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• Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings: Third Quarter Recap and Fourth Quarter Discussion

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Things are tied up once again We need everybody to get those fours up, as we’re heading to the final quarter of play at U.S. Bank Stadium with the Minnesota Vikings tied up with the Atlanta Falcons at 21-21. The Vikings got the ball to start the second half after Atlanta elected to receive after winning the coin toss, and they came out with a very solid ...2024
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• Thoughts on the Vikings’ Win Over the Cardinals

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Victory perhaps more encouraging than it looked The Minnesota Vikings squeaked out a narrow 23-22 comeback victory over the Cardinals on Sunday. It was a game that the Vikings trailed nearly the entire game, which has not been their modus operandi this season. And after a missed field goal and three-and-out followed by a Cardinals touchdown, putting ...2024
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• Vikes Views: Sunday King Cardinals at Vikings

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Minnesota Vikings defeated the Arizona Cardinals 23-22 in a nail biter. It was the Vikings 5th straight win as they keep within striking distance of the Detroit Lions. Sam Darnold - Sam came through when the team needed him. Darnold had no help from the running game all day. He was hit 8 times and sacked 5 as the team struggled against the Cardin...2024
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• What Vikings are celebrating today after their 23-22 comeback win vs Cardinals

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Several reality checks are needed for Cardinals if they are going to contend Cardinals’ fans in the aftermath of watching their team squander a 19-6 3rd quarter lead over the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium yesterday are repeatedly claiming that the Cardinals’ defense “played lights out.” Reality check #1: for most of 3 quarters the Cardinals’ defense pla...2024
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• Former Seahawks CB Shaq Griffin helps Seattle with game-winning interception

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Griffin’s pick of Kyler Murray means Seattle is all alone atop the NFC West. The Seattle Seahawks won against the New York Jets, but they also got a big helping hand from the Minnesota Vikings... including a former Seahawks starter. After the Vikings took a 23-22 lead against the Arizona Cardinals, the Minnesota defense still needed to stiffen up and p...2024
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• Minnesota Vikings 23, Arizona Cardinals 22: Vikings Win Fifth Straight in Comeback Fashion

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images They got the job done After winning road games in three consecutive weeks for the first time in franchise history, the Minnesota Vikings returned home to face the Arizona Cardinals, who are in the thick of the playoff chase in the NFC and could, potentially, be a first-round opponent for Minnesota. As always, it wasn’t pretty, but it was effective. Shaq ...2024
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• Vikings Links: Are You Picking The Vikings Over Da Bears!

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images I cannot find many reasons to doubt! There has been a lot of discussion about interior offensive line still being an issue besides Brandel. Cornerback and interior defensive line are also position groups where the team will need players due to most of the current contributors being free agents. Due to a lack of draft capital filling these positions is going...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 Minnesota Vikings have $76.7M in projected cap space for 2025. Right now that’s because of two things. The first being some big dead caps ending ($65.8M in dead cap in 2024 v $5.5M for 2025). The 2nd being a lot of free agents. The Vikings have signed several free agent vets to short term deals. So, that being said, there is plenty of cap space to bring back players if the team wants to. Who...2024
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• Vikings Links: Can The Vikings Avoid Complacency Against The Jaguars?

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The team needs to remain hungry! One more day until the team gets the chance to stack another win! I try not to be too confident when the team plays but if the Jaguars do not have Trevor Lawrence, then it could be long day for them. Even if he does play, the Vikings should do what they have done all season and just be as efficient as possible, limit mist...2024
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• Vikings Links: It’s Been A Fun Ride!

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Are you still on the bandwagon? As the team gets ready for Jacksonville which will be a tough test despite their record, I thought I would repost this from the other day about Sam Darnold. I think he is being criticized way too much when you look at how other Quarterbacks around the NFL are performing. I am not quite sure what this fanbase expects but ...2024
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• Lions vs. Vikings preview, score prediction: On Paper

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Our Week 7 preview and prediction for Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings: On Paper. Week 7 for the Detroit Lions could be their Game of the Year. With an extremely competitive division, no teams in the NFL are looking better right now that the Lions and Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings are led by a tremendous defense that ranks first in just about every statisti...2024
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• 5Qs preview: How Minnesota has built the best defense with ‘B+’ talent

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images A Week 6 preview with Christopher Gates of @DailyNorseman about the divisional matchup between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. It’s the first NFC North matchup of the year, and the Detroit Lions find themselves up against the team that sits atop the division, the Minnesota Vikings. Football is back, and we would never pass up the opportunity to get some...2024
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• Hair of the Dog: Week 3, Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images We all totally saw this coming. Well, that went exactly like we all figured it would, didn’t it? The Houston Texans came into the Jacksonville Jaguars game with a five-game road winning streak and winners of eight of their last nine road matchups with the Jags. Never mind the Jags were strong favorites. Never mind that Jacksonville was coming into the se...2023
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• Five Questions with 610 AM’s Sean Pendergast
Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Payne and Pendergast cohost joins BRB for five questions Sean Pendergast has been a huge part of the Houston sports scene for over a decade. He is a fixture on the number one morning drive time show in Houston along with Seth Payne. The 610 AM host of Payne and Pendergast also co-hosts the Houtopia Football Podcast with Houston Chronicle legend John McClain...2023
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"Per Jordan Schultz, the Vikings have agreed to the terms of a one-year, $6 million deal with cornerback Shaq Griffin."

