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• Vikings Roster Battles To Heat Up: Forness’ Bold 53-Man Projections

Christian Darrisaw reported to Vikings camp but wasn’t placed on the PUP list yet, unlike others. Forness speculates he might not have completed his physical, or he’s fully ready—leaning toward the former due to the team’s conservative injury approach. He could still end up on PUP/IR, missing at least four games; it’s a tidbit to monitor as camp begins. | Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Ty...2025
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• Vikings Links: It’s JJ Time!

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Rookies report tomorrow! It starts tomorrow! Most Vikings fans are exciting and anxious to see JJ McCarthy play. The season will ride on his progress which is a good thing for the long haul. I expect he will do just as well as the rookie quarterbacks did last year save for running as well as Jayden Daniels. He should complete a high percentage of his p...2025
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• Top Ten Vikings Training Camp Battles

Position battles to keep an eye on Training camp for the Minnesota Vikings begins July 20th for rookies and July 22nd for the rest of the team. And as always, there will be plenty of competition for the 53 coveted roster spots. It’s a sign of the Vikings’ improved roster that there will be some tough competition between quality players to make the back end of the depth chart at every position gr...2025
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• Vikings Links: 5 Days Until Training Camp!

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images Are you going to attend any sessions? It is about to go down. The way the roster is constructed leaves very little room for players to get a starting spot. I only see left guard, corner, and safety as spots where there could be a surprise. Like Brandel starting over Jackson, Okudah starting over Blackmon, and Ward starting over Joseph. I doubt this ha...2025
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• Ranking every 1st round QB since 2021 (and why it’s painful)

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images If Rams draft a QB in the first round, they should proceed with caution If the Los Angeles Rams are going to target a quarterback early in next year’s draft, as many people expect them to, the cautionary tales go back as far as when they were recruited as high school graduates to some of the NFL’s most recent first round picks. Not only could development be getting s...2025
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• The 12 former Seahawks currently in the Canadian Football League

Photo by John E. Sokolowski/Getty Images Happy Canada Day! Today is Canada Day, and what better way to celebrate Canada Day than to look at some CFL highlights? Here’s Toronto Argonauts rookie safety Derek Slywka returning a fumble and a blocked field goal north of 100 yards for a touchdown in the same game. FUMBLE RECOVERED ✅ TOUCHDOWN SCORED ✅Derek Slywka gets his first career TD!Tune...2025
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• Vikings Roster Battles To Heat Up: Forness’ Bold 53-Man Projections
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• Sizing Up the NFC North

The NFL’s toughest division is likely to remain so The Minnesota Vikings are part of the toughest division in pro football - the NFC North- and based on all the coaching changes and roster moves and schedule changes and return from injuries, there is a lot to assess within the division ahead of the 2025-26 season. Oddsmakers have summed it up with their current odds for each NFC North team to win ...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Is JJ McCarthy Ahead Of The Curve?

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images He has spent a year learning the offense! I am a firm believer in giving a young QB at least two years of starts (I would do three years if I am running things) before attempting to make a decision on their long term prospects with the team. Young QBs need time and will make mistakes like all QBs do. Patience is the key. The hopes are obviously very hi...2025
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• Mid-June Vikings 53-Man Roster Prediction

Post-OTA/minicamp edition It’s only mid-June and the Minnesota Vikings have finished mandatory minicamp and OTAs and are off until the start of training camp at the end of July. Coaches are not talking about players who have stood out to them yet, and there really isn’t too much to go on in terms of which players on the bubble will make the roster and which will not. But there are hints of who is...2025
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• Vikings’ Mini-camp: a Front-row Seat to the Team’s Progress

J.J. McCarthy showed promise at Vikings mini-camp, with a 61 MPH throw and leadership, despite some interceptions. His backups, Sam Howell and Brett Rypien, compete for QB2, with Howell’s arm strength shining. Rookie Max Brosmer impresses as a long-term prospect, but concerns linger over depth if McCarthy falters. | Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Dive into the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 mandatory mi...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft: Minnesota Vikings Draft Grades Roundup

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images How do the Really Smart Football People™ think the Vikings did? If you’ve been following this site for any length of time, you know that I think the concept of “grading” a draft less than 24 hours after it’s concluded is a fairly ridiculous exercise. There’s absolutely no way to know how these players are going to fare in the National Football League at t...2025
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (4/27): The Browns actually did it!

