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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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Vikings
Did the 2022 Draft Change How Kwesi Processes Opportunity Cost?
By Tom Schreier - May 5, 2025
The Tennessee Titans drafted Cam Ward first overall this year, but no team took a quarterback before the Minnesota Vikings picked at 24. The Vikings weren’t going […]
Vikings
Brian Flores Is Minnesota’s Interior Decorator
By Tom Schreier - May 2, 2025
Look at the Minnesota Vikings’ cornerback room from a year ago. It’ll look familiar but different, like your living room before you rearranged the furniture. Byron Murphy […]
Timberwolves
The Wolves Must Shut the Lights Out Before They Come Home
By Tom Schreier - Apr 30, 2025
Many of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ players didn’t realize that the Los Angeles Lakers hadn’t substituted anyone as they built a ten-point lead in the third quarter. Why […]
Timberwolves
Jaden McDaniels Is Minnesota’s Silent Protagonist
By Tom Schreier - Apr 27, 2025
Anthony Edwards had a simple explanation for why the Minnesota Timberwolves closed out the Los Angeles Lakers, 116-104, to take a 2-1 series lead. “I got two […]
Vikings
Everything Will Come Full Circle For Kwesi In This Year’s Draft
By Tom Schreier - Apr 23, 2025
Kwesi Adofo-Mensah doesn’t use Rich Hill’s popular trade chart to assess pick value, and he doesn’t use Jimmy Johnson’s model, either. “I built the chart myself,” Adofo-Mensah […]
Timberwolves
The Wolves Have Established the Luka Rules
By Tom Schreier - Apr 22, 2025
No matter what else happens throughout the series, the lasting image from the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Game 1 win over the Los Angeles Lakers will be Anthony Edwards […]
Vikings
Aaron Rodgers Is An Emergency Solution Not A Master Plan
By Tom Schreier - Apr 21, 2025
Aaron Rodgers had an idea. He often does. Not all of them are great. However, who’s to blame him for calling up his buddy, Kevin O’Connell, and […]
Twins
David Festa Is Trying To Keep His Party On Wheels
By Tom Schreier - Apr 16, 2025
David Festa had an encouraging rookie season. He gave up 12 earned runs in his first two outings but settled in afterward. Festa yielded 23 earned runs […]
Vikings
Would Kevin O’Connell Draft Kevin O’Connell?
By Tom Schreier - Apr 14, 2025
Kwesi Adofo-Mensah occasionally talks about champagne problems. It could be negotiating a contract with Justin Jefferson or deciding what to do with Sam Darnold after he outperformed […]
Twins
The Twins Are Hoping April Showers Bring May Power
By Tom Schreier - Apr 12, 2025
Rocco Baldelli grew up playing in Rhode Island’s cold weather. Still, he recalls the chill he felt during the 2008 World Series when it moved to Philadelphia […]
Twins
425 Is the Number That Will Define This Twins Season
By Tom Schreier - Apr 9, 2025
The Minnesota Twins started 3-6 for the second year in a row. Vegas projects the St. Louis Cardinals to win 76.5 games this year, their lowest total […]
Vikings
Kevin O’Connell Is Putting Himself First In the Aaron Rodgers Saga
By Tom Schreier - Apr 4, 2025
In 2008, former ESPN host Trey Wingo was interviewing former Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson on their draft broadcast when the New England Patriots took […]