Josh Oliver Touchdown-Dependent Tight End In Week 1

Minnesota Vikings tight end Josh Oliver is nominally the starter for the team in their Week 1 game against the New York Giants. The good news for the 27-year-old tight end is that he will likely get to start on the field in the position for the first month of the year as usual starter […]

Justin Jefferson A Must Start In Week 1 Against The Giants

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson is starting for any team that drafted him in the first round this year. No wide receiver has been as productive in receiving yardage through four seasons, and his receiving yards per game have increased yearly, topping off at 107.4 yards per game last season. With that said, the […]

Aaron Jones Has RB1 Upside In Week 1 Against The Giants

Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones looks to have a productive debut in the purple and gold as his team faces the New York Giants in Week 1. The Vikings weren't productive on the ground in 2023, largely due to a reliance on subpar rushers in the backfield -- something they corrected in free agency […]

Sam Darnold A Risky Play Week 1 Against The Giants

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold makes his team debut as he travels to play a New York Giants defense that was competent against quarterbacks for fantasy last season. The 27-year-old has plenty of reason to think he can course-correct his career to this point as he is playing with objectively the best offensive situation he's […]

What Time is Thursday Night Football? Week 1 NFL Schedule

Fans are gearing up for the season's first kickoff after a very long offseason.  It's been a while since last year's Super Bowl ended, so the 2024 season couldn't come fast enough. It should be an exciting matchup as well. Usually, the kickoff game to open the season is an incredibly competitive matchup as ten […]

Bruce Clark's Three Bold Predictions for the 2024 Fantasy Football Season

It's the best time of the year. Everyone has high hopes and high expectations for their real teams in the NFL and their fictional ones in fantasy. With only a few days away from the NFL season kicking off, the wisdom of the crowd has impacted average draft positions and perspectives of elite players. These […]

Will Reichard Perfect, Makes All Six Kicks Against The Eagles

Minnesota Vikings rookie kicker Will Reichard was perfect for the second straight game, going 4-for-4 on field-goal attempts and 2-for-2 on extra point tries in the team's final preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The all-time leading scorer in NCAA history showed off his accuracy and leg strength as well, drilling a 57-yard field goal […]

Lucky Jackson Catches Four Passes In Final Preseason Game

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Lucky Jackson was featured early and often against the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday, hauling in four of his six targets for 53 yards receiving. The former Canadian Football League and XFL standout led both teams in receiving and made a couple of very difficult receptions against tough coverage, rewarding quarterback Jaren […]

Myles Gaskin Compiles 67 Yards From Scrimmage To Close Preseason

Minnesota Vikings running back Myles Gaskin got the start for the team's final preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles and had 15 total touches in his early work. The former Miami Dolphin and Los Angeles Ram ended his day with 13 carries for 61 yards on the ground while bringing in both of his targets […]

Jaren Hall Shines In Final Preseason Game

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Jaren Hall played well in the team's last preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles, completing 17 of 25 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns while adding 11 yards on the ground. The 26-year-old led the Vikings on five consecutive scoring drives and left the game with a 23-3 lead. The second-year […]

Jaren Hall Effective In Opportunity For Backup Quarterback Role

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Jaren Hall played most of the second half against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday, looking sharp in his limited passing opportunities. The 2023 fifth-round pick completed four of his five passes for 87 yards and two scores, including an incredible 71-yard bomb to Jeshaun Jones. The Vikings were ahead by multiple scores […]

Jalen Nailor Shows Explosiveness In Only Reception

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jalen Nailor played only one drive but saw two looks in the team's second preseason game against the Cleveland Browns. The third-year wideout reeled in one of his two targets for an impressive 31-yard nab on 3rd-and-7 as he continues to impress for the competition of third wide receiver on the […]

Kene Nwangwu Rushes For 45 Yards Against Cleveland

Minnesota Vikings running back Kene Nwangwu showed consistency and reliability in his starting opportunity against the Cleveland Browns. He had seven rushing attempts for 45 yards in Saturday's win over Cleveland. Nwangwu found holes and seemed to run toward daylight on each of his carries, building off his 52-yard and one-score performance from last week's […]

Nick Mullens Inconsistent In Backup QB Audition

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Nick Mullens got the start and played the first half in the team's second preseason game against the Cleveland Browns. The seventh-year veteran completed 11 of his 21 attempts, accumulating 135 yards passing with one touchdown and no interceptions. Mullens looked sharp in his first two drives as he led his team […]

