Keidel: Packers Beat Seahawks, As Green Bay Welcomes NFL Season
The Packers beat the Seahawks, 17-9, in an exciting and well-played season opener that lacked the expected high scoring.
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The Packers beat the Seahawks, 17-9, in an exciting and well-played season opener that lacked the expected high scoring.
NFL teams are clearly avoiding Colin Kaepernick, the former 49ers starting quarterback, or at least his public-relations baggage.
A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that free agent running back Adrian Peterson has visited with the Seattle Seahawks.
The Seattle Seahawks have signed former Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh.
The Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs is the season's best pure weekend of football. How do these stellar matchups shape up?
Tony Gonzalez, 17-year NFL veteran and current CBS Sports NFL analyst, discusses Texans-Patriots and other divisional round matchups.
The NFL Playoffs kick off this weekend with some hot teams and heavy favorites taking the field. How will the matchups play out?
After a difficult personal stretch, Marcus Sherels again celebrated an accomplishment on the field.
The angst over the Minnesota Vikings' playoff loss Sunday was compounded in the fashion which they lost -- a missed "chip shot" field goal by Blair Walsh. But from the moment he failed on the field, Walsh has succeeded in so many ways.
Police say a Vikings fan who was tailgating at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds broke into a police substation after the team's loss to Seattle, apparently thinking it was his own home.
That final play on Sunday has been a tough pill for Minnesota Vikings fans to swallow. Kicker Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal with just seconds remaining.
The day after, it still hurt. The Minnesota Vikings' playoff season ended Sunday with a heartbreaking loss, and on Monday morning, players cleaned out their lockers at Winter Park.
There probably isn't much that can pick up Vikings kicker Blair Walsh right now, not after he missed a 27-yard field goal attempt in the closing seconds of Minnesota's 10-9 wild-card loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
To borrow from Charles Dickens, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Depending on which radio station you were listening to, Blair Walsh's missed 27-yard field goal knocking Minnesota out of the NFL playoffs sounded like either the epoch of belief or the epoch of incredulity.
They arrived at TCF Bank Stadium as early as 4 a.m. Enthusiastic Vikings fans didn't want to miss a moment of the game day experience, even when temperatures across Minnesota dipped well below zero Sunday morning. With wind chill factored in, it felt like 30 below in the Twin Cities.
Vikings and Seahawks fans alike are bracing for Sunday's outdoor game at TCF Bank Stadium. It's going to be one of the coldest NFL playoff games in football history.
Six weeks ago, the Seattle Seahawks left Minnesota with a laugher 38-7 victory over the Vikings. Well, the Seahawks have returned for a rematch, and the Vikings won't be extending a warm welcome.
The Minnesota Vikings are in the playoffs on Sunday and it's going to be cold. The wind chill at gametime is expected to be around 20 below zero. The last outdoor playoff game in Minnesota was at Met Stadium on Dec. 26, 1976 for the NFC title.
Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has been ruled out of the NFC wild-card game against Minnesota.
Minnesota Vikings fans are on the edge of their seats as they wait for Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks. "I try to stay calm game by game," fan Megan Pelowski said. "I feel really good about it. We'll see how far we can go."
Frigid temperatures and outdoor Vikings playoff football. If one man symbolizes that more than any other -- clearly it's Bud Grant.
The mayors of Minneapolis and Seattle are throwing down on the big Sunday playoff game between the Vikings and the Seahawks. Mayor Betsy Hodges' office says if the Vikes are victorious, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray will send her fresh salmon from the world-famous Pike Place Fish Market, Starbucks Coffee and Kings Donuts.
The Seahawks are coming to our town this weekend. Seattle is favored by five points, but can some subzero temperatures and a lot of SKOL give us an edge?
The Minnesota Vikings are hoping for a sell-out for Sunday's playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. As the temperature drops, so is the demand for tickets. We founds seats as cheap as $50 on Ticketmaster on Thursday.
Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer says Adrian Peterson's lower back injury will not keep him from playing in Sunday's playoff game against Seattle.
