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• Vikings Employ One of the NFL’s “Most Underpaid” Players

Last offseason, the Minnesota Vikings said goodbye to longtime outside linebacker Danielle Hunter, who promptly signed with the Houston Texans. […]...2025
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• Waiting on the Micah Parsons deal could lead to another protracted wait

Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Amidst the flurry of news across the NFL landscape in March, including free agency, trades and extensions that saw the market reset higher for players at nearly every position thanks to the continually rising the salary cap, the Dallas Cowboys have been largely quiet. This in spite of the fact that two-time first-team All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Micah...2025
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• The Houston Texans and the Offseason of the Offensive Line: Part II

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images How will the new free agents improve the Texans’ offensive line? Welcome to part two of my three-part series covering the Offseason of the Offensive Line! After delivering a rather scathing criticism of the offensive line, I believe the stage is set for a review of the free agent linemen that Houston was brought in. At the onset of free agency, reckoni...2025
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• Flying success or bust: A look at up and downside to 3 prospects connected to Browns #2 pick

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images As Browns rumors swirl, a look at Shedeur Sanders, Abdul Carter and Travis Hunter With the NFL Draft approaching, the Cleveland Browns will have their options with the second overall pick. As far as what direction the team will go, most believe the team will take a quarterback in Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders (with Tennessee Titans taking Miami QB Cam Ward first ov...2025
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• 10 highest-paid non-quarterbacks in NFL: Bengals' Ja'Marr Chase No. 1, Texans' Danielle Hunter third on list

Chase is the NFL's new highest-paid non-QB, while Hunter cracks the top three...2025
• Any chance for the Colts to obtain Hendrickson from the Bengals appears over

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Bengals are playing hardball, and no one is biting. Trey Hendrickson in an Indianapolis Colts uniform would be the cherry on top of an already productive offseason for Chris Ballard and his team. Hendrickson is coming off a career year and would be an incredibly impressive bookend on that defensive front. With DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart stil...2025
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• The Houston Texans and the Offseason of the Offensive Line: Part II
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• Arrowheadlines: Jaylen Watson is the Chiefs’ best trade asset

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, March 21 The latest 2025 NFL free agency: Top 10 offseason moves so far, including Davante Adams to Rams, Justin Fields to Jets | CBS Sports 3. Joe Thuney to the Bears Acquired via trade for: 2026 fourth-round pick Thuney will turn 33 during the 2025 season, but he’s never logged fewer than 97% of his teams’ offensive snaps over the ...2025
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• Takeaways from the Vikings’ Moves in the First Week of Free Agency

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images They’re among the most active teams in free agency so far The Minnesota Vikings are making some notable splashes in free agency as they look to improve their roster for the 2025-26 campaign. They entered free agency with some $60 million in cap space available and have spent down a considerable portion of that in the opening days of free agency. The...2025
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• Battle Red Blog Groupthink: Houston Texans Free Agency Priorities

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images The headline image says a thousand words. It’s the first Groupthink of the offseason and what better way to kick the group off with a question about free agency. As always, ‘Groupthink’s are posts where the writers get together to answer a question and provide their thought and feedback. Here’s the question of the week for the Masthead: Free Agency starts...2025
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• Vikings Links: Who Is Your Combine Crush?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Nick Emmanwori and Maxwell Hairston would look good in purple no? The NFL Combine is underway and there have been some awesome testing numbers. The obvious studs were Nick Emmanwori, Shemar Stewart, James Pierce Shemar Stewart is a DE prospect in the 2025 draft class. He scored an unofficial 9.99 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 3 out of 1802...2025
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• How Nosferatu explains the NFL Scouting Combine

Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images A wizened, all-seeing being gazes longingly at the youthful spirit that has pinged on the edges of his radar. The being is drawn to this spirit. Day and night, night and day the being imagines all the ways that he will utilize the spirit’s vitality. The being has traveled from fairway to a snowy metropolis in order to get a closer look at the youth. ...2025
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• Texans need more cap space

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Nick Caserio has his work cut out for him The 2025 Houston Texans need to look different than the 2024 Houston Texans. Last year’s version of this roster and coaching staff were perfectly suited to bounce out of the playoffs before winning it all - which is exactly what they did. In 2025 this team needs to take the next step: AFC Conference Championship game or ...2025
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• Abnormal year of running back success has brought more heat to the Cowboys approach to free agency