Jalen Nailor Shines In Preseason Opener

Minnesota Vikings second-year receiver Jalen Nailor pulled in three receptions for 63 yards on four targets in the opening two drives against the Las Vegas Raiders. The loss of K.J. Osborn in the offseason left the Vikings looking towards an open competition for the third receiver on their depth chart, a critical position as Osborn […]

Jordan Addison Involved But Quiet In Only Drive

Minnesota Vikings receiver Jordan Addison played only one drive, though he saw two targets from quarterback Sam Darnold's eight pass attempts. The first of the targets was a wild pass, thrown by Darnold about seven yards too far from Addison on a deep pass to the right of the field that could have been a […]

Ty Chandler Inconsistent As Starter In First Preseason Game

Minnesota Vikings second-string running back Ty Chandler got the start as the team was resting new free agent back Aaron Jones. Chandler played the first two drives, netting seven carries for 33 rushing yards. The raw stats do not tell the whole story, as his first four attempts in the first drive gained just seven […]

Sam Darnold Solid In Vikings Preseason Debut

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold debuted with his new team against the Las Vegas Raiders, putting up 59 yards on four of eight passing in his one and only drive to start the game. He was up-and-down, though mostly reliable in his lone drive as he was hampered by two Ty Chandler drops. The 27-year-old […]

J.J. McCarthy Bounces Back From Early INT With Explosive Second-Half

Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy played six drives for the team in his first in-game action, leading the team to three touchdowns and another drive that ended in a missed field goal. The Vikings first-round pick looked uncomfortable in the pocket early, running from the pocket and throwing an off-balance pass intercepted by Las […]

When is the First 'Thursday Night Football' Game of the 2024 NFL Season? Date, Start Time, TV Info

The 2024 NFL season is just over one month away, and we are all itching to see how the year unfolds. Since 2004 (for the most part), the reigning Super Bowl champions have played host to the kickoff Thursday night game. This season is no exception, as the Kansas City Chiefs compete against the Baltimore […]

Three NFL Teams Due for Negative Regression in 2024

The NFL is a massively competitive league and parity is an expected part of the sport. The league pushes teams to .500 through a lot of means -- through giving the worst teams better draft picks, implementing the hard salary cap, and having better teams within divisions play more difficult competition the following season. This, […]

2024 NFL Season Prime-Time Game Schedule - NFL Season Outlook

The anticipation for the 2024 NFL season was amplified on May 15 when the NFL released each team's 2024 schedule. Even though we all knew the opponents each team would play against, there is something special about seeing the final product -- the order of division and out-of-division games, seeing the marquee matchups throughout the […]

2024 NFL Outlook - Top Offensive Rookie of the Year Candidates

Now that the 2024 NFL Draft is behind us, everyone has had an opportunity to get excited about their favorite team's new players and we start anticipating their rookie seasons. The draft was quite heavy with offensive players at the top -- 25 of the first 34 picks play on the offensive side of the […]

2024 NFL Draft - Minnesota Vikings Potential Trade-Up Scenarios

The Minnesota Vikings are at a franchise fork in the road, and this offseason could potentially be the most important one in the careers of head coach Kevin O'Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. The worst-kept secret in the NFL is that the Vikings are salivating at the opportunity to trade up from the 11th […]

Who Will the New England Patriots Select With the No. 3 Pick? 2024 NFL Draft Outlook

The last time the New England Patriots drafted within the top three in the NFL Draft was in 1993 when they drafted Drew Bledsoe. Thirty-one years later, the Patriots find themselves near the top of the draft again and equally need a quarterback. However, New England also requires many other positions, making the third pick this […]

Is Brock Purdy Eligible For A New Contract this Offseason?

Brock Purdy, one of the most productive quarterbacks in the league, is slated to make $985,000 in the 2024 season, tied for the 65th-highest salary in the NFL among QBs this year and lower than players like Hendon Hooker, Sam Ehlinger, Will Grier, and Cooper Rush. Purdy, who finished the 2023 season fourth in the […]

NFL Free Agent Signings: Instant Analysis from the First Day of Free Agency

Yesterday was fun, wasn't it? When the free agency period began, it started fast and furious with many big-named players signing with new teams and other solid contributors finding their way to their next rosters as well. The biggest names get the attention of course. Kirk Cousins landing in Atlanta and Saquon Barkley finding his […]

All-Time Leading Receiver for Every NFL Franchise

As the NFL leans toward efficient and explosive passing, we have seen more high-level receiving production in recent years. The modern NFL has a focus on securing top-notch pass-catchers too; just in the last few seasons, we have seen players like Tyreek Hill, A.J. Brown, and D.J. Moore traded for premium draft capital, and the […]