Former Minnesota Vikings receiver Koren Robinson will have to serve 90 days in jail for fleeing police last August, a prosecutor said.
Robinson was sentenced in Nicollet County Court on Tuesday for leading officers on a high-speed chase from St. Peter to Mankato during Vikings training camp.
Assistant County Attorney Paul Tanis said Robinson will be on [...]
Forbes magazine recently ranked NFL teams in order of value with the Minnesota Vikings coming out at the bottom, due primarily to their home in the much-maligned HHH Metrodome. “That’s simply because of their stadium,” Senior editor Michael Ozanian said. “They have one of the five worst stadium situations in pro football.” Forbes puts a [...]
The 2006 ZEUS Critical Call Index (CCI) is an assessment of each NFL team’s performance in making optimal decisions on fourth downs, PATs and kickoffs. We refer to these types of play-calling decisions as “critical” because they often have a great effect on the outcome of a game.
Every critical decision for the 2006 regular season [...]
If numbers made the difference in the performance of a team, the cost of coaching staffs would reach staggering amounts. More does not necessarily translate to better. Quantity does not beget quality.
Indianapolis and Chicago, for example, got to the Super Bowl with 16- and 15-man staffs (sans the head coach), respectively. At the opposite end [...]
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf is among a small group of NFL owners complaining about revenue sharing inequities in the league. Wilf claims that due to rising labor costs the Vikings are running at a negative cash flow. The small market owners want a greater share of the revenue from the high revenue [...]
Offensive Players
Quarterbacks franchise tag=$12.615 million
Quarterbacks transition tag=$10.182 million
Off. linemen franchise tag=$9.556 million
Off. linemen transition tag=$8.267 million
Wide receivers franchise tag=$7.613 million
Wide receiverstransition tag=$7.040 million
Running backs franchise tag=$6.999 million
Running backs transition tag=$5.981 million
Tight ends franchise tag=$4.371 million
Tight ends transition tag=$3.612 million
Defensive Players
Defensive ends franchise tag=$8.644 million
Defensive ends transition tag=$7.701 million
Cornerbacks franchise tag=$7.790 million
Cornerbacks transition tag=$6.766 million
Linebackers franchise [...]
The Vikings will introduce Leslie Frazier as their new defensive coordinator at a 2:30 p.m. news conference this afternoon at Winter Park. Frazier replaces Mike Tomlin, who was hired by the Steelers as the head coach.
The latest Minnesota Vikings stadium financing plan appears dead before it even arrives at the state Capitol, judging by Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s dismissive take Monday on the possibility for a metrowide sales tax.
Pawlenty said a seven-county sales tax increase for stadium construction “isn’t going to fly.”
“The Vikings have themselves in a real pickle,” Pawlenty said.
Word [...]
Koren Robinson can go foward with his grievance against the Vikings. Sean Jensen reports that his:
“appeal date will be set in the coming week, and NFL Players Association general counsel Richard Berthelsen is confident the receiver can win the case against the Vikings.
“They’d have to show that they cut him for skill reasons [...]
The Minnesota Vikings may ask the Legislature to approve a Twin Cities metro-area sales tax to help pay for a new stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
The new stadium would feature a retractable roof and is likely to cost about 900 million dollars. It would be built around the site of the current Metrodome.
Team officials have approached [...]
