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Monday Open Thread Good Morning! Gone Fishin and his family are on vacation from Hoth for a while, he told me how long he’d be gone but I forgot/or more likely wasn’t paying attention. I sent him a Pony Express card text last week but never heard back from him. Johnny Cash’s birthday is February 26th, this week’s music selections will be devoted to him. Today is Monday for … [Read more...] about Minnesota Vikings News and Links: February 24th, 2020

Arif and James are back to talk about Everson Griffen, the highlights of the CBA negotiation, and a quick recap of the XFL action of the day. We also go into draft strategy, taking over a non-playoff team roster, what Minnesota’s XFL team should be named, and what not to do on a first date.  *****Download Link Here***** Episode Notes: Here’s the NFLPA CBA fact sheet that … [Read more...] about Norse Code Podcast Episode 318: The Joys of Collective Bargaining

Chuck Cook -USA TODAY Sports Looking at upcoming roster positions on key personnel DN you got to let me know...should I stay or should I go? —The Clash (almost) Howdy, and I hope your Monday isn’t as bad as we anticipate it usually will be. We roll on with our SISOSIG series, and I hope you’re enjoying it. If you’re not, but still clicked here...hate clicks are better than … [Read more...] about Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Anthony Harris

Weekend Open Thread Good Morning! … [Read more...] about Minnesota Vikings News and Links: February 22nd and 23rd, 2020

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Don’t quit my day job! This plan will not be very popular! Time for another plan before the combine and possibly the new CBA. I am doing this plan with the possibility of no new CBA being ready by the time free agency starts. If this occurs then the 30% rule comes into effect. Here is the 30% rule explained ... … [Read more...] about Vikings Off Season Plan v5.0

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images And we are all over the place Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the initial installment of our 2020 Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database! Yes, with the NFL Scouting Combine officially upon us. . .the first group of players start reporting to Indianapolis on Sunday. . .draft season is officially upon us and we can look at what experts around … [Read more...] about Minnesota Vikings 2020 Mock Draft Database, Pre-Combine version

Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports One contract option that’s not really being talked about Hi gang, hope your weekend is off to a good start. If you’re a regular reader of this here site, you’ve probably seen the players that we’ve been profiling in our ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’ series, and if you are, thank you for reading them. If you haven’t, we’ve looking at some … [Read more...] about The Salary Cap and Harrison Smith

Photo by Walt Disney Television via Getty Images 40 years ago today. I was witness to the greatest sports miracle in American history 40 years ago today, long before Stefon Diggs galloped across the goal line to beat the Saints in the playoffs, I watched a Miracle play out on my television set from cold and frigid northern Minnesota. Even 40 years later, it’s hard to put … [Read more...] about Sometimes, Sports Matters

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images We roll on through the new league’s first month! We’re into the third week of XFL v2.0, and overall things appear to be going pretty well for the new league, in my opinion. The football action has been enjoyable and it appears that Vince McMahon has got his folks focused on football and player safety rather than things like, I don’t know, … [Read more...] about XFL Week 3 Schedule and Discussion