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  We will do nightly live recaps at camp.
Posted by: Mike Olson - 07-31-2017, 04:02 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (5)

Geoff and Tom (and Likely Bob and crew on Wednesday) will recap what they saw at training camp each day.  (Wed @8:00pm, Thurs @ 6:00pm, Fri @6:00pm, SAT TBD). Will you participate and ask questions of Geoff and the gang? This will be a short piece each night likely about 20-30 mins. 

I hope you can join us and help to make a great piece.

You can access the VikeFans Live interactive from the navigation menu above. 

Or by following this link
 https://vikefans.com/vikefans-live/

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  No Timetable For Murray's Return
Posted by: JustinTime18™ - 07-31-2017, 03:57 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (5)

Latavius Murray - RB - VikingsLatavius Murray (ankle, active/PUP) said there is still no timetable for his return.

Murray would only commit to being ready for the regular season, and coach Mike Zimmer said he does not know when the running back will be able to practice. Despite some optimism at the start of camp, it sounds like Murray still has a long way to go before he is cleared. With Murray's health up in the air, second-rounder Dalvin Cook is the clear favorite for the starting job.

Source: Chris Tomasson on Twitter Jul 31 - 12:46 PM

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  WR Michael Floyd 'looks and acts like a #1 WR'
Posted by: StickyBun - 07-31-2017, 09:17 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (16)

Ben Leber just mentioned this in a tweet about Viking's camp. That was the upside in taking a chance on this guy. Big guy, 6'2", 220+ lbs. Good speed. Former 1st round pick. Still young at 27 years old. If he can stay clean and healthy, he's going to make plays for this team when he gets back from his 4 game suspension. 

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  Rhodes: I Was Surprised
Posted by: ThunderGod - 07-31-2017, 12:29 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (6)

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  THE HITMAN
Posted by: ThunderGod - 07-31-2017, 12:12 AM - Forum: The Longship - No Replies

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  Vikings: Dalvin Cook quickly adjusting to the speed of the NFL
Posted by: purplefaithful - 07-31-2017, 12:02 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (2)

MANKATO, Minn. – After playing college football at Florida State, Vikings rookie running back Dalvin Cook remembered thinking that the speed of the game couldn’t possibly get any faster.
Then his first NFL training camp started this week.
“And it does (get faster),” Cook said. “You’ve just got to adjust to it. Once you know what you’re doing, you can move at the speed (the veterans are) moving. But the vets have been out there for seven or eight years. They know what to do. They aren’t as fast as you, but they know where to be at and how to do it. So you’ve got to study your technique and be a mastermind at your game.”
As Cook quickly tries to absorb life in the NFL as the Vikings’ top draft pick, he has been thrown into early action during training camp. 
http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/29/vik...f-the-nfl/


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  Cook: I Didn't Realize Our Defense Was This Good
Posted by: ThunderGod - 07-31-2017, 12:00 AM - Forum: The Longship - No Replies

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  Vikings WR Laquon Treadwell smiling again after disastrous rookie season
Posted by: purplefaithful - 07-30-2017, 11:48 PM - Forum: The Longship - No Replies

http://www.twincities.com/2017/07/29/vik...ie-season/


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  Mike Zimmer's random game simulations aim to help Vikings in clutch
Posted by: purplefaithful - 07-30-2017, 09:55 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (1)



Mike Zimmer's random game simulations aim to help Vikings in clutchRandom simulated game situations have become more common at Vikings practices as Zimmer tries different teaching tools to improve his team’s "clutch gene."

MANKATO — Mike Zimmer ordered his Vikings offense to its own 2-yard line.

“Make them punt the ball!” Zimmer said to his defense.

First, defenders corralled a Dalvin Cook carry. Then Stefon Diggs was wrapped up just short of the first-down marker. From the 10-yard line, the offense needed just one yard for a first down.
In this situation Zimmer concocted — or rather copied from previous NFL games during a summer study of his — the offense had a two-point lead and looked to run the clock out in the fourth quarter while backed up to its own end zone.
“If we gave up a safety, we’d be in trouble,” center Nick Easton said.
The defense needed to get a stop. Eager to thwart the run on third-and-1, defenders bit hard on Bradford’s play-action handoff to Cook.
Then Bradford found Kyle Rudolph over the top on a 25-yard strike down the left hash marks. Rudolph likely would’ve scored a 90-yard touchdown past safeties Harrison Smith and Andrew Sendejo.
“The defense is not doing well right now,” Smith said after the play. “It was a good play call, honestly. We should still be able to cover everything now matter what the play call is. That was a good one there and we just got to tighten it up a little bit.”
Random simulated game situations have become more common at Vikings practices as Zimmer tries different teaching tools to improve his team’s ‘clutch gene,’ if you will. This comes after the Vikings lost a handful of close games in a 3-8 skid that soured a 5-0 start.
Each practice provides a new setting from Zimmer’s list...
http://www.startribune.com/how-mike-zimm...437481693/

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  Souhan: Freakish stars highlight best Vikings players at training camps
Posted by: purplefaithful - 07-30-2017, 09:49 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (1)

As the Vi­kings spend their last train­ing camp in Man­kato, here are the 12 most en­ter­tain­ing play­ers, in one man's opinion.– Dalvin Cook took a hand­off and ran into a hu­man wall. He bounced backward, like a dirt bike equipped with a re­verse gear, then exe­cuted a few steps that might land him on “Dan­cing With The Stars” be­fore burst­ing into the secon­dary.
This oc­cur­red on the first day of full-squad train­ing camp prac­tice for the Vi­kings. The de­fend­ers were not tack­ling, but his deft foot­work and bursts of speed made Cook the most in­trigu­ing play­er on the field.
I’ve been at­tend­ing Vi­kings train­ing camps since 1990. Most of the prac­tices are so bor­ing they make you crave the rel­a­tive thrills of sixth-in­ning pitch­ing changes ... unless there is a rare tal­ent on the field.
Cook might qual­i­fy. As the Vi­kings spend their last train­ing camp in Man­kato, here are the 12 most en­ter­tain­ing play­ers I’ve watched here:
12. Antoine Win­field
11. Joey Brown­er

10. Scott Studwell

9. Randall Mc­Dan­iel

8. John Ran­dle

7. Daun­te Cul­pep­per

6. Chad Green­way

5. Robert Smith

4. Per­cy Har­vin

3. Cris Carter

2. Brett Fav­re

1. Randy Moss

read all the detail here:
http://www.startribune.com/freakish-star.../437406033


Jim Souhan’s pod­cast can be heard at MNSPN.com. Twit­ter: @SouhanStrib. E-mail: [email protected]

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