Jul

31

Jared Allen is probably not going to face KC in the joint practice

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment

Original Star Tribune Link
Jared Allen will probably not go to Wisconsin to practice against his former team tonight.   I think that’s probably a good idea.   For one, Childress pretty much already knows what he’s going to get with Allen.  It’s very unlikely that he’ll see something new that will make him second guess the decision [...]

Jul

31

Defensive Player Profile of the Week: Jared Allen

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s time for another weekly feature for this site. This time it’s the defensive player of the week. Every week we’ll take a look at a different Viking defender. (For the record, I am going to do an offensive player of the week for another blog, located at http://vikings.sportsbloggingnetwork.com/)
Since this is a [...]

Jul

30

A Brett Favre Update

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Brett Favre saga continues to dominate NFL headlines.   I personally can’t wait until Favre is on a team somewhere in training camp so we can get back to normal NFL coverage, but I don’t know how soon that will happen.   Lots of people are talking about whether or not Favre will be coming to [...]

Jul

29

Jackson to Berrian - I hope we hear that a lot this year!

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I just read an article that was very encouraging to me.
Click here to read it for yourself!
This is exactly the kind of news that I was hoping to hear. First of all, it sounds like Jackson and Berrian have been working out together basically since the day that Berrian signed with Minnesota. They’ve [...]

Jul

29

Random news and notes from training camp

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Good morning Vikings fans!
Training Camp is in full swing, so I thought I’d take a look at some of the happenings that might be of some interest to you.
Article about the battle at the QB position

John David Booty [...]

Jul

28

Monday Morning Vikings History Lesson: The First Game

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Good Morning, class!  My name is Mr. The Jazzy One.  We here at the Minnesota Vikings Content Quake page are going to be implementing several weekly features in the coming weeks, starting with this one:  The Monday Morning Vikings History Lesson.
For the first lesson we are going to, appropriately enough, start with the first Vikings [...]

Jul

26

Get Ready for more Adrian Peterson

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Okay, so this is just a little bit to get you Vikings fans pumped up about the upcoming season!

Let’s recap his rookie season:

He rushed for over 100 yards 6 different times in 13 1/2 games
Tied the league for 2nd most rushing TDs (12)
Finished second in the league in Rushing Yards (1,341)
Ran for over 200 yards [...]

Jul

25

Will Brett Favre be a Viking this year?

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m sure at this point most of you are tired of hearing about the Brett Favre situation, but if I’m going to do a good job at covering the Vikings this year, I feel like I should probably talk about it.
Will Brett Favre become a Viking this year?
Well, my short answer is this: I [...]

Jul

25

Ray Edwards a bit banged up heading into camp.

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Vikings started training camp at 9:00am today, but starting defensive end Ray Edwards will be sitting out the first day or two with back pain. Coach Childress doesn’t seem to think it’s a very big deal, and says that his starting DE will most likely be back on the field in a day [...]

Jul

24

Getting the blog up to speed

Posted by The Jazzy One

July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Okay, so a lot has happened over this offseason. Let’s see if we can do a quick review to get all caught up.
The Biggest News: Jared Allen
In my opinion, the biggest news for Vikings fans during the off-season was the acquisition of defensive end Jared Allen from the Kansas City Chiefs. [...]

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