Minnesota Vikings News

With the end of the Minnesota Vikings' OTAs, and June's mandatory minicamp coming up, there are still plenty of positional battles to be waged and starters to be named.

The Vikings signed Felton to a one-year deal to get a lead blocking back in front of Adrian Peterson.

First, Jerome Felton was out of work. When he found a job, he had to deal with the embarrassment of being arrested on a DWI charge in Eden Prairie a month before training camp.

Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson tackles San Diego's LeRon McClain in a 2012 preseason game against the Chargers.

After Joe Webb's dismal showing in their playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers , the Minnesota Vikings clearly needed to add a more suitable backup quarterback behind starter Christian Ponder , who missed the game with an arm injury.

If special teams coordinator John Bonamego had to choose between a flashy return man or a very good coverage unit, he chooses the latter.

Predictions are difficult. All the previous evidence can lead in one direction but then be entirely wrong.

Over at the National Football League's site for the United Kingdom, one of their reporters spent the last week visiting three of the four teams that will be making the trip to Wembley Stadium this upcoming season.

Bryant McKinnie looked good at the Baltimore Ravens' minicamp last week. Coach John Harbaugh said he looked good, McKinnie said he felt good-good enough, in fact, to publicly, on the record, take aim at a daunting target for the upcoming season.

Blue skies encompassed the Canby Hat Daze celebration, setting an uplifting mood for all of the festivities this weekend in Canby.

Oct 23, 2011; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Green Bay Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop against the Minnesota Vikings at the Metrodome.

Asiata signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent prior to the 2011 season.

The Big Ten is, and always has been, known as a smashmouth football conference. The former greatness of Michigan and Ohio State, not to mention more recent success from Wisconsin and Iowa, has usually been predicated on defense and physicality up front.

Jamarca Sanford had been a solid special teams contributor for the Minnesota Vikings through his first three seasons, but the fact he started 15 games in 2011 had more to do with the team's sad situation at safety then his own good play.

Everyone has a father, and every father has advice he offered his children that they never let go.

Dec 30, 2012; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen sacks Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during the second quarter at the Metrodome.

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Did you happen to hear that the New England Patriots signed a new third-string quarterback last week? There is simply no denying that the NFL has become a "365 days a year" news-making machine.

Adrian Peterson has made the Vikings competitive the past few years, but the Packers still lead the overall series between the two teams that goes back to the early 1960s.

Charles is coming off a 1500 yard season which included two games of 200 plus yards and an average yards per carry of 5.3. The Chiefs didn't have an offense last year except for Charles.