Aug

31

Vikings Roster Update: Practice Team Set

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hey everyone.
The Vikings finalized their 8 man practice squad.  The official members are

DE Martail Burnett, DE, rookie, Utah
G Brian Daniels, G, first year, Colorado
Leger Douzable, DT, rookie, Central Florida
Jaymar Johnson, WR, rookie, Jackson State
Tim Mattran, C, rookie, Stanford
Darius Reynaud, WR, West Virginia
Marcus Walker, CB, rookie, Oklahoma
Albert Young RB, rookie, Iowa

No real big surprises there.  I’m [...]

Aug

29

Weekly Vikings Trivia

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
Hey Vikings fans!  It’s time for some more weekly trivia.
 
 
 
The Vikings have only been coached by 7 different men:
Norm Van Brocklin
Bud Grant
Les Steckler
Jerry Burns
Dennis Green
Mike Tice
Brad Childress
 
 
The Vikings have retired 7 numbers
#10 Fran Tarkenton
#88 Alan Page
#70 Jim Marshall
#22 Paul Krause
#77 Korey Stringer
#53 Mick Tingelhoff
#80 Cris Carter
 
 
The Vikings have 6 men in the hall of fame
Jim [...]

Aug

29

The things I learned from last night’s preseason game

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Well, the Vikings lost to the Cowboys last night. (Click HERE for a game recap)  The starters didn’t play at all, so in my opinion final scores don’t mean much. But I do think there were some important things that went down last night.
 
 -John David Booty should get the 3rd string job
I won’t say he [...]

Aug

28

Pre Game Thoughts: The Vikings vs. The Cowboys

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Tonight is the fourth and final (FINALLY) pre-season game for the Minnesota Vikings.  They will be travelling to Dallas to play what I predict will be a preview of the NFC championship game against the Cowboys.

Childress has said that he will not play any of his starters tonight.  Wade Phillips has pretty much said the [...]

Aug

28

Defensive Player Profile of the Week: Antoine Winfield

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Let’s look at another defensive player this week.  (I do the offensive players of the week for The Viking Ship at http://vikings.sportsbloggingnetwork.com)
Vikings fans, meet Antoine Winfield.

Antoine Winfield is a starting cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings, and has been with them since 2004.
Winfield played in college at Ohio State Unniversity, where in 1998 he won the [...]

Aug

26

My Rant: Tarvaris Jackson haters

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 26, 2008 | 5 Comments

Every year I seem to get more and more into football.  Every year I seem to spend more time scouring the internet looking for articles on the Vikings, reading forums and newsgroups, talking to NFL fans.  More and more I figure out that most people look at generic stat lines and think they know a [...]

Aug

25

Vikings History Lesson: The Vikings Coaching History Part 2

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
 
Good afternoon, Vikings fans.  For this week’s history lesson we’re going to look at part 2 to our current series:  The Vikings Coaching History.
 
So that means today we’ll look at the second coach in Vikings history:  Bud Grant.
 

 
Bud Grant actually coached the Vikings two different times, the first time being 1967 - 1983, and the [...]

Aug

25

Post Game Thoughts: Steelers vs Vikings Preseason wk. 3

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
 
For the most part I was pretty pleased with the first team on Saturday night. The defense REALLY stepped it up. In 2 1/2 quarters of play, the first team defense only gave up 76 total yards.  The defensive line was in the backfield all night long, and even though Jared Allen didn’t [...]

Aug

22

Pre-Game Thoughts: Vikings vs Steelers

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Tomorrow night the Vikings will play the Steelers.
 
I’m hoping for a few things…
-Limited (if any) time for Tarvaris Jackson.  I want to see him get some snaps, but not as much as I want him to stay healthy.  I want him at 100% when the games start counting, so if that means he has to [...]

Aug

22

Weekly Vikings Trivia

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
 
It’s time again for the weekly installment of Vikings trivia, so get your brain ready to be flooded with semi-useless football knowledge.  (Go ahead and forget all that Math and Science stuff if you need to make room)
 
 
 
Defensive Lineman Jim Marshall once scored a touchdown for the opposition by recovering a fumble and running the [...]

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