it important for the Vikings to stay healthy..and keep the injury bug far far away cause injuries can destroy a team
nice picture i want them to really go for the Touchdowns this year,hey its a brand new Stadium time to bring your A game
Yes, that pic is of Steffon Diggs laying out for a touchdown catch. I hope we see a lot more of that this season.
Smith, entering his final year of his contract, just got paid some big money... Vikings sign safety Harrison Smith to five-year, $51.25 million contract extension. That raises the bar a bit.
Zimmer must consider him a lynch-pin in the back of the D. I haven't read many quotes from coach Zim on Smith but that's usually a good sign that a player is doing his job without being a distraction, dicking up his assignment or in need of praise to get motivated.
like that signing of Harrison Smith but five year $51.25 million man that's alot of Dollars Dollars Bills....i was reading over at cbssports.com some of these football players have lost there minds i mean whats up with Talib and Johnny football this guy got some serious problems going on here
you know it will be very interesting to see how Matt Kalil plays with his new team mate.....on the O-line
I think this re-vamped O-line is going to be greatly improved. Kalil will have some pure talent beside him and another year of experience under his belt... things are looking upward.
hope the Vikings work MyCole Pruitt into the offensive game this year,or is he doomed to ride the bench or get cut...does David Morgan TE makes me wonder how is his game ? cause i never heard of him
I think Pruitt has a great chance to get more playing time. He seems to be able to block and catch... a dual threat. Norv Turner likes his athletic Tight-Ends and i think he's going to push everything he can out of Pruitt.
Kyle Rudolph could be a factor...but he can't stay on the field he's always hurt or something that would nice to see if Norv Turner can get everything out of MyCole Pruitt cause Teddy needs a play making TE
Rudolf staying healthy is really the only issue he faces. Rudolf can certainly catch a football. But, if and a big if, Kyle goes down, i think Pruitt will be the go to guy.
guess its Treadwell birthday today ? parking in Teddy's spot is not cool lol....Teddy and Kyle Rudolph got him good they stuffed 60,000 welch's fruit snacks into his car 60,000!!!! have a nice day,
Vikings to hold 2 joint practices with Bengals EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) ? Mike Zimmer gathered his Minnesota Vikings players on Thursday morning before what was scheduled to be the last mandatory minicamp practice before everyone takes the next month off. When the no-nonsense Zimmer told them he was canceling the final day of work, a quizzical look washed over their faces. "They didn't believe me at first," Zimmer said. "A bunch of them said, 'Did he say go practice or no practice?' "So they sat up there for a little while. They weren't sure and felt like it was a joke or a trick, but I felt like I've seen what I needed to see." The Vikings concluded their three-day practice session with a cookout at the team headquarters. They will enter training camp in August coming off an NFC North championship and with expectations to take another step in 2016 as they open a shiny new stadium. "I just like the way this team works. I told them that today that I appreciate the way they go about their business," Zimmer said. "They're dedicated to being a good football team." After five weeks of rest and recuperation, the team will report to training camp in Mankato, Minnesota on July 28 and practice for the first time the next day. They also have scheduled two days of joint practices with the Cincinnati Bengals on Aug. 10-11 leading into their preseason opener at Cincinnati on Aug. 12.
Coming from Germany, learning curve steep for Vikings rookie EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) ? When Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer canceled the last session of minicamp as a reward for the team's offseason work, most players were surprised and delighted by the early start on summer vacation. Moritz Boehringer wasn't so sure. "I wanted to practice," Boehringer said, smiling wryly, "because it's always good to get some more reps." Nobody on the 90-man roster needs more training than Boehringer, the rookie wide receiver from Germany who became the first draft pick in the history of the NFL to come directly from a country outside the United States. His deficiencies haven't been for a lack of dedication, though. This is simply the situation he's in, having discovered the sport about five years ago through YouTube videos of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. He has played competitively for merely three seasons at a level nowhere near as sophisticated or intense as the league is entering. "He's starting from way, way, way behind," offensive coordinator Norv Turner said. For the Schwabisch Hall Unicorns in 2015, Boehringer had 16 touchdown receptions and an average of 20.9 yards per catch in 21 games on his way to the German Football League's rookie of the year award. The Unicorns only ran 70 or 80 plays out of five or six formations, paling in comparison to the complexity of Turner's playbook with the Vikings. Naturally, Boehringer's helmet has been spinning this spring in his attempt to grasp the route concepts, blocking responsibilities and advanced footwork technique required to excel at his highly skilled position. He threw up on the field during his first practice in Minnesota, last month at rookie minicamp. Throughout the workouts with the full team over the past three-plus weeks, Boehringer has dropped plenty of passes. "Most of the time it's a mental thing, because I'm not 100 percent comfortable with the playbook," Boehringer said Thursday after the Vikings wrapped up their offseason program and adjourned for six weeks until training camp. "But I think it'll come after time." The Vikings have raved about the 22-year-old's acuity, despite his inexperience. General manager Rick Spielman declared Boehringer "off-the-charts smart," fully confident he can grasp the intricacies of American football with time. "You want to start at the grassroots and work your way up, and we've been doing that with him. He's extremely intelligent, so he catches onto things pretty well," wide receivers coach George Stewart said. "He understands exactly what I'm trying to communicate to him. He has a great understanding of the language." Culture hasn't been an issue, either, beyond a couple of predictable hiccups. His golf debut didn't go so well ? "I don't think it's my sport, but I tried," he said with a laugh ? and he was unaware of the American custom of tipping restaurant servers that is uncommon in Europe. "We go out to eat almost every night, so that's something that was kind of eye-opening for him and he's still kind of getting used to," said quarterback Joel Stave, his roommate this spring. "Every once in a while, he'll leave a dollar and we've got to cover it for him." Boehringer and Stave have formed a playbook study group with another rookie, tight end David Morgan. "He's getting more comfortable with the offense, he's getting more comfortable with just football here, and he's getting more comfortable with the guys," Stave said. "He seems more confident, and it seems like he's having more fun. It's been a lot of fun getting to know him and a lot of fun getting to talk to him and see what it's like coming from a different background like that."
