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• Vikings Links: What A Letdown!

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images It’s like getting the worm at the bottom of the Mezcal bottle! What a disappointing in to this season the last two weeks has been. The offense, offensive line, and Sam Darnold in particular have been abysmal. Here are the grades for the offensive line vs the Lions when Darnold was pressured 33 times (Brandel and Robinson combined to allow 17 pressures, p...2025
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• NFL free agent rankings: EDGE rushers

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Some potential big-impact players are available at pass rusher. With as many as five pass rushers projected to be taken in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft and several big-time options available in free agency, this offseason has the chance for huge movement at EDGE rusher. We polled a group of writers from around SB Nation to gather consensus rank...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Will The Vikings Rebound and Beat The Rams?

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images The team was due for a letdown so let’s hope they do! As the Vikings get ready to play the Rams in Los Angeles or Arizona (hopefully), the debate about extending Sam Darnold is ratcheting up a notch especially after his bad game last week. I think it is fantastic and I love to argue (er., debate) all sides. I could see them keeping either Darnold or Jo...2025
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• Vikings Links: The Vikings Are Back At The Dance!

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Can you dance or are you a wallflower? That was a very disappointing loss. No doubt. The majority of the blame is given to Sam Darnold for this loss and it is very hard to argue he was not the main culprit. But there were other culprits involved. KOC, the offensive line, the receivers, and the kicker (I do not agree with this one but whatevs). Some argu...2025
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• Were the Giants a better or worse team in 2024 than in 2023?

Eric Hartline-Imagn Images Let’s see what Pro Football Focus has to say On the day after games, we usually discuss the Pro Football Focus grades for the game to get some insights into who played well and who didn’t. Sunday’s meaningless game (except for draft positioning) does not warrant that level of attention. Let’s instead look at PFF grades for the full season and ask: Did the Giants ...2025
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• Vikes Views: Monday Monarch - Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Minnesota Vikings easily defeated the Chicago Bears at home to move to 12-2 on the year. The #1 seed and 1st round bye are in their control. Jonathan Greenard Greenard is leading the league in pressures and is tied for 5th with 11.0 sacks. He should be in the running for defensive player of the year, but he’s not talked about like that nationally. ...2024
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• Were the Giants a better or worse team in 2024 than in 2023?
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• New Guys Getting More Snaps on Vikings’ Defense

Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images And they’re doing well for the most part Last Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, the Minnesota Vikings gave the most snaps this season to non-starters, many of them rookies or newly acquired players. There were likely a couple reasons for that, including injuries and game situation at the end, but the new guys did well for the m...2024
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• Vikings Links: Can The Vikings Beat The Titans?

Do you still believe? Big game this week. The team is going to be in another dogfight despite the Titams record. They will be tough at home. It would be nice to win convincingly but the way Sam Darnold has been playing brings a lot of worry. After watching this team for 50 plus year and seeing all four Super Bowl losses, I am beyond jaded. I want to believe but I need to see it most of the time wi...2024
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• The Vikings’ Coaching Advantage

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Vikings are cutting edge on both sides of the ball Minnesota Vikings’ Hall of Fame head coach Bud Grant always said he would rather have good players than good coaches, as it was the players that ultimately made the plays that determined the outcome of games. The latter part of Grant’s statement is certainly true, but with the advent of the NFL sal...2024
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• Let’s Talk About the Vikings’ 2024 Free Agent Class

It’s a big reason why the Vikings are 5-0 Normally when looking back at top NFL teams and how they got to be that way, the focus is on how the team drafted. But for the Vikings this season, their early success owes a lot to their 2024 free agent class than any particular draft class. Sam Darnold, Aaron Jones, Andrew Van Ginkel, Jonathan Greenard, Blake Cashman, Stephon Gilmore, and Shaq Griffin...2024
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• Seahawks All-22 Film Review: The Good and Bad from Week 1

Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images Time to analyze what went right and wrong in the first Seattle Seahawks victory of the Mike Macdonald Era. As much as the preseason helped us to get over our longing for the NFL, now it’s for real! The playbooks are starting to open up for real and we’re starting to get a sense of what our 2024 Seattle Seahawks season will be like. Let’s look at the positives and...2024
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• Wink Martindale: Drafting Deonte Banks was like ‘winning a scratch-off ticket’
Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images The Giants defensive coordinator is obviously smitten with Deonte Banks New York Giants defensive coordinator Don ‘Wink’ Martindale said Thursday that he has been impressed thus far by cornerback Deonte Banks. “I think it’s important to have a cornerback like that in anybody’s defense. He’s very instinctive. What’s Ted Lasso say? He lives life like a goldfi...2023
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: The Super-Duper Drafty Edition
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"The problem was other players such Jihad Ward, Justin Ellis, Ryder Anderson, Henry Mondeaux, and Tae Crowder, all with significant playing time and all terrible stopping the run."

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"com/DexpZohvIQ— NFL (@NFL) September 15, 2024 The Minnesota defense generated another turnover on the Niners’ next possession, as Brock Purdy just had the ball slip out of his hand and it wound up in the hands of Jihad Ward for Minnesota’s third turnover of the afternoon."

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"Irate Aaron Rodgers calls out Jihad Ward for lying after Giants player makes unnerving accusation against Jets"

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"Giants sign free agent linebacker Jihad Ward"

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"According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, free agent defensive end Jihad Ward will sign with the Jaguars."

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"The Ravens announced Saturday they have activated running back Mark Ingram and defensive ends Calais Campbell and Jihad Ward from the reserve/COVID list."

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"Bills quarterback Josh Allen lost the ball on a Matt Judon sack late in the first quarter and Ravens defensive lineman Jihad Ward recovered on Buffalo’s 24-yard-line."

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"The Indianapolis Colts have waived veteran tight end Erik Swoope and activated defensive tackle Jihad Ward from the practice squad"

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"Jihad Ward recently posted a photo of himself in a hospital gown and leg scooter"

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"Illinois defensive lineman Jihad Ward is crazy athletic — and not just on the football field."

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"DL Number 17 Jihad Ward, Illinois The Illinois football team has a hidden star on the defensive line."

• Vikings Links: What A Letdown!
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• Were the Giants a better or worse team in 2024 than in 2023?
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• New Guys Getting More Snaps on Vikings’ Defense
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• Vikings Links: Can The Vikings Beat The Titans?
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• The Vikings’ Coaching Advantage
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• How the Vikings’ Defensive Scheme Under Brian Flores Works

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images It’s more innovative than just the cover-zero look The Minnesota Vikings success so far this season has caught the national (and local) media by surprise, which in turn has caused a collective second-look at what has been working for the Vikings. And while the emergence of Sam Darnold has drawn some attention, Brian Flores’ defense seems to be drawing...2024
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• Were the Giants a better or worse team in 2024 than in 2023?
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• Minnesota Vikings 23, San Francisco 49ers 17: Vikings Pull Upset in Home Opener

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images Yep, they did it! After cruising to an easy victory in their season opener over the New York Giants, the Minnesota Vikings returned to U.S. Bank Stadium to face a San Francisco 49ers team that many felt would provide a much tougher test. They did, and the Vikings were up to it. The Vikings got two more touchdown passes from Sam Darnold and a trifecta of ...2024
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• Minnesota Vikings 23, San Francisco 49ers 17: Vikings Pull Upset in Home Opener
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• 10 years, 10 picks: Cowboys’ worst draft choices since 2014

Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Cowboys have had their misses over the last decade of drafting. Here are the 10 worst disappointments. Over the last decade of NFL drafts, the Dallas Cowboys have done better than many teams in consistently adding talent. But they’ve also had their disappointments, and ahead of this year’s draft starting, we’re...2024
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• Make the case: Javon Solomon or Jonah Elliss at edge for the Giants?

