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The Minnesota Vikings gave one away to the demented Dallas Cowboys 31-28 to fall to 4-6 on the season. Their playoff dreams are still lucid but quickly slipping into nightmare territory. Here are 5 winner and losers from the game. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings-Cowboys Recap • (10:55) 2020 is a Foundation • (22:53) Vikings Playoff Chances • (28:18) NFL is After Harrison Smith • (35:14) Week 12 QB Bi...

The 4-5 Minnesota Vikings look to continue their three game winning-streak welcoming in the downtrodden 2-7 Dallas Cowboys. Here are 5 keys for the Vikings not to fall into a trap game. Timestamps: • (1:59) 5 Keys vs Cowboys • (9:40) CJ Ham on COVID Reserve • (13:06) Jeff Gladney vs CeeDee Lamb • (18:28) Ezra Cleveland Misses Practices • (23:20) Kris Boyd and Chris Jones are Keepers • (29:56) five...

Jaguars, Packers, Lions, and Bears fans have teamed up to commit Pro Bowl voting fraud to elect former Minnesota Vikings legend/current Baltimore Ravens Timestamps: • (1:59) Voter Fraud! • (5:15) Pro Bowl Voting • (15:05) Yannick Trade is Good, Actually • (20:56) Justin Jefferson is Redonkulous A Northern Digital Production --- Protect Your Online Privacy with ExpressVPN! https://www.expressvpn.co...

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins made a statement Monday Night notching his first ever MNF, was a beast on 3rd down, and thrived versus the big bad Chicago Bears defense. Timestamps: • (1:59) GOOD KIRK • (6:43) Zimmer's Finest Coaching Job • (14:32) National Media Hates the Vikings • (19:17) NFC Playoff Picture • (25:08) Updated NFL Draft Order • (32:20) Week 11 Power Rankings! A Norther...

The Minnesota Vikings outlasted the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football 19-13 and improved to being the best 4-5 team in NFL history. Here are 5 Winners and Losers from the game. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings 19, Bears 13 • (16:17) NFC Playoff Picture Update • (23:14) Vikings WILL Win the NFC North • (28:30) Ohio State OG Wyatt Davis Draft Profile • (38:41) Sign CB DeAndre Baker? • (45:20) Jets...

The Minnesota Vikings will go on the road and demolish the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football, notching their 3rd straight division win, and show why they're the best 4-5 team in NFL history. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings WILL Beat the Bears • (6:43) NFC Playoff Picture • (13:00) Vikings Sunday Transactions • (16:03) Bears OL Scouting Report • (27:58) Pat Elflein Cut • (33:00) Final Injury Repo...

The Minnesota Vikings are the best 3-5 team in NFL history and look to win 3 division games in a row on Monday Night Football at the Crooked Chicago Bears. Here are 5 keys for Dalvin Cook and the Vikes to get it down in ChiTown. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings-Bears Preview • (11:18) How to Stop Khalil Mack • (17:16) Dalvin Leading NFL in TOTAL Scoring • (20:50) Mocking USA Today's Mock Draft • (28:3...

The Minnesota Vikings had a record setting 15 draft picks in 2020. At the halfway point of their first season, here's where all the draft picks and UDFAs stand. Timestamps: • (1:59) Midseason Rookie Report • (12:14) Dalvin 2nd Straight NFC OPOW • (15:58) Trade for Deshaun Watson • (23:03) The Zimmer Hellfire Defense is Back! • (28:44) Vikings Transaction Bombs A Northern Digital Production --- Pro...

The Chicago Bears are 5-4 and have lost 3 games in a row. Their 5-1 start was fool's gold and they are indeed the biggest frauds in NFL history. They are who we thought they were. They won't finish over .500. Timestamps: • (1:59) Bears are Frauds • (5:47) Vikings Have Easiest Remaining Schedule in the NFC • (10:29) Extend Eric Wilson, You Cowards • (16:04) Charting the Vikings Defense vs Lions • (...

Minnesota Vikings superstar running back Dalvin Cook is on pace for several single season rushing records and if he drags the Vikes into the playoffs, The Chef NEEDS to be NFL MVP. Hands down. Timestamps: • (1:59) MVP Dalvin • (7:11) Bears Defense Scouting Report • (16:30) Dead Narrative on Monday Night • (21:36) Cousins is a Game Manager • (26:58) Vikings Sign CB Cordrea Tankersley to the PS • (3...

The Minnesota Vikings dealt with the Detroit Lions Sunday 34-20 at US Bank Stadium to improve to 3-5. Here are the winners and losers from the game! Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings 34, Lions 20 • (11:51) Vikes Will Win 6 in a Row • (17:50) Titans Tried to Trade for Riley Reiff • (20:34) All-In on Zach Wilson • (29:28) Week 10 QB Big Board Update • (39:16) Reaction to The Draft Network Mock Draft A No...

The Minnesota Vikings are the best 2-5 team in NFL history and look to continue their winning ways Sunday as the low energy Detroit Lions slither into town. Here are 5 keys for a Purple victory. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings-Lions Preview • (9:12) Matthew Stafford Likely to Play • (14:05) Y U Do No Trades? • (19:34) Welcome Home, Former Vikings • (25:30) Thielen & Jefferson Will EAT • (30:31) PFF's...

