Minnesota Vikings News

Next up are the Minnesota Vikings and ifrst-year head coach Mike Zimmer. Who will be his first draft pick as an NFL head man? Vikings GM Rick Spielman has made it no secret of his desire to trade back from #8 and get more picks.

Peterson is a big back with big play potential. He can do everything expected from a running back.

With a new coaching staff in place, a hard nose defensive mind for a head coach, defense is the pick.

You betcha there are construction webcams documenting the progress of the new Minnesota Vikings Stadium.

You won't see much of the Vikings in prime time on sctimes.com: http://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/2014/04/18/see-much-vikings-prime-time/7860235/ Vikings at Bears: Call this one the Jared Allen Bowl.

This is boring to type, and probably more boring to read, but you have to do some clarifying when picking in a mock like this.

What a fun offseason so far for the Minnesota Vikings . Changes are springing up everywhere.

That's certainly not to say that the Vikings don't need to have an excellent draft.

Even though he's being held in California, retired NFL star Darren Sharper was denied bail Thursday by a judge in Phoenix, Arizona, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's office said.

Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was released Thursday from an Arizona jail after serving a one-day sentence for a DUI arrest late last year.

In a photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb appears in a photo at jail.

The seventh-round draft pick in 2010 out of Ohio State played the last four seasons for the Eagles, starting 29 of the 59 games he played in, though none of those starts came last year.

With the Christian Ponder experiment having all but failed, the franchise again will seek to acquire its quarterback of the future.

Metrodome demolition reaches completion early on sctimes.com: http://www.sctimes.com/story/sports/2014/04/17/metrodome-demolition-reaches-completion-early/7820449/ Project leaders for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium says the demolition of the team's old home was formally completed Thursday.

I agree with state Rep. Bob Gunther, R-Fairmont, that $89.5 million for a Senate office building is pretty stupid.

The fact that a reunion nearly occurred last season, which would have happened if it weren't for Favre's high school football team marching its way to state, is more evidence that the Packers must honor the legendary quarterback at a game in September.

Sidney Rice has a new team and it's the same as his old team. Rice tweeted on Wednesday that he's returning to Seattle.

The 2014 Niners Nation NFL mock draft is off and running. We move on to the Minnesota Vikings, courtesy of user Hoopers Judge.

Dec 23, 2012; Houston, TX, USA; Minnesota Vikings middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley watches the game against the Houston Texans during the first quarter at Reliant Stadium.

A judge in Phoenix will hold a hearing Wednesday in which lawyers for former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper will challenge the evidence used to keep him in jail without bail on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted two women in Arizona.