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Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports It’s Super Bowl week Super Bowl week is here, which means there is only one week until we will be without meaningful football until September. Good luck, everyone. Since our last Open Thread... Broncos Release Ejiro Evero From his Contract Why Ejiro Evero is at the Top of the List to be Vikings Defensive Coordinator Vikings’ Running Backs … [Read more...] about Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 6 February 2023

Jared Allen (right) has continued pursuing his dreams of curling glory | Photo by David Berding/Getty Images And he got a big boost this weekend Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen is still awaiting word of whether or not he’s going to be heading to Canton this year. This past weekend, his focus was on Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa is where the World Curling … [Read more...] about Jared Allen still chasing competitive curling dreams

Big news breaks right before the show start and Vikings fans can breathe easier as the team hires their new defensive coordinator, Brian Flores. What will he bring to the team and how does Tyler’s scouting at the Senior Bowl figure into it all? SKOL! On this The Real Forno Show - *** BREAKING NEWS *** The Minnesota Vikings' search for a defensive coordinator is over. … [Read more...] about Brian Flores, The Vikings, & Senior Bowl Week

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Habemus coachem Ladies and gentlemen. . .we got him. Steelers’ assistant coach Brian Flores is accepting the Vikings’ defensive coordinator job, per source.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 6, 2023 Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Minnesota Vikings are hiring Brian Flores to be their new defensive coordinator, filling the … [Read more...] about Vikings to hire Brian Flores as defensive coordinator

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The new format concludes today! The first-ever Pro Bowl Games will conclude today in Lost Wages, Nevada, and people seem to be enjoying the more skill-based approach this year’s event is taking compared to what the actual Pro Bowl itself had turned into over the past few seasons. A couple of Minnesota Vikings will feature prominently in … [Read more...] about 2023 Pro Bowl Games: How to watch and discussion thread

Deep thoughts on the running back room, the defensive coordinator search, and the young talent on display at the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Game were all broken down by Darren and Dave with you. SKOL! On today’s episode of Two Old Bloggers - The Minnesota Vikings keep moving forward and their off-season plans. The search for a new defensive coordinator continues and will … [Read more...] about Vikings’ Running Backs & The DC search

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Uh oh Just when it looked like the defensive coordinator search for Kevin O’Connell and the Minnesota Vikings was starting to see some positive developments, things appear to have taken a negative track on this Sunday. Our friends at Cat Scratch Reader (among others) are reporting that Ejiro Evero is going to be the Carolina Panthers’ … [Read more...] about Vikings’ defensive coordinator search takes a couple of negative turns

Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images But there could be a catch The Minnesota Vikings have requested an opportunity to talk to another defensive coordinator candidate, but at this point nobody’s sure whether or not it will actually happen. According to numerous sources, including our friends at Mile High Report, the Vikings have … [Read more...] about Vikings officially request to interview Ejiro Evero for defensive coordinator position

Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The list gets shorter While the Minnesota Vikings are still trying to add names to their search for their next defensive coordinator, one of the men they have already interviewed has decided to drop out of the running for the job. Sean Desai, who the Vikings interviewed a couple of weeks ago, has withdrawn his name … [Read more...] about Sean Desai withdraws from consideration for Vikings’ DC position