Pacifist Viking

Check out Fanball's Fantasy Football 2009 magazine. In "Darn the Luck! Fantasy Football Play Formats" (26-27), Danny Goldi...

I've already argued against the logical fairness of head-to-head standings here and here . But there's a better argument for cross...

What If Sports simulates the 2009 season, and the Vikings run away with the NFC North (via Pancake Blocks ). At the National Football Post ...

The Timberwolves are apparently giving us an interesting week ( ESPN , Pioneer Press ).

During the summer, major football publications often create lists, rankings, and other such articles to pass the time. I heartily endorse t...

The Coast Guard: policing the police. I judge writers' fantasy football arguments. I am assessing the quality of the argument, not the...

While signing Brett Favre would be a one-year fix for the Vikings, signing Brett Favre would not make 2009 "Super Bowl or bust." ...

Valjean: Yes, it means I'm free. Javert: No! We're free . On the other hand, if we care at all about being free of this, it means w...

In the previous post , I suggested Brett Favre would open things up for Adrian Peterson to have a career year, and Jason wondered how much ...

I'm a Favre skeptic that would prefer the Vikings start Sage Rosenfels . I hope, then, that when I address the positives of adding Bret...

My objections to Brett Favre as a Viking are sincere. As a one year fix he makes 2009 a Super Bowl or bust year, thus setting the team back...

At the Vikings Locker Room at Rosedale Center, "In Gus We Trust" shirts are marked down, 50% of of $18.99.  But $9.50 is still way...

See " The Risk of Favre ," where I argue that signing Favre means Super Bowl or bust in 2009, and probably just pushes the team...

In fantasy football, you look at previous statistics to try and make reasonable projections about a player's future performance. Of cou...

There were many, many quality running backs in the 2008 season, and looking ahead to 2009, there are many, many potential fantasy running ba...

Percy Harvin and freaky offense ( Star Tribune ).

I can't shake the feeling that the Vikings, whether they start Sage Rosenfels or Brett Favre for 16 games, are going to win 9-11 games i...

Here's an offseason staple: the "Mediocre/Inconsistent Player faces questions about his performance all the time, but he takes it i...

He's always been awesome, and he remains awesome .

It's summer, which means sportswriters will be creating a lot of lists. I salute them: it's a way to pass the time in the offseason...