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"#Texans corners Sunday against #Bengals could be Ka'dar Hollman and Shaq Griffin with Steven Nelson sidelined and team likely to want a ramp-up week for Derek Stingley Jr."

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"Offensive lineman Ben Bartch and cornerback Shaq Griffin have been activated off the list to the 53-man roster."

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"The others are edge rusher Josh Allen, cornerback Shaq Griffin, linebacker Myles Jack, safety Rayshawn Jenkins, center Brandon Linder, and receiver Marvin Jones Jr."

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"SportsPulse: Shaq Griffin and Mason Rudolph highlight the big names that are still on the board for the second day of the draft."

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"Shaq Griffin has been starting at cornerback opposite Richard Sherman, with Justin Coleman working the slot."

• Vikings Links: Are You Picking The Vikings Over Da Bears!
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• Vikings Just-Over-Halfway Season Report

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The good, the bad, and the adjustments needed. The Minnesota Vikings have moved to 7-2 in their first nine games after managing to prevail over the Jaguars in Jacksonville on Sunday afternoon. And with that victory, the Vikings move past the half way point in the season. Over the first half of the season, the Vikings have compiled a...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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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Has The Season Exceeded Yore Expectations?

Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images The team is in prime position to truly compete for the title! No game tomorrow. I will be watching the Ravens vs the Commanders as that is on where I am at. I will be rooting for the Cardinals to beat the Packers and the Cowboys to beat the Lions. Minnesota Vikings News and Links Vikings on the Verge of Move at Trade Deadline, Insider Sa...2024
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• Vikings Links: Should The Vikings Make Any Trades?

Photo by Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The best trades are often times the ones you do not make. We have discussed where the Vikings are ranked in the weekly Power Rankings with more than a few dismissing it as meaningless. It is. But it is part of the season long journey. Since it is the bye week and there are no games, what do you think the team should be doing? Trades are...2024
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• Minnesota Vikings Roundtable (Week 4): It’s Packers Week!

Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Will the Vikings be ready to go in Lambeau? Our experts weigh in The Minnesota Vikings dip their collective toes into divisional waters for the first time this season when they head to Green Bay to take on the Packers on Sunday. Will Jordan Love play? It sure seems like it. Is that the right thing to do? That re...2024
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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Don’t Believe the Hype

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images The wins are fun, but don’t let what could happen cloud what is already happening Yes, this is extremely late for a links post for a Monday — but hear me out. It’s deliberate. You’ve no doubt been bombarded with stories, podcasts and TV clips gushing about how the Minnesota Vikings are one of the 2-3 best teams in the NFL right now. And while I want to believe...2024
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• Houston Texans vs. Minnesota Vikings Top Prop Bets

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images FanDuel’s best bets live here at Battle Red Blog. The Texans have never defeated the Vikings. They’re 0-5 against the team from Minnesota and have suffered historically embarrassing losses to them in the past. But these aren’t the Houston Texans of the past. Houston is off to a slow but successful start to the 2024 season and play an upstart Minnesota Vikings tea...2024
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• Sam Darnold Doubters & Vikings vs Giants

Dive into the Vikings vs. Giants Week 1 matchup with Two Old Bloggers. Explore Sam Darnold’s pivotal role, key offensive strategies, and defensive challenges. Get expert analysis on this crucial season opener and what it means for the Vikings’ 2024 campaign. | Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Explore six bold predictions for the Minnesota Vikings’ 2024 season, including Sam Darnold’s ...2024
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• Vikings, CB Shaq Griffin agree to one-year deal

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images So much for slowing down Yesterday, yours truly suggested in this space that perhaps the Minnesota Vikings would slow down a bit in free agency knowing what they could, potentially, reap in 2025 as a result. Oops. Per Jordan Schultz, the Vikings have agreed to the terms of a one-year, $6 million deal with cornerback Shaq Griffin. Griffin was a third-round...2024
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• Minnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 29: Blowout Becomes Nail-Biter For 4-0

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A big win for the Vikings to get to 4-0 On Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field, the Minnesota Vikings got out to a huge lead over the Green Bay Packers, and it looked like they might coast to their fourth consecutive win to start the 2024 NFL season. But this is the Minnesota Vikings, after all. After getting out to a 28-0 lead, the Vikings had to hang...2024
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• Bengals vs. Texans Injury Report: Ja’Marr Chase, Sam Hubbard DNP; Tee Higgins limited