The Minnesota Vikings defense under head coach Mike Zimmer has absolutely owned Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. Here's why the Vikes will continue to pressure him Sunday. Timestamps: • (1:59) Zimmer Owns Stafford • (6:28) Sunday is the Playoffs • (11:57) NFC Playoff Picture • (17:09) AFC Playoff Picture • (26:31) Charting the Defense vs Packers • (32:20) Lions Injuries Piling Up • (36:...

The Minnesota Vikings still have a 13% chance of making the playoffs, via five thirty eight. And with the schedule heavy with potential NFC playoff foes, Vikings control their own destiny. Timestamps: • (1:59) Playoffs? • (6:46) Vikings CB health update • (11:48) Aaron Rodgers complaining about the refs? • (17:21) 5 CBs to acquire • (22:57) Ezra Cleveland. Beast • (26:56) Why winning matters more...

The Minnesota Vikings shocked the world controlling and defeating the Greasy Grimy Green Bay Packers Sunday 28-22 at Lambeau Field. Here are the Winners and Losers from the game. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings-Packers Recap • (10:40) Vikes go on a run? • (18:40) Message for #TankForTrevor Peeps • (24:53) Not Trading Thielen • (29:51) Trade for Desmond King II • (36:06) Trade for Trace McSorley • (43...

The 1-5 Minnesota Vikings can show a little life on Sunday and shock the world in Lambeau and take it to the Greasy Grimy Green Bay Packers. Here are 5 keys for the Vikes to get it done on Sunday. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikes-Packers Preview • (8:23) Rodgers praises Zimmer • (13:33) Rudy still believes at 1-5 • (17:32) Dalvin set to return • (22:39) Dantzler on COVID-19 reserve • (25:09) Gladney is...

Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer announced today that superstar edge rusher Danielle Hunter underwent successful surgery yesterday for the herniated disk in his neck. Hunter will miss the rest of the 2020 season. Timestamps: • (1:59) Danielle surgery successful • (4:49) Everson traded to the Lions • (7:38) Danielle extension compromise • (13:18) Vikings claim safety Curtis Riley from Cardi...

Since the Minnesota Vikings are sellers at the trade deadline, here are 5 perfect trade destinations for 5 veterans: left tackle Riley Reiff, safety Anthony Harris, tight end Kyle Rudolph, safety Harrison Smith, and wide receiver Adam Thielen. Timestamps: • (1:59) Trade Destinations for Vets • (8:23) Browns Pursuing Adam Thielen? • (15:20) Week 8 Tankathon Update • (22:43) Vikings Claim CB Chris J...

CBS Sports Jason LaCanfora reported that the Minnesota Vikings have all veteran option on the table available for trade, but the market might not be buying. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings vets on trade block • (7:57) Don't you dare trade Adam Thielen • (14:35) Did Harrison Smith unfollow the Vikings? • (19:44) Week 8 NFL Draft Order Update • (27:11) Thielen #1 Redzone target • (31:41) Trade Anthony...

Minnesota Vikings fans consistently say the team needs a "mobile" quarterback. While the notion has merit, it's more important that the Vikes get a "pocket aware QB". But that's not as catchy. Timestamps: • (1:59) Don't Need a "MOBILE" QB • (10:30) Trade Zimmer to Dallas • (20:50) Vikings Trade Rumors • (26:27) Trade for Jets QB Sam Darnold? • (35:30) No on Washington QB Dwayne Haskins • (46:00) W...

The Minnesota Vikings have flipped defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens for a 2021 3rd rounder and conditional 2022 5th round pick, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Vikings had acquired Yannick The Freak in a trade right before the season from the Jacksonville Jaguars. Minnesota Vikings superstar edge rusher Danielle Hunter has opted to have season ending surgery on the herniated dis...

The Minnesota Vikings are firmly looking towards the 2021 NFL Draft. Kinda stinks since it's October. But here's our first 7-round mock draft for the Vikes. The quarterback position is doubled down upon, two starting guards are selected, and a familiar name is scooped up at wide receiver. Timestamps: • (1:59) 7-Round Mock Draft • (20:16) 5 Things Zimmer Needs to Do to Keep His Job • (30:38) 5 Offe...

As the 2020 Minnesota Vikings season goes off the rails and the future of head coach Mike Zimmer starts to be up in the air, could the 64-year old coach simply retire at the end of the season to avoid the indignity of being fired? Never say never. Timestamps: • (1:59) Zimmer retire? • (9:40) Week 7 NFL Power Rankings • (20:22) Trade Reiff to the Cowboys or Titans • (27:51) Gophers QB Tanner Morgan...

History will look back and deem the Kirk Cousins contracts with FAR more damaging for the Minnesota Vikings than the Herschel Walker trade with the Dallas Cowboys, the worst trade in professional sports history. Timestamps: • (1:59) Kirk worse than Herschel Walker • (10:26) Justin Jefferson on historic pace • (16:10) The PERFECT 2020 offensive line • (21:54) Bench Kirk • (27:09) Play the KIDS • (3...

The Minnesota Vikings vomited all over their shoes Sunday losing to the previously winless Atlanta Falcons 40-23. Here are 5 Winners & Losers from the game. Timestamps: • (1:59) Vikings-Falcons Recap • (10:53) Fire Zimmer • (18:00) Cut Kirk Cousins? The cap ramifications • (25:28) Fire Spielman? • (30:17) Top-5 tradeable Vikes • (38:01) Eric Bienemy: Next Vikings head coach • (46:12) Vikings start...