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The latest Cleveland Browns news and notes from around the NFL in the Sunday Dawg Chow. It took until the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, but the Cleveland Browns finally did it. They selected Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. The selection ended the slide of Sanders, who went from being projected as a first-round pick by some to the fifth round, which is nor...2025
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"Mariota joins Sam Howell in the Washington QB room"

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"2022 NFL Draft grades: Washington Commanders pick QB Sam Howell at No. 144 overall"

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"2022 NFL Draft, ACC preview: North Carolina's Sam Howell top prospect, Clemson reloads on offense"

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"Sam Howell will be a top quarterback in the 2022 NFL Draft, and those preparations are already starting at North Carolina."

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"Sam Howell is the Number 2 prospect in the state of North Carolina"

• Vikings Roster Battles To Heat Up: Forness’ Bold 53-Man Projections
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• Ranking every 1st round QB since 2021 (and why it’s painful)
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• Understanding Acts of Cowherdism

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Getting My Head Around the Doomerism I’m sure everyone is aware that Colin Cowherd is not a fan of J.J. McCarthy. He even went so far as to compare him to…Danny Wuerffel. Yes, it’s easy to dismiss Cowherd. Bloviators gonna bloviate. The guy collects atrocious takes like my nephew collects Pokémon cards. The opinions of sports talk hosts are a lot like wo...2025
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• Mid-June Vikings 53-Man Roster Prediction
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• The Vikings’ Roster Puzzle: Who Makes the Cut?

Tyler Forness projects Darrisaw, O’Neill, Skule, and Rouse at tackle; Fries, Kelly, Jackson, Brandel, Jurgens inside. Rouse risks being cut if Logan Brown outshines him, as Rouse struggles laterally. Versatility inside could save Rouse, but Brown’s upside threatens his spot. Lee’s signing hints at center depth concerns. | Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Shocking cuts! Vikings’ 53-man roster projec...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: It’s Summer Break Time!

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images The team will get a nice rest before training camp! Minicamp is in the books and the next scheduled OTAs have been cancelled. Apparently, it is normal and while it would be nice to give JJ more reps, if the head coach says it is OK then it is OK. Vikings HC Kevin O’Connell gives team much-deserved reward after good work during offseason practices Below is a link tha...2025
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• Vikings Links: Vikings Practice Updates

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images It’s all we got right now Highlights From Day 2 of 2025 Minicamp Practice https://www.vikings.com/video/highlights-from-day-2-of-2025-minicamp-practice The next organized team activities. OTAs: June 16-18 Minnesota Vikings News and Links 3 Observations: Byron Murphy, Jr., Still Picky; J.J. McCarthy Finds Jordan Addison for Deep TD Left tackle Christian ...2025
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• Season of Gratitude: Part III

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The third installment of the series in which I write about reasons that I am grateful to be a Minnesota Vikings fan going into the 2025 season. If we live with a gratitude mindset, we will be rewarded with things worth being grateful for. Reason for Gratitude #18: Mentors. At the end of the day, all NFL players have one thing in common: they’re human...2025
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• Vikings Links: Another Day OF OTAs!

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images How long before they start televising these practices? Another day of OTAs today. What nuggets of excitement will be gleaned? All eyes will be on JJ McCarthy and his every move will be analyzed by the Super Nerds to try and come up with some kind of projection. These are the dog days of the offseason. We are scratching the bottom of the barrel in an ef...2025
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• Vikings’ 2025 Draft Video Review: Is it a SKOL Blockbuster?

Tyler Forness & Dave Stefano review the Vikings’ 2025 NFL Draft video like a blockbuster! Is it a SKOL-worthy hit or a draft dud? Dive into Donovan Jackson, Tai Felton, Kobe King, and a $16.4M cap update. Tune into The Real Forno Show! | Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Dive into The Real Forno Show as Tyler Forness and Dave Stefano review the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 NFL D...2025
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• Commanders informing potential offensive coordinator candidates Sam Howell is their starting QB for 2023

Washington's new offensive coordinator will likely have to work with Howell, who was selected in the fifth round of the 2022 draft...2023
• NFL free agency 2024: Commanders signing Marcus Mariota to one-year deal

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• Taylor Heinicke will start for Commanders in Week 18 vs. Cowboys, but Sam Howell also set to play, per report

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• Commanders' Sam Howell will make first career start at QB in Week 18 vs. Cowboys

