Pacifist Viking

Bryant McKinnie has been suspended ( Star Tribune ). I feel that if the NFL is going to suspend a player for his off-the-field legal trouble...

It's hard to find a real playoff sleeper these days: there are so many football outlets, and everybody is looking to predict this year...

Jerry Rice scored more touchdowns than anybody in NFL history. But he never won the AP MVP , which has become the officially recognized N...

(I dislike group generalizations. Where I've regretfully slipped into such here, I ask you to forgive me, and enjoy it in the spirit of...

Sports Illustrated's Viking Scouting Report . Sports Illustrated's NFL Predictions : the Vikes at 13-3 and losing the NFC Championsh...

For several years, I've tried to project the NFL season in the same way. I look at an NFL schedule, and for each game I circle a projec...

The Viking defensive line ( Kevin Seifert ). The Viking defensive line ( Star Tribune ). Signal to Noise makes NFC North predictions. John ...

Quarterback is the most important position in professional football, but every quarterback is dependent on his team context to win. It is f...

He's the third highest rated quarterback ever . Last season he completed 62.3% of his passes and threw 27 touchdowns. He threw for at...

Matthew Berry makes 50 fantasy predictions. They're deliberately aggressive (or aggressively stupid, depending on your point of view)....

ESPN is featuring an archived article by Greg Garber detailing Gene Upshaw's accomplishments. Peace to his family.

Links At ESPN, James Quintong examines whether Marion Barber can handle being a feature back. Advanced NFL Stats discusses fantasy football...

USA Today's Jarrett Bell does a story on Jared Allen.

Some people are high on David Garrard as a fantasy quarterback this season. For example, Matthew Berry points out that "David Garrar...

Michael Silver talks with Tony Gonzalez about his diet--Gonzalez has given up red meat and dairy.

John Clayton reports that Jackson has a sprained MCL ( ESPN ). This would not torment me quite so if the Vikings had a better backup quarter...

A pluralistic media is wonderful for democracy, but in many situations, it is completely unnecessary. For example, many major sports media o...

I panicked a bit when I first read that Tarvaris Jackson hurt his knee, but was relieved to read : "Vikings coach Brad Childress downpl...

Should you draft a quarterback early? In 2007 , there were nine quarterbacks with 24+ TDs and 3,200+ yards. In 2006 , there were six quart...

Vikings Pat Williams and Jared Allen taunt the Packers ( Yahoo! ). Brad Childress doesn't necessarily find the narrative of his training...