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Running back has been a complicated position for the Cowboys in recent years. The offseason for the Dallas Cowboys is often filled with frustration for fans because of the way they go about building their roster. The front office’s approach consists of the following strategies: Selectively decide which of their free agents to keep Make low-cost investments i...2025
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• 7 Deebo Samuel trade landing spots, ranked by the teams that need him most

Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images Deebo Samuel’s trade request is here. Here’s where the star receiver could land. Super Bowl LIX is in the books. While the confetti is still being cleared in New Orleans, however, the NFL world immediately turns to the offseason. The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine is just weeks away, and the NFL Draft is always looming. In what may be the first major news of the offs...2025
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• Houston Texans Poised to Keep Ten Starters on Defense

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Evaluating Texans’ defensive lineup before the draft and free agency If you had told Texans’ fans before the season that the defense would be the team’s strength heading into 2025, many in Houston would have raised their eyebrows in astonishment. Yet, here we are. From start to finish, the defense was the cornerstone of the Texans’ AFC playoff run. The unit...2025
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"Danielle Hunter extension: Texans make veteran pass-rusher one of highest paid at his position, per report"

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"com) Texans, DE Danielle Hunter agree to terms on two-year, $49M contract (NFL."

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"Hockenson, WR Justin Jefferson, OLB Za'Darius Smith, RB Dalvin Cook and OLB Danielle Hunter."

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"The Vikings are shopping edge rusher Danielle Hunter as the clock ticks toward Sunday when he is owed an $18 million roster bonus, Ben Goessling of the Star Tribune reports."

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"Vikings star Danielle Hunter aids Minneapolis families by helping provide back-to-school surprise"

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"Two rookie corners and star pass rusher added in Minnesota, but Danielle Hunter goes on IR"

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"• The Week 14 awards, including strong performances from Jimmy Garoppolo, Danielle Hunter, Austin Ekeler, Steve Spagnuolo and more."

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"Matthew Stafford misses Kerryon Johnson on the pitch and Danielle Hunter returns it 32 yards for a Vikings touchdown."

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"Danielle Hunter, the most underrated player of 2017, is just 22 and coming off a huge season"

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"Minnesota's rookie pass-rusher in 2015, Danielle Hunter, was overlooked because he only had 4."

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"Defensive end Danielle Hunter had a straight shot on Wilson and closed fast."

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"DE Danielle Hunter, LSU A junior pass-rusher for the Tigers, Danielle Hunter has been impossible to overlook when watching LSU game film."

• Waiting on the Micah Parsons deal could lead to another protracted wait
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• The Houston Texans and the Offseason of the Offensive Line: Part II
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• Flying success or bust: A look at up and downside to 3 prospects connected to Browns #2 pick
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• Any chance for the Colts to obtain Hendrickson from the Bengals appears over
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• Arrowheadlines: Jaylen Watson is the Chiefs’ best trade asset
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• Giants news, 3/21: Todd McShay mock draft, Russell Wilson, more

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images New York Giants headlines for Friday Good morning New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View Todd McShay mock draft: Travis Hunter AND a QB to New York Giants in Round 1 New York Giants free agency tracker: Latest signings, rumors, news, analysis New York Giants’ QB search: Everything we know about pursuit of a veteran quarterback 2025 NFL Draft prospect p...2025
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• Chargers Daily Links: Thursday Open Thread

Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images Your source for all Chargers and NFL news from around the web. Good morning, Chargers fans! We’re almost two full work weeks into free agency and still waiting on the second wave of free agency to hit. The Chargers have $47,539,326 in effective cap space at the moment, per OverTheCap. Considering how little they’re spending on their free agent contract t...2025
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• Houston Texans News: Texans give Danielle Hunter a one-year contract extension

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Thursday, March 19, 2025. Houston Texans News Former Alabama All-American fills Pro Bowl vacancy for Houston Texans (AL.com) Source: Texans extend Hunter with $35.6M deal (ESPN.com) Houston Texans Four Biggest Remaining Needs in Free Agency (Houston Press) Stefon Digg...2025
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• A trio of updates on Trey Hendrickson

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The sack king wants paid. Is a holdout coming? The Cincinnati Bengals were able to retain Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins for the next four years, but one star player’s situation is still in limbo. Defensive end Trey Hendrickson is looking for a new contract after a 17.5-sack season in 2024. This coming season is the last year on Hendrickson’s deal, and h...2025
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• Danielle Hunter extension: Texans make veteran pass-rusher one of highest paid at his position, per report

Hunter's $35.6 million salary in 2026 will rank as the second-highest among all edge rushers...2025

