Pacifist Viking

Viking offensive lineman makes the Hall of Fame ( Star Tribune ).

Hall of Famer by Year of Induction For the third consecutive year, no quarterback was elected (that's fine: QBs are overrepresented). In...

Bruce Smith, Rod Woodson, Derrick Thomas, Bob Hayes, Randall McDaniel, and Ralph Wilson will be Hall of Famers in 2009 ( ESPN ). Smith, Wood...

I do not entirely oppose public funding for private stadiums (though I believe states and cities should demand something substantive in retu...

Gary Laderman in " Super Bowl Sunday, American Holy Day ," at Religion Dispatches: "The Super Bowl is a holy day as much as i...

The Super Bowl is just another thing to pass the time until Dunkin' Donuts gets here .

There's a lot of violence, sex, and alcohol in TV commercials during NFL games ( ESPN ). This is worth our consideration, but I worry wh...

Links Players becoming coaches ( Star Tribune ). Kenechi Udeze ( Pioneer Press ) About a month ago I told my wife I hate the Timberwolves, t...

In 2008, the Steelers rank #1 in points allowed (13.9/game) and #1 in yards allowed (237/game). They also rank #1 in pass yards per attemp...

In 2007, Braylon Edwards and Roddy White posted similar statistics in receptions and yards. Edwards : 80 receptions, 1289 yards White : 83 ...

In past years, I've dismissed early mock drafts as silly. I was wrong. A mock draft is simply a way to learn who some of the top prosp...

The wailing you don't hear is from Viking fans; special teams coordinator Paul Ferraro has taken a job elsewhere ( Access Vikings ).

CHFF thinks so, suggesting Kurt Warner's outstanding playoff numbers push him past Joe Montana and Peyton Manning. I actually think tha...

PETA's continuing publicity grabs surrounding Michael Vick and dog-fighting embarrass me. If you care, you can read why here .

Football Outsiders Keep Choppin' Wood Coach of the Year (this is not a good thing).

They were the third best Super Bowl loser of all-time, sayeth Chase Stuart at pro-football-reference.com . Does this make you feel good or ...

I'm a suffering Minnesota sports fan: it's not in my nature to root for a fanbase to see its team win a sixth Super Bowl.  But I am ...

Ben Roethlisberger and Mike Tomlin are early in Hall of Fame careers.  They're both good in their own right, but they are also in a gr...

Cardinals-Eagles Kurt Warner   Warner is now 8-2 in the playoffs (6-0 in home playoff games), and has played spectacularly well in many play...

Last night I dreamed, with fairly vivid detail, that the Vikings had just won the NFC Championship Game and were on their way to the Super B...