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Combine allows Vikings to go window-shopping

As the NFL descends upon Indianapolis this week for the annual scoutingcombine, Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman holds a long list of riddlesthat need answers. Where to start? Coming off a dismal 3-13 season andpromising to [...]

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2012 NFL Mock Draft: Rams Control Future of Justin Blackmon, Vikings

by Andrew Fisher With the third pick in this year’s NFL Draft, the majorityof Vikings’ fans would like to hear the name ‘Justin Blackmon’ called.After all, it would give Christian Ponder a true No. 1 receiver [...]

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Vikings enter combine looking for a star – if they stay at No. 3

By Jeremy Fowler When it comes to the third overall pick, simply filling aneed misses the big picture: The Vikings need to find a truly specialperformer, even a future hall of famer. This week’s NFL scouting [...]

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Vikings stadium deal perhaps not so near after all

Minnesota Vikings NFL football team owner Zygi Wilf at the Metrodome inMinneapolis in 2011. (AP File Photo/Genevieve Ross,File) With time slippingaway for legislative approval this spring, the push to finalize anagreement on a new Minnesota Vikings [...]

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Vikings’ Peterson on knee rehab: ‘I am ahead of schedule’

By Nate Davis, USA TODAY Vikings RB Adrian Peterson tore the ACL and MCL inhis left knee on Christmas Eve, a Week 16 contest at Washington. But eventhough such a severe injury typically requires about a [...]

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2012 NFL combine primer

We don’t always leave Indianapolis knowing the order of the top few picks,but we generally know which players will comprise that pool — knowledgethat should help the Minnesota Vikings determine who they’ll have to choosefrom at [...]

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Report: Deal reached for Vikings home

A preliminary agreement was reached to build a $975 million stadium for theMinnesota Vikings in downtown Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Star Tribunereported Saturday, citing multiple sources. Under the current proposals,the franchise will pay $427 … Link to [...]

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2012 NFL Combine: Vikings Mock Draft Favorite Matt Kalil Among First Day

SB Nation MinnesotaThe opening day of the NFL Scouting Combine is usually more looked forwardto just so that we can say that the combine has begun more than for theplayers who participate in it. Minnesota Vikings [...]

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NFL Free Agency 2012: 5 Wide Receivers the Vikings Must Target This

Bleacher ReportThe Minnesota Vikings need to sign one of the listed free agent widereceivers the 2012 NFL offseason. The Vikings have the worst wide receivingcore in the NFL. Michael Jenkins, Greg Camarillo, Devin Aromashodu andPercy Harvin [...]

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Scouting combine has become big business

Still, the next week of workouts and interviews provides NFL teams – theVikings will have their own contingent of coaches, scouts personnel people– with an opportunity to formally interview up to 60 players for up to [...]