Minnesota goes into their bye week with an underwhelming record of 2-6. But Brian Murphy of the Pioneer Press says the Vikings have earned at least a 'D' so far this year.
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The 2-9 Vikings have sold out yet another football game, and will allowed to televise the game on FOX 9 this Sunday. Earlier this week, the team announced that 3,000 tickets were available for the Broncos game. They had to be sold by noon today to avoid a TV blackout.
Vikings Vice President of Sales and Marketing Steve LeCroix announced Tuesday that less than 1,500 tickets remain for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. That means the Vikings have once again avoided a television blackout.
The Vikings say Sunday’s home opener against Tampa Bay will be televised locally. As of this morning, there were just 1,000 tickets left -- enough to avoid a TV blackout. Minnesota will try to get in the win column after losing the season opener in San Diego
There it is. Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier uttering a plea all too familiar to Minnesota sports fans: 'be patient'. Your friendly BringMeTheNews sports scribe might skew that advice to instead 'be realistic'. Frazier might have better luck merely asking the NFL to stop games after the first half.
The Vikings are just 2-6 going into the bye week, and Coach Leslie Frazier says his team basically can’t lose again if they want to think about playing “meaningful games” in December. He told reporters that beating Carolina yesterday was the first step in getting there -- calling the 24-21 victory “extremely, extremely” important.
Pioneer Press writer Bob Sansevere is sharing stale Vikings jokes e-mailed to him during this so-far miserable season. Yes, you've heard them all million times ... but, they're still kind of funny.
Jared Allen is on Yahoo’s midseason All-NFL team. Allen gets the nod at defensive end, where he’s succeeding despite the Vikings’ 2-6 record. Allen has 13 sacks through 8 games -- and is on pace to break the single-season sacks record.