Kirk Cousins just keeps winning at the bank. The veteran quarterback who famously joined the Minnesota Vikings on a historic fully guaranteed $84 million deal in 2018 and has since signed a $66 million extension agreed to a new extension with the franchise on Sunday. The Vikings announced the agreement, which keeps Cousins in Minnesota through the 2023 season. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported the terms, which include a fully guaranteed $35 million in 2023. [Join the Yahoo Fantasy Tourney… Source link
Read More »Lions secure wild first win in upset of Vikings
The Detroit Lions will not post the second winless season in modern franchise history. After tallying 10 losses and a tie in their first 11 games, the Lions joined the rest of the NFL in the win column on Sunday with a thrilling 29-27 upset of the Minnesota Vikings. The win marks the first for rookie head coach Dan Campbell and fends off the ignominy of becoming the first NFL franchise with two winless seasons since 1945. The 0-16 2008 Lions are one of five NFL teams to post winless records… Source link
Read More »Twitter denies blue check for Vikings legend Alan Page
Twitter found a novel way to make Minnesota angry on Thursday. It said Alan Page isn’t notable enough for its fabled blue check mark. That would be Alan Page, the Minnesota Vikings legend. Alan Page, the Pro and College Football Hall of Famer. Alan Page, the Minnesota Supreme Court justice. Alan Page, the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Alan Page, the namesake of the NFLPA’s community service award. All of that sounds like a fairly notable person — it goes without saying that… Source link
Read More »Alvin Kamara goes off for 6 TDs as Saints roll Vikings
If you have Alvin Kamara on your fantasy team and are in the title game, you didn’t expect an NFL record-setting day to start Week 16. Kamara scored six touchdowns on Sunday against Minnesota, which hadn’t been done in the NFL in 55 years and had been done only three times. He is the first player since 1929 to have six rushing touchdowns in a game, and only the second player to pull that off. Kamara’s sixth touchdown came with 1:50 left. Kamara went off against the Vikings in a 52-33 win… Source link
Read More »Christmas Day Preview: Vikings at Saints
Merry Christmas and happy holidays! What an exciting weekend coming up with a Christmas day game and football all weekend long. Not only is Santa Claus gifting us with football Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but it’s also Championship Week for most leagues. A fantasy win could be just what we need to salvage the year 2020. An Overview The Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints have had a tumultuous history. In their last four games, the Saints have lost three of them, including the… Source link
Read More »Vikings kicker has nightmare day, misses four kics
Minnesota Vikings kicker Dan Bailey had a bad day. Well, that’s actually underselling it. Bailey had a historically bad day, the kind of day kickers see in their worst nightmares and hope will never, ever come true. The Vikings lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, and Bailey couldn’t make a kick. Not one in the entire game. Dan Bailey couldn’t make FGs and extra points It started in the first quarter when he missed an extra point. Then in the second quarter he missed a 36-yard field… Source link
Read More »Can Vikings go from 1-5 to playoffs?
If the NFL season ended on Sunday night, we’d be experiencing quite an underdog story. Only three teams since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger have made the playoffs after starting 1-5. The 1970 Cincinnati Bengals, 2015 Kansas City Chiefs and 2018 Indianapolis Colts pulled it off. The Minnesota Vikings suddenly have a good chance to join that group. When the Vikings woke up Monday morning, they were a wild-card team. They had moved into the No. 7 seed, ahead of the Arizona Cardinals. That seemed… Source link
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