Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team that makes Minneapolis, Minnesota its home base. They are part of the National Football League and play in the North Division of the National Football Conference. They were originally going to be part of the American Football League, but the ownership found that they preferred to be in the NFL. They were a 1961 expansion team.
As a NFL member, they have won their division. They have the distinction of being the first to appear in four Super Bowls as well as being the first to lose four Super Bowls.
The Minnesota Vikings history begins in August of 1959 when three Minnesotan businessmen named Bill Boyer, H.P. Skoglund and Max Winter were awarded with a new franchise in the American Football League. Bernie Ridder joined these three men in their ownership of the team and this ownership decided to forfeit their AFL membership and become part of the National Football League. To become part of the NFL, they had to add Ole Haugsrund as part of the ownership. The NFL had a deal with him that he would get 10% of any future Minnesota team as compensation for buying his Minnesotan football team in the 1920's. They accepted this new member to their group and they were awarded with the NFL's 14th franchise. The team did not play until 1961.
Other than losing four Super Bowls in their history, Minnesota Vikings are known for making one of the biggest personnel blunders in the history of the NFL. This blunder took place when they acquired Herschel Walker from Dallas. In the deal, they got Herschel, a 3rd draft pick (Mike Jones), a 5th draft pick (Reggie Thornton), a 1990 10th round choice (Pat Newman) and a 1991 3rd round choice named Jake Reed. In return, Dallas got Issiac Holt, David Howard, Darrin Nelson, Jesse Solomon, Alex Stewart, 1990 1st, 2nd and 6th round choices, 1991 1st and 2nd round choices and the 1992 1st and 2nd round choices. Dallas Cowboys definitely got the better part of this deal. As result of this deal, they got Emmit Smith and Darren Woodson. Their draft picks lead them to 3 Super Bowl victories in the 1990s. The Minnesota Vikings did not win any Super Bowls and Herschel Walker did not have a good career with the team.
A rune stone that was found in a small Minnesotan town supposedly curses the Minnesota Vikings. It is known how you get rid of the curse.
Sidney Rice comes back from a 15 catch season, the story goes on to talk about how Sidney is having a huge year with the addition of Brett Favre. I remember when we drafted him, he had high hopes and granted, an injury came up but I think the real reason was the fact that Minnesota really didn't have a rockstar QB.
It does remind me of the decision making of Brad Childress once he got here. He did move up for Tavaris and he's been on the hook for that decision but when he brings in a guy like Brett Favre, you can definitely see the difference.
Wheter or not Brett Favre comes back, the QB spot needs to be addressed.
The guy definitely knows how to talk it up out there. I thought John Randle was the king of chatter but this guys mouth never stops. As of this writing, it's good to have him with us this year. It truly is one of those magical seasons where it could've gone all bad but is turning out pretty good. I remember when Joe Montana went to Kansas City for one year and took them to the NFC championship game. Brett Favre has done that for Minnesota and I look forward to the game this weekend with New Orleans.
If we play to our potential, there's a Super Bowl birth for us!
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We won the game at home 27-10 and it's great to see this guy play the game. The way he talks and interacts is such a breath of fresh air. You can completely see that he's extremely confident in this system, he knows that all the talent is here and he has a chance to have a magical year.
As of this writing, we are on our way down to New Orleans who is on fire this year. They did have a bit of a fluke towards the end when they lost three straight games and lost in OT to Tampa Bay who really had a terrible season. The smoked Arizona last week and it's going to be a tough challenge for us so I look forward to Sunday.
A special video on Brett Favre which aired before their win over the Lions, on November 22, 2007.
There's no shots of him as Minnesota Viking but this just adds to the legend that he went on to play for the New York Jets and the Minnesota Vikings. As of this writing, we are getting ready to play the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
I believe that we will crush them, they have yet to see our full potential !!!
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The video starts off with Joe Kapp talking about he couldn't accept the most valuable Vikings award and walked off the stage. The theme of the year was "40 for 60" which is 4o players pulling together and playing as one team for 60 minutes.
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