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Garrett Bradbury is Not a First Round Blunder
By Preet Shah - Feb 17, 2021
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The 2020 Vikings’ 12 Days of Christmas
By Chris Schad - Dec 24, 2020
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Brett Jones is Providing Short-Term Salvation at Right Guard
By John Tuvey - Dec 1, 2020
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Vikings Mailbag: Special Teams Woes, End-of-Half Aggression & 2020 Redraft
By Sam Ekstrom - Nov 20, 2020
For years the listeners of our Football Machine Vikings podcast have sent in amazing Twitter questions, and far too often we’ve had to leave many of them on the […]
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Ezra Cleveland Held His Own in His Debut
By John Tuvey - Oct 28, 2020
With both Pat Elflein and Dru Samia out, the Vikings tossed second-round selection Ezra Cleveland into the right guard vacancy against Atlanta. Given the performance of his predecessors this season the bar was set pretty low, but while Cleveland’s performance was far from All Pro caliber he flashed enough ability to earn more looks — at guard and potentially tackle as well — as the Vikings use this lost season to figure out how to upgrade their offensive line.
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Why Can’t the Vikings Find Guards?
By Chris Schad - Oct 13, 2020
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The Vikings Overhaul Looks Really Bad Right Now
By Chris Schad - Sep 21, 2020
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3 Things We Learned From the Loss to the Colts
By Nik Edlund - Sep 21, 2020
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4 Vikings Who Need to Step Up Against the Colts
By Nik Edlund - Sep 16, 2020
The Minnesota Vikings kicked their season off with a 43-34 loss to the Green Bay Packers, a game that was not as close as the score indicates. […]
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Breakdowns From the Top Down Doom Vikings Offensive Line in Week 1
By John Tuvey - Sep 16, 2020
If you limited yourself to selected areas of the box score without knowing the final score, you might think the Vikings offensive line acquitted itself well in the season opener. But breakdowns from the top on down — questionable decisions by the coaches, lack of communication between the experienced starters, and little from the unit's only new member — ultimately added up to a disheartening Week 1 loss.
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The Minnesota Vikings are Banking on Continuity and Experience to Improve the Offensive Line
By John Tuvey - Sep 8, 2020
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The Biggest Concerns Coming Out of Minnesota Vikings Training Camp
By Nik Edlund - Sep 2, 2020