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• Vikings Links: Who Is Your Combine Crush?
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• How Nosferatu explains the NFL Scouting Combine
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• Abnormal year of running back success has brought more heat to the Cowboys approach to free agency
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• 2025 Pro Bowl games: Full list of events Detroit Lions players will play in

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Come check out when you can watch the Lions Pro Bowler participate in events. The 2025 Pro Bowl Games begin on Thursday night, and there will be six Detroit Lions players in attendance: quarterback Jared Goff, running back Jahmyr Gibbs, center Frank Ragnow, tackle Taylor Decker, safety Brian Branch, and punter Jack Fox. On Wednesday, the NFL released th...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs know what went wrong the first time they played the Bills

Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, January 22 The latest Chiefs’ defensive failure against the Bills last time will fuel them in the AFC title game | The Athletic On the other side, the defense was furious. Linebacker Drue Tranquill’s facial expression was one of anger. Safety Justin Reid was also seething. Linebacker Leo Chenal, though, said he would u...2025
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• NFL draft: DBN staff debates the Browns option at #2

Photo by CFP/Getty Images Browns rebuild – or reload – begins with the 2025 NFL draft The Cleveland Browns went into 2024 with high hopes after winning 11 games and a post-season appearance the season before. However, those hopes were dashed in Week 1 when they were taken to the woodshed by the Dallas Cowboys who had developed three straight seasons with 12-4-0 records. As the season roll...2025
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• Madden Simulation: AFC Divisional Round

How does the first playoff game go in the EA Universe? STOP! If you want to watch the simulation without spoilers, start the above video — or if you can’t see it, click here. Here’s what happened in our simulation: First quarter C.J. Stroud found his rhythm after narrowly avoiding a three-and-out, utilizing a deep out route to Xavier Hutchison for multiple first downs to push past midfield. Nic...2025
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• On Saturday, the Chiefs must have answers for the Texans’ pass rush

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Houston’s defensive front was a key in its success during the Wild Card round. The Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Houston Texans in an AFC Divisional round matchup at 3:30 p.m. Arrowhead Time on Saturday afternoon. While the Chiefs will be coming off their bye week, the Texans will walk onto GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on the heels of a 32-12 W...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs normally deliver when they’re two-score favorites

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, January 17 The latest The Best NFL Bets for the Divisional Round: Shut Up and Dance | The Ringer Saturday Games Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (-8.5) This is a rematch of a Week 16 game in which the Chiefs closed as 3.5-point favorites at Arrowhead. The market has massively downgraded the Texans, evident in the wild-car...2025
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• Giants news, 3/21: Todd McShay mock draft, Russell Wilson, more
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• Chargers Daily Links: Thursday Open Thread
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• A trio of updates on Trey Hendrickson
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• Takeaways from the Vikings’ Moves in the First Week of Free Agency
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• Texans “defense wins championships”

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Demeco Ryans in charge of a formidable force We’ve all heard it: The NFL is a copycat league and Defenses win championships The current reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles won the crown with a stifling defense that not only overcame the Patrick Mahomes, Taylor Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs, they overcame the KC Refs as well. Now, only a few days...2025
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• How Nosferatu explains the NFL Scouting Combine
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• 7 Deebo Samuel trade landing spots, ranked by the teams that need him most
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• Houston Texans Poised to Keep Ten Starters on Defense
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• NFL draft: DBN staff debates the Browns option at #2
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• Madden Simulation: AFC Divisional Round
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• Pro Bowl Games: Cousins Finds Jefferson; Cook & Hockenson Score in NFC Comeback
Actually, they all walked into Allegiant Stadium for the culmination of the 2023 Pro Bowl Games. The celebrities joined the NFL's best of the best in this week's NFL all-star festivities that featured seven Vikings: QB Kirk Cousins, LS Andrew DePaola, TE T.J. Hockenson, WR Justin Jefferson, OLB Za'Darius Smith, RB Dalvin Cook and OLB Danielle Hunter....2023
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• 2023 NFL trade rumors: Raiders' Davante Adams, Vikings' Danielle Hunter among stars who could be available

A look at seven notable names who could be shopped at the deadline...2023
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• Danielle Hunter landing spots: Vikings pass rusher garnering serious trade interest, per report

Several teams have reportedly inquired about Hunter...2023
• Vikings Pro Bowler Danielle Hunter set to skip mandatory minicamp amid trade rumors, per report

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• Danielle Hunter named NFC Defensive Player of the Month

