Pat Williams News

The Vikings are off to their best start since the 2000 season, when they reached the NFC championship game.

Former Vikings first-round pick Erasmus James was arrested early Thursday after punching a friend in the face at a bar in Madison.

Since the Vikings acquired Jared Allen in a trade before last season, fellow defensive end Brian Robison has learned plenty from the NFL's most prolific pass rusher since 2004: How to read keys.

Kevin Williams #93 and Pat Williams #94 of the Minnesoa Vikings in action during the NFL game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on December 7, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan.

The Vikings ' other starting defensive end figured he would be afforded chances to make plays Sunday at Lambeau Field.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell plans to ask Congress for legislation that would protect collective bargaining agreements from state law challenges, like the one that led to blocking of the suspensions of two players who used banned substances.

Ray Edwards was one of the Minnesota Vikings' standouts in Week 8's 38-26 victory over the Green Bay Packers.

Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Pat Williams and cornerback Benny Sapp were fined $5,000 apiece for unnecessary roughness penalties in Sunday's loss in Pittsburgh.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions were blocked by the courts.

When the 2003 college draft was held, former Penn State defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy was a happy camper as he was the first round pick of the St.

Following is a scouting report on the Minnesota Vikings based on interviews with several coaches and scouts whose teams recently played the Vikings: ♦ Sign up for Green Bay Packers text alerts.

A competitor's credo is to never apologize for a win and never settle for a moral victory in defeat.

CHAREAN WILLIAMS It took Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Pat Williams 10 years before he played in his first Pro Bowl.

Vikings veterans quickly recognized in 2006 that Mike Tomlin had the coaching chops to be a head man someday.

This is exactly why the Minnesota Vikings spent the summer trying to persuade Brett Favre to end his latest retirement: to run their offense, not be their offense.

Brett Favre has been voted the NFL's most valuable player three times. He sees similarities in the way he's playing this season.

Leslie Frazier said that former Ravens center Matt Birk and Vikings defensive tackle Pat Williams , who went against each other in practice for the past three seasons, will battle each other a lot Sunday when Baltimore pays a visit to the Metrodome.

"They're all heartbreakers," he said. "Every time you lose, it sucks. Going to work tomorrow sucks because you lost.

OK, the bad news first. For the third week in a row, the Baltimore Ravens lost a game they had the opportunity to win in the final minute.

The NFL continued its legal fight against Minnesota Vikings Pat Williams and Kevin Williams Wednesday, asking a full panel from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court ruling which allowed the two players to sue the league for violating state workplace laws.