Photo by Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images Which of these two mid-round options would you choose? General manager Joe Schoen and the New York Giants already made a hefty investment into their edge room at the start of the new league year. The Giants traded one of their second-round picks, and a fifth-round pick next year to the Carolina Panthers for edge defender Brian Burns. The Giants then si...2024
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• Kayvon Thibodeaux, problem? No, the Giants have a defensive problem

Kayvon Thibodeaux | Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images It’s easy to blame Thibodeaux, but Giants’ defensive problems go deeper than one player It is fashionable in the New York Giants fan base these days to rip on Kayvon Thibodeaux. Has Thibodeaux been under-productive in his first two games of the season? Yes. Do the Giants have a Thibodeaux problem? No, not really. They have a defensive...2023
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• Giants 31, Cardinals 28: 4 things we learned

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Momentum really is a thing Sports fans love to talk about a team having “momentum” when they are playing well. It’s not clear whether any such thing exists. Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver used to dismiss such ideas, saying that “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” Weaver might have second thoughts if he were still here to wi...2023
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• Giants’ Jihad Ward reveals why he shoved Aaron Rodgers in heated moment: ‘Sucker s–t’

If Aaron Rodgers didn’t know who Jihad Ward was during Saturday night’s Giants-Jets preseason game, he does now....2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Chiefs projected to have a middle-of-the-road defense — even if Chris Jones returns

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, August 30 The latest Projecting the Best and Worst NFL Defenses in 2023 | The Ringer 17. Kansas City Chiefs The way the Chiefs are built around Mahomes, they just need their defense to be competent to be in position to win the Super Bowl. And this group, directed by veteran defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, should easil...2023
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• Irate Aaron Rodgers calls out Jihad Ward for lying after Giants player makes unnerving accusation against Jets

The Jets-Giants rivalry appears headed to a new level...2023
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• Minnesota Vikings 23, San Francisco 49ers 17: Vikings Pull Upset in Home Opener
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• Giants-Eagles final score: Giants vanquish Philadelphia, 27-10

Micah McFadden (41) and his teammates celebrate a fumble recovery. | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Giants stun reeling Eagles, end five-game losing streak to Phill7y EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants stunned the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10, on Sunday. The Giants finished the season 6-11. The Eagles, once 10-1, finished the season five losses in six games. At 11-6, they placed second ...2024
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• 300-pound DL Jihad Ward is out here slamming down dunks
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• Aaron Rodgers crowns stadium shared with Giants 'JetLife Stadium,' ridicules Jihad Ward on 'Hard Knocks'

A roundup of A-Rod's best moments in Episode 4...2023
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: The Super-Duper Drafty Edition
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• Giants are re-signing Jihad Ward

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• Trade! Giants get DE Boogie Basham from Bills, per report

Boogie Basham | Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Giants swing deal with Bills for edge help The New York Giants are acquiring defensive end Boogie Basham from the Buffalo Bills in a trade, NFL insider Tom Pelissero reported on Tuesday morning. A 2022 second-round pick by the Bills (61st overall), the 6-foot-3, 281-pound Basham has 4.5 sacks over two seasons. He has played in 23 regul...2023
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• Vikings Links: What A Letdown!
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• Were the Giants a better or worse team in 2024 than in 2023?
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• Thoughts on the Vikings’ Cut-Down Day Moves

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images And the updated Vikings’ depth chart The Minnesota Vikings cut their roster down to 53 players on Tuesday, along with all the other NFL teams. But while the initial cuts have been made, the resulting roster suggests further moves will be made in the not-too-distant future, including practice squad signings and likely some other roster moves. But for now, he...2024
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• Russell Wilson Trade Rumors and Vikings Preseason Breakdown

In this episode of The Real Forno Show, Dave and Tyler dive into the controversial suggestion by ESPN’s Mike Tannenbaum that the Minnesota Vikings should trade for veteran quarterback Russell Wilson. | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Join Tyler and Dave on The Real Forno Show as they break down the latest Russell Wilson trade rumors and offer an in-depth preseason analysis of the Minneso...2024
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• Make the case: Javon Solomon or Jonah Elliss at edge for the Giants?
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• The pressure is on the Giants to find a pass rush

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Help on the edge and inside are both needed Offense is king in today’s NFL, right? Well, it’s true that playoff teams tend to score a lot of points. Both Super Bowl participants this year had formidable offenses. However, the reports of the death of defense as an important part of NFL success have been greatly exaggerated. Here are the top 15 teams in the NFL...2024
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• Putting different draft philosophies to the test
Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK How can the Giants get the most out of the 2023 NFL Draft? Two general ideas of NFL roster building are that A general manager should try to fill positional holes during the March free agency period, giving them the freedom to draft the best players they can regardless of position once the NFL Draft begins. Certain positions in foot...2023
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