In 1976, Vikings rookie receiver Sammy White had touchdown catches of 40 yards or longer in his first two NFL games. That hadn’t happen since then. Today, it did. Ja'Marr Chase of the Bengals, with a 42-yard touchdown catch at Chicago, became the first rookie receiver to do it since White, forty-five years ago. White [more] … [Read more...] about Ja’Marr Chase matches a feat from 1976

The Vikings fanbase has a complicated relationship with their kickers. Gary Anderson, Blair Walsh, Dan Bailey, and others — these are the kickers who have drawn the ire of Minnesota fans for missing field goals at key moments. In his second game with the Vikings, Greg Joseph did something that all those kickers did before: he missed a big kick. Joseph couldn’t make a 37-yard … [Read more...] about Vikings vs. Cardinals: Everything we know

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The Vikings and Cardinals played a wild first half of football, and it ended with a tremendous boot by Matt Prater. Prater, the kicker in his first year in Arizona, hit a 62-yard field goal as the second quarter expired. It was the latest in a long line of long field goals by Prater, who [more] … [Read more...] about Cardinals take halftime lead on Matt Prater 62-yard field goal

In what may have been the most entertaining game so far in this NFL season, the Vikings and Cardinals battled back and forth for 60 minutes until Minnesota missed a last-second field goal and Arizona escaped with a 34-33 win. Kirk Cousins did everything in his power for the Vikings, completing 22 of 32 passes [more] … [Read more...] about Cardinals beat Vikings in a wild one

The Vikings released their list of inactives for the Week 2 matchup against the Cardinals, and the biggest storylines came from the players not featured on the list. LB Eric Kendricks was limited in practice earlier this week, and was listed as questionable on the injury report. However, Kendricks was nowhere to be found on the list of inactives, so it’s still possible that the … [Read more...] about Vikings inactives list for the Cardinals game

Through the first two games of the season, the Vikings have found ways to put their fans through a variety of different emotions. In Week 2, Minnesota took the early lead against Arizona when quarterback Kirk Cousins threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver K.J. Osborn. The Vikings almost forced a turnover when cornerback Bashaud Breeland knocked the ball out of wide receiver … [Read more...] about Vikings vs. Cardinals: Top photos from Week 2 so far

Last year, the Vikings had an excuse for poor cornerback play. They foolishly decided to rely on too many rookies. This year, they’ll need a new excuse if the cornerback play doesn’t hold up. Veterans Patrick Peterson and Bashaud Breeland won the starting jobs this year. And it wasn’t a good start, at least not [more] … [Read more...] about Vikings still have questions at cornerback