Vikings Rule Out Dantzler, Hill Against Lions
Hill has missed the past three games. Dantzler is listed with a concussion.
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Hill has missed the past three games. Dantzler is listed with a concussion.
"I'm really looking forward to playing the Vikings and showing them that I am a great player," Everson Griffen said.
The on-field lessons are continuing for the cornerbacks in Minnesota, where Zimmer and the Vikings are leaning hard on an inexperienced group in a rebuilt defense.
Dalvin Cook showed up for his postgame interview in Green Bay wearing dark shades, an appropriately stylish look after the Minnesota star put his stamp on a 28-22 statement victory.
The Vikings beat the Packers to stay alive in the NFC North, but they also lost three cornerbacks to various injuries.
When the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings faced off in the season's opening weekend, it was billed as a showdown between NFC North's two top contenders.
The former Vikings defensive lineman reflects on his time in Minnesota and what it was like to play with Adrian Peterson and Brett Favre.
Despite a lot to take issue with this season, fans of the Minnesota Vikings do not complain as much as most other NFL fan bases.
"If we lost a game by one point and we had a letdown in the next game, that would be surprising to me," Coach Mike Zimmer said. "If you lose a game, you shouldn't have a letdown. You should put a foot on the grinder and get back to work."
The Vikings are undermanned at best, entering their bye week with a 1-5 record and plenty of reason to enter full rebuild mode after a 40-23 defeat by the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
The Atlanta Falcons -- scheduled to take on the Vikings Sunday -- are reportedly shutting down their facility and working virtually after a positive COVID-19 test.
Russell Wilson capped a 94-yard drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to DK Metcalf on fourth-and-goal with 15 seconds left, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the Minnesota Vikings 27-26 on Sunday night.
The Green Bay Packers say that any plans to have fans for home games this season are on indefinite hold due to high COVID-19 rates in the area.
"In this business, it's a bottom-line business and we weren't able to get it to where we needed to get it," Bill O'Brien said.
Four games into his NFL career, after missing the typical spring practice time with his new team because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Jefferson made clear the Vikings made wise use of the 22nd overall pick in the draft.
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Danielle Hunter does not appear close to returning to the team.
In Week 4 in the NFC North, the undefeated Bears and Packers look to keep their winning streaks alive, while the winless Vikings look to turn their season around.
Disgraced former NFL star Darren Sharper's latest effort to have his 18-year federal sentence tossed out in a drug and sexual assault case involving multiple women was rejected Thursday by a federal appeals court judge.
The Minnesota Vikings say there have been zero COVID-19 cases confirmed in the organization since the team's matchup against the Tennessee Titans.
The Vikings-Titans COVID outbreak has Minnesota high school football programs remaining vigilant.
The NFL issued a statement that both the Titans and the Vikings will suspend in-person club activities starting Tuesday.
Stephen Gostkowski made his career-high sixth field goal of game, a 55-yarder with 1:48 left that lifted undefeated Tennessee to a 31-30 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday after Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill carried the Titans on another comeback.
This Sunday, the Vikings will take on the Titans at U.S. Bank Stadium. while there will no fans in the stands, there will be giant pictures of the Vikings faithful. So, what's the story behind the cut-outs? Good Question.
Justin Jefferson is not used to losing, coming from college powerhouse LSU.
The NFL on CBS analyst, on the call for this Sunday's game, weighs in on the Vikings offensive issues and the struggle for Kirk Cousins last week.
