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  Vikings QB Case Keenum conjures memories of Fran Tarkenton
Posted by: purplefaithful - 12-07-2017, 02:57 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (1)

The last time the Vikings went to the Super Bowl, they were led by scrambling quarterback Fran Tarkenton. Could another scrambler get them there this season?
Former Minnesota running back Chuck Foreman, who was on three Super Bowl teams in the 1970s with Tarkenton, isn’t making any predictions. But Foreman said Case Keenum does conjure up some memories of Tarkenton eluding pass rushers.
“They’re similar in a lot of ways because (Keenum) has the ability to escape a problem and make that problem into an asset,” Foreman said Wednesday. “When it comes to that, he’s got a lot of the traits that Fran had. It makes (Keenum) special.”
Keenum is 8-2 as a starter for the Vikings, who are 10-2 and in position to have the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The top seed would assure that Minnesota, with Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium, would play all potential playoff games at home.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/12/06/vik...tarkenton/


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  Ex-Viking Captain Munnerlyn says he left ‘millions on table’ to join Panthers
Posted by: purplefaithful - 12-07-2017, 02:53 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (22)

Cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said Wednesday he turned down a deal worth millions of dollars more when he left the Vikings in free agency last spring to return to the Carolina Panthers.
Munnerlyn played three years with Minnesota after being with the Panthers from 2009-13. The Vikings and Panthers play Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.
“When you leave millions of dollars on the table, it’s definitely a tough decision,” Munnerlyn told Carolina reporters. “But at the same time, Charlotte was my home. This is a place that I wanted to be.’’
Munnerlyn wouldn’t say specifically how much Minnesota offered. He signed a four-year deal with the Panthers that could be worth as much as $21 million.
“To come back here was a no-brainer for me,’’ Munnerlyn said. “I still had my house here. This is the organization that drafted me, that gave me the opportunity to play the game I love.”
http://www.twincities.com/2017/12/06/ex-...anthers-2/

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  California peeps
Posted by: Vikergirl - 12-07-2017, 02:52 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (9)

Anyone near the wildfires? Stay safe and check in when you can. Sending love and light to all of you.

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  Behind one of the biggest collapses in NFL History...
Posted by: purplefaithful - 12-07-2017, 02:52 AM - Forum: The Longship - No Replies

Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Can Sliding Chiefs Save Their Season in Time?http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2747354-mike-freemans-10-point-stance-can-sliding-chiefs-save-their-season-in-time?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

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  Goodell signs extension
Posted by: Vikergirl - 12-07-2017, 02:38 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (17)

https://twitter.com/SportsQuotient/statu...4688247808

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  SKOL Show Live - 9pm Central
Posted by: KyVikesFan11 - 12-07-2017, 02:35 AM - Forum: The Longship - No Replies

Come join the Vikings conversation in the mixr chatroom https://t.co/XzLm7Tqvum

-Fun stats conversation
-NFC Playoff Picture
-Carolina game Preview

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  NFL Turning Point Video - How Andrew Sendejo Saved the Day for Vikings
Posted by: Nichelle - 12-07-2017, 01:33 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (7)

This week's Turning Point series featured Sendejo (and a special appearance by Tarkenton): 

http://www.nfl.com/m/share?p=%2Fvideos%2...ning-Point


And another one below because almost anything done by 'NFL Films' is fun to watch.- 

Anthony Harris, Rams game:  http://www.nfl.com/m/share?p=%2Fvideos%2...ning-Point

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  2010...
Posted by: purplefaithful - 12-07-2017, 12:52 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (1)

Guess which team was 6/6 and then went on to win the SB?

2017; Guess which team is 6/6,  getting their franchise qb back? 

Just saying...Not sure the defense is there this year, but lightening tends to strike just east of here. That Lamblow game wont be easy on Xmas eve. Division games never are. 

Maybe this will finally be the year the 10/2 team wins it all...

SKOL


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  Reusse: Why wasn't Keenum drafted? Ex Gopher solves mystery...
Posted by: purplefaithful - 12-06-2017, 11:50 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (7)

Vikings quarterback Case Keenum was so good, he made and broke coaching careers at HoustonTony Levine, a former Gophers wide receiver who coached at the University of Houston, said that pro scouts "tried to come up with every reason they could to ignore" Keenum's college statistics and success.Levine was a receivers and special teams coach for Sumlin from 2008 to 2011, the bulk of Keenum’s career. He saw the amazing performances from Keenum, and also what happened to the Cougars in 2010 when Case tore an ACL in the third game of the season at UCLA.
“We started 2-0 with Case,’’ Levine said. “We lost when he got hurt at UCLA, and went 3-7 over the last 10 games of the season.’’
Keenum had redshirted as a freshman in 2006. In January 2011, he was awarded another season by the NCAA due to the third-game injury. That made Case a sixth-year senior as the Cougars finished 13-1 and wound up No. 8 in the national rankings.
Maybe that was it … the NFL teams thought Keenum was too old to draft at 23? Or his arm was tired from throwing 2,229 collegiate passes?
“I can remember vividly an NFL scout telling me, ‘If Case was two inches taller, he would be drafted in the first round,’ ‘’ Levine said. “And the other thing you always heard was, ‘He’s a system quarterback.’
“They tried to come up with every reason they could to ignore the stats he had and the games he won. Whenever I talked to someone from the NFL, I would say, ‘Those stats and wins … they were not by accident.’ ‘’
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-quart...462330323/

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  OT: RIP Ralph Jon Fritz...
Posted by: purplefaithful - 12-06-2017, 11:46 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (3)

Us locals darn near grew-up with him...

Ralph Jon Fritz, the long-time WCCO sportscaster, has passed away after a long struggle with stomach cancer. He was 78. Mark Rosen, who worked for decades with Fritz, said his friend never forgot the fact that he was a small-town kid from Sleepy Eye, Minn."He never lost that folksy, homespun way of doing his work," Rosen said Wednesday. "Cornballish? Yeah, sometimes. But Fritz could pull it off."
http://www.startribune.com/longtime-wcco...462366533/

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