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Tom Schreier
Tom Schreier is the founder and proprietor of Zone Coverage. He created Zone Coverage with the goal of mixing new age media with old-school journalism. His goal was to create an economically sustainable platform for sports content for Minnesota fans. Before Zone Coverage, Tom wrote for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.
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Timberwolves
The Wolves Must Let Go Of the Past To Build On Last Year
By Tom Schreier - Jan 23, 2025
Donte DiVincenzo said he found his game again when he let go of the past. DiVincenzo was talking to Dennis Schröder after the Brooklyn Nets had traded […]
Vikings
Dallas Turner Lurks In the Shadows
By Tom Schreier - Jan 21, 2025
Dallas Turner played 16 games for the Minnesota Vikings, only missing the Week 3 Houston Texans game with a knee injury. He finished the year with three […]
Vikings
Can the Vikings Re-Create the Chemistry They Had This Year?
By Tom Schreier - Jan 18, 2025
Blake Cashman grew up in Eden Prairie and played for the Gophers, but last season was his first with the Minnesota Vikings. Still, he knew from afar […]
Vikings
KOC’s Superpower Complements Kwesi’s Wall Street Mind
By Tom Schreier - Jan 17, 2025
During the Minnesota Vikings’ Monday Night Football win over the Chicago Bears on December 16, ESPN ran a graphic displaying Minnesota’s quarterbacks under contract. Had they run […]
Vikings
We Still Don’t Know How Close the Vikings Are To Contending
By Tom Schreier - Jan 16, 2025
The Minnesota Vikings’ 2022 season ended with Kirk Cousins’ infamous fourth-and-eight checkdown to T.J. Hockenson. Afterward, Kevin O’Connell commented on how hard it was to experience a […]
Vikings
The Vikings Enter the Offseason With More Questions Than Answers
By Tom Schreier - Jan 14, 2025
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. In the Minnesota Vikings’ case, the discordant cacophony will ring in their ears throughout the offseason. The Los Angeles Rams […]
Vikings
The Vikings Have Gone From Building Hype To Emphasizing Perspective
By Tom Schreier - Jan 12, 2025
T.J. Hockenson vividly remembers the short week between the Minnesota Vikings’ 31-29 loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 7 and their 30-20 loss to the Los […]
Vikings
The Vikings Were Always Going To Play This Game On A Neutral Field
By Tom Schreier - Jan 11, 2025
Kevin O’Connell has spent much of his life in Southern California. He grew up in Carlsbad, attended San Diego State, and won a Super Bowl as the […]
Vikings
Aaron Jones and Minnesota’s Flat Circle
By Tom Schreier - Jan 9, 2025
Aaron Jones isn’t Brett Favre. Still, the former Green Bay Packers running back is a turncoat who’s become beloved in the Minnesota Vikings locker room for his […]
Vikings
The Sam Darnold Principle Never Changed
By Tom Schreier - Jan 8, 2025
It was a throwaway line. Something people said among friends, a hypothetical. When the Minnesota Vikings signed Sam Darnold to a one-year, $10 million deal in the […]
Vikings
All Eyes Are On Brian Flores
By Tom Schreier - Jan 7, 2025
Brian Flores admits that the Minnesota Vikings were surprised that the Los Angeles Rams activated Puka Nacua for their Week 8 Thursday night matchup. “Quite honestly, we […]
Timberwolves
The Wolves Are Caught Between Point Guard Eras
By Tom Schreier - Jan 6, 2025
Mike Conley liked The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Detroit Pistons’ old home opened in 1988, and they played there until moving downtown in 2017 after Detroit […]