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• Lamar Jackson trade request: Ron Rivera explains why Commanders have no interest in pursuing Ravens QB

The 'roster building' Commanders are content with Sam Howell and Jacoby Brissett...2023
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• 2023 NFL free agency: Commanders to sign Jacoby Brissett, 'fired up' to have veteran compete with Sam Howell

Brissett outplayed his replacement in Cleveland in 2022, the well-compensated Deshaun Watson...2023
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• Commanders' Sam Howell remains QB1 entering offseason following Eric Bieniemy's arrival, per report

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• Commanders name Sam Howell starting quarterback for 2023 season: 'Sam's our guy' says Ron Rivera

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• Season of Gratitude: Part III
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• Draft Thoughts and Other Musings

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Our newest writer shares his thoughts on the 2025 NFL Draft Draft Thoughts and Other Musings The Draft Well, that didn’t go as expected (at least on my end). As the 1st Round unfolded, I assumed the play was either a trade down or Georgia safety Malaki Starks. The latter seemed a natural fit for Brian Flores’ scheme. His exceptional recognition in run sup...2025
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• The Linc - Bucs fans worried that their team “could get obliterated on Monday night”

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 9/21/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... What could happen, should happen, and will happen: Week 3 Eagles at Buccaneers - Bucs NationThe Bucs could get obliterated. One of the scariest things about this game for Tampa Bay fans is the very realistic possibility that the Central Florida fairy tale of weeks ...2023
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• Vikings Roster Battles To Heat Up: Forness’ Bold 53-Man Projections
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Is JJ McCarthy Ahead Of The Curve?
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• Understanding Acts of Cowherdism
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• Ramsey Trade Talk, NFC North Shifts, & Jim Marshall’s Impact

Two Old Bloggers honor Vikings legend Jim Marshall, celebrating his 282 consecutive games, 130.5 sacks, and Purple People Eaters legacy. A true captain, his toughness and leadership defined the franchise. | Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images Two Old Bloggers on Vikings 1st & SKOL tackle Jalen Ramsey trade rumors, NFC North shifts like Frank Ragnow’s retirement, debunk Kirk Cousins specu...2025
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Two Days Of OTAs Are Done

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images How did our QB look? The first two days of OTAs are in the books and it is all good right? I think it is and it is nice to see JJ McCarthy out there getting those first team reps. We got a long ways to go but it is a start. If I am going to be honest, I was not a big fan when he was coming out of college. It seemed like too much hype and the draft talk a...2025
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• The Crystal Ball Says...

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Thoughts on the 2025 Minnesota Vikings Schedule In my inaugural article for the DN, I discussed reasons for optimism in 2025. The first was key free agency additions, particularly in the trenches. This builds on the greatest free agent class the team has ever had in 2024. The second was an unwavering faith that J.J. McCarthy is the real deal. Our Monta...2025
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• Seahawks 2025 draft film study: Will the Jalen Milroe project work?

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images The Seahawks finally took a quarterback with potential to be a starter. Let’s look at the good and bad of Jalen Milroe. Since Russell Wilson was traded to the Denver Broncos in 2022, there has been speculation that the Seattle Seahawks would draft a QB. The only investment made was a failed trade for Sam Howell, who was drafted by Washington in 2022. The day has fin...2025
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• Vikings Links: Can The Vikings Win 10 Games?

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Vikings projected to have one of NFL’s five hardest schedules in 2025 Looking ahead to the schedule and giving a way too early prediction, I can see the games going down like this ... Eagles (home): Loss Ravens (home): Loss Lions (home and away): Win and Loss Packers (home and away): Win and Loss Commanders (home): Win Bengals (home): Win Chargers (awa...2025
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• Vikings give Kirk Cousins' old No. 8 jersey to Sam Howell after acquiring ex-Seahawks QB via trade

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• Can the Vikings’ 2025 Rookies Turn a Quiet Draft into Loud Wins?

Vikings’ 2025 Draft: Donovan Jackson to fix O-line, but no CB or RB picks? Two Old Bloggers debate if it’s a Super Bowl move or a miss. Howell’s backup role & Smith’s return spark hope. Tune in for SKOL-ful insights! | Photo by Robin Alam/ISI Photos/Getty Images In this episode of Two Old Bloggers, hosts Darren Campbell and Dave Stefano analyze the Vikings’ 2025 NFL Draft. They ...2025
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• Sunday Dawg Chow (4/27): The Browns actually did it!
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