponder

    The Minnesota Vikings are going in a different direction than Christian Ponder, who is no longer injured and sitting on the bench simply for playing badly this season. This means that they’re not aggressively trying to trade him, but they’re certainly willing to hear some offers, with the Houston Texans, Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers possibly interested.

  • The Most Disappointing Teams in the NFL

    The Most Disappointing Teams in the NFL

    We always have teams in each season that turn out to be huge disappointments around halfway through it, but there’s a difference between the reasons, expectations and level of collapse when examining the cases of the New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans and Washington Redskins.

  • Minnesota Vikings Rumors – Josh Freeman Becoming Starting Quarterback

    Minnesota Vikings Rumors – Josh Freeman Becoming Starting Quarterback

    The Minnesota Vikings didn’t sign Josh Freeman to sit on the bench, and after a short period of getting used to his new team, the fifth-year quarterback will probably get his first start for his new team in their next game, which happens to be on Monday Night Football against the win-less New York Giants.