Draft preview: Offensive line breakdowns

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Props for the Vikings Offensive Line
Published 5/19/2008 by Anthony Hall at Vikings War Cry
The praise from the national media just keeps rolling in. Yesterday, we linked to an article from the Sporting News that stated the Vikings have the best safeties in the NFL — and today, we tracked down offensive line rankings from NFL.com that list the Vikes as having the eighth-best blockers in the league: Based on the success of Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor, it’s no shock that the Vikes had the best run line in the NFL in 2007. No team averaged more touchdowns per carry (22.4) or yards per carry (5.3), as C Matt Birk, G Steve Hutchinson and T Bryant “Mount” McKinnie opened huge holes for A.P. and Taylor to dash through all season. Their pass line ...

Blizzard
Published 5/19/2008 by Pacifist Viking (noreply@blogger.com) at Pacifist Viking
Do you sense that? I do. The time has come to start ranking fantasy football players and preparing for drafts. Yes, it really is. There are a lot of blogs that will help you (including this one, a little later in the summer, but you really can't trust much of what I say, because I'm a duplicitous and paranoid fantasy footballer). For now, check out Pancake Blocks. Links The Vikings and Chiefs will practice against each other at River Falls, Wisconsin on July 31st this summer (Vikings.com). I've watched a lot of Chiefs' training camp at River Falls, and I've been to the Vikings-Chiefs scrimmage there a couple of times (2000 and 2003, if I remember correctly). ...

Vikings Notes: OTA Tidbits, Defensive End Rankings
Published 5/20/2008 by Anthony Hall at Vikings War Cry
With a hat tip to the Daily Norseman for spotting this article, here’s a noteworthy tidbit from Vikings.com about Monday’s OTA at Winter Park: The three most impressive plays were turned in by familiar Vikings faces. Tarvaris Jackson and Robert Ferguson hooked up for the first highlight-caliber play. Jackson took the snap, stumbled a bit on his drop back, looked off the safety and read progressively all the way to Ferguson’s side. Jackson then threw a laser to Ferguson and he reached out to haul in the pass and tip-toe along the sideline. The last play of highlight-caliber also came from Jackson, only this time he hooked up with second-year receiver Sidney Rice. On the ...