Reuben Frank of CSNPhilly.com writes that the Philadelphia will find plenty of interest in CB Joselio Hanson at this point in the preseason and lists some of teams with ties to Hanson. “It doesn’t hurt that four former Eagles defensive coaches are now head coaches — Ron Rivera in Carolina, John Harbaugh in Baltimore, Steve Spagnuola in [...]
August 27, 2011
Nate Bouda
Eagles, Panthers, Rams, Vikings
The 2010 season didn’t exactly turn out to be a successful year for Donovan McNabb. Instead it seemed as though McNabb hit several career lows and endured even more embarrassment after Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan benched him in favor of Rex Grossman. Geoff Mosher of DelawareOnline.com writes that McNabb’s career could actually be coming to [...]
Steve Wyche of NFL.com reports that the Minnesota Vikings short list of quarterbacks doesn’t include Vince Young. Wyche mentions that the team has yet to have internal discussions regarding a possible trade for Young which basically indicates that they’re planning on exploring other options. Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier has already said that they plan [...]
May 17, 2011
Nate Bouda
Titans, Vikings
Minnesota Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier seems confident in Christian Ponder‘s abilities and made it clear that he’ll have a legitimate shot at starting for them in 2011. “Ideally, I’d like for him to be ready to go when we play San Diego (on Sept. 11),” Frazier said during an interview with 1500 ESPN Twin Cities. “That [...]
May 2, 2011
Nate Bouda
Redskins, Vikings
ESPN 1500′s Tom Pelissero mentions that he believes the Minnesota Vikings will be taking Jake Locker at No. 12 overall in the coming draft after doing a ”lot of digging” on the subject. “He doesn’t have Brett’s arm talent,” said an executive for an NFC team. “But of this group of quarterbacks, if we were going [...]
April 11, 2011
Nate Bouda
Vikings
Sidney Rice’s agent Drew Rosenhaus informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Rice will be turning down the Vikings offer and plans on exploring the free agent market. There’s still a chance that Minnesota could retain Rice depending on what happens with the new restricted free agent requirements but as of none it appears that Rice is [...]
February 27, 2011
Nate Bouda
Vikings
The recent hiring of Craig Johnson Minnesota has brought about plenty of speculation that Vince Young could find himself in purple for the 2011 season. Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel added to the idea by tweeting that “I’m told to bank it, Titans QB Vince Young will be playing for the Vikings in 2011. [...]
January 26, 2011
Nate Bouda
Titans, Vikings
Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that there are some “strong indications” that the Vikings new head coach Leslie Frazier will promote Fred Pagac as the teams defensive coordinator. Zulgad also mentions that quarterback coach Kevin Rogers, offensive line coach Pat Morris, and assistant offensive line coach Jim Hueber will all be let go. As of [...]
January 5, 2011
Nate Bouda
Dolphins, Lions, Titans, Vikings
Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Leslie Frazier has agreed to become the Vikings head coach as the team heads into the offseason. While the news may not be all that surprising, it will help the Vikings focus on the necessary changes that will need to be made this offseason. Frazier has shown [...]
January 2, 2011
Nate Bouda
Vikings
Here’s a look at the potential options for the Denver Broncos head coaching vacancy now that the team has removed Josh McDaniels. Darrell Bevell — Vikings offensive coordinator could be an option but seems similar to McDaniels Brian Billick -Brings more experience which could be something that Pat Bowlen seeks in his next coach Troy Calhoun — Despite [...]
December 7, 2010
Nate Bouda
Broncos
Brett Favre – suffered a sprained shoulder on the teams first drive against the Bills. An MRI didn’t reveal anything negative or broken which should give him a good chance to start week 14. Leslie Frazier commented on the situation after the game by saying that Favre will start if healthy. Dez Bryant – went down [...]
December 6, 2010
Nate Bouda
Chargers, Cowboys, Seahawks, Vikings
Fox Sports’s Jay Glazer was the first to report that the Minnesota Vikings have made the decision to move without Brad Childress as their head coach. The news follows the teams loss to the division rival Green Bay Packers. It appears that Leslie Frazier will take over as the teams head coach for the remainder [...]
November 22, 2010
Nate Bouda
Vikings
Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com has put together a list of the top ten options for the Dallas Cowboys head coaching position. He has included odds for each of the coaching candidates. 1. John Fox - (2-1) 2. Jason Garrett (5-1) 3. Jim Harbaugh (8-1) 4. John Gruden (10-1) 5. Mike Zimmer (10-1) 6. Brian Schottenheimer (12-1) 7. [...]
November 10, 2010
Nate Bouda
Cowboys
Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports reported that some people in the Minnesota Vikings organization believed that head coach Brad Childress could have been let go in favor of defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier if they had lost to the Dallas Cowboys a few weeks ago. This would have been to most surprising turn of events given [...]
October 27, 2010
Nate Bouda
Vikings