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Another honor for #99 Danielle Hunter is currently the only player in the National Football League that has registered double-digit sacks, leading the league with 10 through the first eight weeks of the season. Now, the Minnesota Vikings star is being recognized for it. On Thursday, Hunter was named the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Month for the month o...2023
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• Packers, Aaron Rodgers preparing for new faces on Vikings' defense
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• Montana Pass-Rusher Tyrone Holmes Is 1 of NFL Draft's Best-Kept Secrets
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• Russell Wilson, Seahawks Smash Vikings and Show They Can Be a Super Bowl Team
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• The Houston Texans and the Offseason of the Offensive Line: Part II
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• Flying success or bust: A look at up and downside to 3 prospects connected to Browns #2 pick
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• Arrowheadlines: Jaylen Watson is the Chiefs’ best trade asset
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• Giants news, 3/21: Todd McShay mock draft, Russell Wilson, more
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• Houston Texans News: Texans give Danielle Hunter a one-year contract extension
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• A trio of updates on Trey Hendrickson
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• Takeaways from the Vikings’ Moves in the First Week of Free Agency
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• Vikings Links: Who Is Your Combine Crush?
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• Houston Texans Mock Draft Monday: Pre-NFL Combine Seven Rounds

Sara Diggins-USA Today Network via Imagn Images Texans stay close to home to find their talent in this mock draft It’s Mock Draft Monday at Battle Red Blog so get your coffee going, get ready for the week, read those morning emails, and procrastinate with us for a while. The NFL Combine is just days away. Hundreds of players are ascending on Indianapolis to improve their draft stock and m...2025
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• Value of Things: Evaluating the Laremy Tunsil Trade

Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images Is it genius or simply insanity? I refer you to a simpler time. It was circa spring of 2003 and ESPN was previewing the NFL draft. They were running ads with the question, “what does your team need?” On the screen was a beleaguered David Carr taking the snap from center with no guards and no tackles on the offensive line. A picture is worth a 1000 wo...2025
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• Matt Nagy readying Chiefs’ offensive line for ‘aggressive’ Texans defensive front

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images In Sunday’s game, Kansas City’s offensive coordinator knows his unit will be challenged by Houston’s pass rush. The Kansas City Chiefs are gearing up for 2024’s first postseason action, in which they will host the Houston Texans in Saturday’s highly-anticipated Divisional round matchup. A key focus for the Chiefs’ offense will be containing the Houston de...2025
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• Value of Things: A different Texans narrative

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images How do opposing quarterbacks fare against the Texans? There is no discussion point as divisive and ongoing as the discussions of quarterbacks in the national media. Who is the best quarterback? Which quarterbacks are elite? Can we rank order the quarterbacks? These topics dominate the airways on television and the radio dial. So, inevitably that ends up impactin...2025
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• Houston Texans NFL Power Rankings: Wildcard Weekend

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Where do the Texans land in the final power rankings of the regular season? Welcome to the final week of NFL power rankings! From the heights of Mount Hype that we reached in August to the cavernous depths we’ve found our confidence in the Houston Texans as of late, this season has been anything but predictable for the team of the hour. Although they’ve fo...2025
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• NFL free agency Day 1 open thread and headlines

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images What do the Bengals have in-store for the opening of free agency? The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t slow down on Day 2 of the legal tampering period by agreeing to terms with tight end Mike Gesicki and ended up trading Joe Mixon rather than ultimately releasing the running back like they intended. There is still plenty of work to be done by Duke Tobin and Co....2024
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• Chargers-Vikings Game Recap: Herbert, Allen cook up history in 28-24 win over Vikings

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Justin Herbert and Keenan Allen combined for 18 catches and 215 receiving yards in what became one of the most-entertaining games of the young 2023 season. Chargers-Vikings was everything you would have expected: Plenty of points Back-breaking penalties Injuries Mind-numbing turnovers Plays that left your mouth open Before the final buzzer sounded, y...2023
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• Vikings’ Post-PS1 53-Man Roster Projection

An update to the early May projection after the first pre-season game at Seattle It’s been about two weeks since the start of training camp, a few days since the Vikings came out with their first unofficial depth chart, and now they’re played their first pre-season game at Seattle. But while I don’t read too much into the depth chart as they’re often outdated from the get-go and aren’t always com...2023
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• The Method to the Vikings’ Madness
John Autey / MediaNews Group / St. Paul Pioneer Press via Getty Images Kwesi & Company are completing the expected off-season moves as part of their on-going competitive rebuild From the beginning of this off-season, the expectation was that despite a 13-4 season, the Vikings would be moving on from a number of core, marquee players based on a combination of age, salary cap hit, and declin...2023
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