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NFL: Breaking Down the NFC North Rookies – The First-Round Picks

While he isn’t blessed with the prototypical straight-line speed for an NFLDB, Smith can probably play either the free or strong safety positions.He’s instinctive and has pretty good range, which should fit in well withthe Vikings’ [...]

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Should the Minnesota Vikings Seek Mike Wallace from Pittsburgh Steelers?

In a division stacked with great quarterbacks and great receivers,Minnesota took a huge risk by not drafting defense in the first round ofthe NFL draft. They instead went with USC left tackle Matt Khalil,signaling their promise [...]

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Happy Birthday, Bud Grant!

by Christopher Gates on May 20, 2012 11:49 AM CDT in Minnesota Vikings “Asuccessful coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog, and a greatquarterback. . .and not necessarily in that order.” – Bud Grant Today [...]

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Jerome Simpson: Simpson worth $5 million/year before arrest?

According to the National Football Post, one NFL team thought Vikings WRJerome Simpson would be making $5 million a year if not for his fallarrest. He ended up accepting a one-year, $2 million offer. $5 million [...]

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Vikings remain hopeful rehabbing Peterson will be ready for season opener

The recovery time for an injury of that type is eight to 12 months — andthat is for a standard NFL player, not a running back asked to make sharpcuts and have a second gear in [...]

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Charley Walters: Gov. Dayton’s next task: Super Bowl

They (NFL) don’t just jump at the chance to go to northern climes. Butwe’ll get one — I’m very confident.” The Vikings plan to open their nearly$1 billion stadium in 2016. Four or five years after [...]

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Donovan McNabb not giving up on NFL career

By Jarrett Bell, USA Today May 19, 2012 8:19 PM Donovan McNabb hasn’t founda job since being released by the Minnesota Vikings last season. GeorgeWhitfield was on the phone, the topic being his latest project. During [...]

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Bernie Miklasz: Cool heads are needed in Dome discussion

Part of the Vikings’ share will be covered by a loan from the NFL. TheVikings can repay it by taking club-seat revenue set aside for the league’srevenue-sharing program and redirecting it to retire the loan. The [...]

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Q&A: Gov. Mark Dayon on tax bill, Vikings stadium

That’s just a given. The bottom line was: do we want to create severalthousand jobs by building this new facility? Do we want to keep theMinnesota Vikings in Minnesota? Do we want an NFL franchise here [...]

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Vikings’ Greg Childs views himself as the steal of the draft

AP As the 134th pick in the NFL draft, Vikings wide receiver Greg Childsbelieves he’s going to be looked at in a few years as a bargain. Childssaid on Vikings Tonight that he thinks NFL teams [...]