Sam Greene-USA TODAY Sports Not great. The Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans have released their Wednesday injury reports, and both sides could be down key players in Week 10. For Cincinnati, the big one to watch is Ja’Marr Chase, who is dealing with a back injury and did not practice today. However, there is this... Just spoke to Ja’Marr Chase and asked if he’s going to play this we...2023
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• Vikings Waiving CB Akayleb Evans

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images An unexpected move from the Vikings Ahead of their trip to Chicago this weekend, the Minnesota Vikings are making a move that I’m relatively certain that nobody saw coming. Numerous sources are reporting that the Vikings are waiving cornerback Akayleb Evans. Evans was the team’s fourth-round pick out of Missouri in the 2022 NFL Draft. In his two-plus y...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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• Vikings Sign Cornerback Stephon Gilmore to $10M Deal

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images It’s a one-year pact Fans of the Minnesota Vikings got to wake up on Sunday morning to some news that they had been hoping to see for at least a few days, and possibly a bit longer. ESPN sources: Five-time Pro-Bowl CB Stephon Gilmore has reached an agreement in principle on a one-year deal worth up to $10 million, including $7 million guaranteed with th...2024
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• Vikings Links: When will Jim Marshall Get Elected To The Hall Of Fame

Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images Why isn’t Jim Marshall already in the Hall of Fame? Now that we have settled the question of will the Vikings have any regerts about not extending Kirk Cousins (as if), we can turn our attention to some real football for 2024. The Hall of Fame game is tonight and will feature the Houston Texans against the Chicago Bears. It will be interesting to see...2024
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• Texans come back vs. Buccaneers in historic performance from C.J. Stroud

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports C.J. Stroud set the NFL record for passing yards by a rookie as he led the Houston Texans to a comeback victory. The Houston Texans are victorious after a 39-37 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at NRG Stadium. With the win, the team finally wraps up its tour of the NFC South. Every single one of these game down to the final drive. Yet, this game was...2023
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• Hair of the Dog: Week 6, New Orleans Saints @ Houston Texans

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Where representatives of the Bayeaux City visit the Bayou City Over the past two seasons, the Houston Texans have averaged 3.5 wins against a 17 game schedule. In 2021, it took them until Week 15 to log their 3rd win. Last season, the Texans only hit the 3-win mark in the last game of the season, in what at the time was considered one of the most unwanted...2023
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• Hair of the Dog: Week 4, Pittsburgh Steelers vs Houston Texans

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Where the Y’alls hosted the Yinzers Ah yes, a 24-point home demolition of the Pittsburgh Steelers, with CJ Stroud again going for over 300 yards, two TD and no INTs and the Texans rushing for 139 yards as a team, with Pierce accounting for 81 of those. Throw in a defense that forced one INT (probably should have had another for a scoop-and-score) and he...2023
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• Hair of the Dog: Week 3, Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars
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• Former Seahawks CB Shaq Griffin helps Seattle with game-winning interception
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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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• Trainings Camp Tales: Vikings Rookies Rising

Darren and Dave dive into Vikings Training Camp, discussing J.J. McCarthy’s progress, rookie standouts, and the NFC North’s rising competitiveness. | Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images via Getty Images Join Two Old Bloggers as they dive into week two of Vikings Training Camp. Get the latest insights on the quarterback battle between J.J. McCarthy and Sam Darnold, s...2024
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• Vikings Links: When Will The Vikings Sign Another Cornerback?

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Cornerback group suffers another unfortunate loss Now that training camp has begun and we are getting daily reports which is great. Football season is back and we can really debate (er., argue) about players, coaches, etc. Unfortunately, the team has suffered another loss to the cornerback group with the Mekhi Blackmon injury. The speculation has begun a...2024
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• Vikings Links: Which is the strongest position group on the Vikings?

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Which is the strongest position group on the Vikings? I have been looking at what could be the weakest position groups on the team and now feel I should look at the strongest. Right off the bat, most would say wide receiver because of the greatest that is Justin Jefferson and the really solid play of Jordan Addison. Beyond these two it gets a bit dicey...2024
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• Vikings Mandatory Mini-Camp Update

Where things are at as the Vikings start mini-camp Welcome to Justin Jefferson month as the Vikings celebrate their four-year, $140 million extension of the league’s best wide receiver. The Vikings also held their mandatory mini-camp this week, and doubtless wanted to have Jets under contract and a participant with new quarterbacks to team up with this year. The Vikings and Dalton Risner agreed ...2024
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• The Sam Darnold Project, a Look at Vikings Multiple 1st-Rounders & More!

In this episode of Two Old Bloggers, delve into the history of the Minnesota Vikings, explore their multiple first-round draft picks, and discuss the prospects of Sam Darnold. Join us as we analyze past performances, current strategies, and future predictions, engaging Vikings fans with insightful commentary and viewer interactions. SKOL! In the podcast “Two Old Bloggers,” hosts Dave and Darren di...2024
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• Hair of the Dog: Week 6, New Orleans Saints @ Houston Texans
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