Palin fear. T-Jack weariness. Coen anticipation.1. Sarah Palin.A I decided - definitely not sexy.A Actually kind of scary.A My concern is not that she wouldn't know what to do should she have to become president -A it's that she would know exactly what to do, and it would not be good.2.   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/09/11/every....

The Vikings go into camp with 80 men on their roster, and will have to trim that to 53 by the time the season starts.A The current position-by-position breakdown follows the jump (depth chart positions subject to debate in some cases; starters in italics):OffenseQuarterbackTarvaris JacksonGus   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/07/24/roste....

The Vikings announced four cuts today and none of them are particularly exciting (unless you were really rooting for Derrick Pope to unseat Vinny Ciurciu).A The jettisoned players are:LB Derrick PopeOT Sean DumfordOT Brock PasteurWR Daniel DavisThis gives me a chance to post a revised roster plus
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/25/first....

The finalized 2008 53-man roster was just released on Vikings.com (in PDF format for some screwed up reason).A Here it is all sorted by position (don't say I don't work hard for you) followed by the final cut list:OffenseQuarterbackTarvaris JacksonGus FrerotteJohn David BootyRunning BackAdrian
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/30/53-ma....

Ray Edwards is on the PUP list to begin training camp.A The back tweaking he suffered in OTAs has not healed enough for him to practice and his reps at left end are being taken by Jayme Mitchell.A Some have wondered why Brian Robison isn't getting those reps, but obviously, Robison has been   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/07/25/no-ed....

Sidney Rice will not play in tomorrow's big exhibition game with Pittsburgh after missing four straight days of practice with a stomach virus.A Bernard Berrian, who missed the Baltimore game with a bad toe, is expected to get some action despite being limited in practice all week himself.A   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/22/rice-....

Brian Robison is facing the possibility of surgery to repair a funky vein in his left leg. As Robison explained it:It's been something that has been there for a while and it's just kind of flared up on me. I have a varicose vein on my left leg. It's something they are looking at and we went and   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/04/robis....

New Vikings safety Madieu Williams may miss up to six weeks with a bad neck. Williams was kept out of the preseason opener against Seattle with what were termed neck spasms - I guess the spasms haven't stopped spasming. Williams himself could offer no elaboration on the injury:I'm not allowed to   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/12/madie....

Brian Robison is facing the possibility of surgery to repair a funky vein in his left leg. As Robison explained it:It's been something that has been there for a while and it's just kind of flared up on me. I have a varicose vein on my left leg. It's something they are looking at and we went and   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/04/robis....

The Vikings play their first preseason game tomorrow night against Seattle.A Brad Childress says the starters will go a quarter or maybe a little more if circumstances dictate (last year the offense got screwed out of some reps because the defense kept forcing turnovers and returning them for   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/07/prese....

We all want to know who the stars of tomorrow will be and in the NFL many of the stars have already aligned. But Scout.com's NFL Draft Analyst Chris Steuber selects seven second-year players - one from each round (1 - 7) - who have the opportunity to make an impact this season and become potential   more...
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There's not much to say about last night's final preseason game.A I caught about ten minutes of it total in between watching the Cubs game and keeping one eye on CNN to see if John McCain would try to upstage Barack Obama by announcing his running mate (he waited till today to spring Sarah Palin   more...
Original Story: http://thevikingage.com/2008/08/29/still....

The Vikings next preseason matchup is against the Steelers at the Metrodome this Saturday.A Coach Brad Childress still has not named a starting quarterback after Tarvaris Jackson suffered a sprained MCL in his right knee.A Jackson was on the field for stretching exercises yesterday.A Wide   more...
Original Story: http://www.vikingsgab.com/2008/08/21/vik....

It's more preseason action at the Metrodome this weekend as the Vikings host the Pittsburgh Steelers.A The quarterback question is still up in the air after Tarvaris Jackson suffered a sprained MCL in his right knee.A Coach Brad Childress says Jackson is making progress.A As for other injuries,   more...
Original Story: http://www.vikingsgab.com/2008/08/22/vik....

Vikings defensive end Brian Robison will have surgery on a varicose vein in his left leg.A The team says he will be out indefinitely.A Robison hasn't practiced since Monday, but earlier indicated that it's a minor problem that will probably sideline him for two or three weeks.A Coach Brad   more...
Original Story: http://www.vikingsgab.com/2008/08/07/rob....