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"According to Cleveland’s Ken Carman of 92.3 The Fan, he says Nick Chubb is nearing a deal with an NFC North team in free agency. Who could it be??"

We are getting close to 3 pm central, maybe we'll find out whom the Vikings have been secretly after without comp picks to give up.

Their rookie minicamp for those players drafted or signed as undrafted free agents has not yet been scheduled. 

It will either be May 2-5 or May 9-12.

Organized team activities (OTAs) are on:
May 27-28
May 30
June 2-3
June 5
June 16-18.

Mandatory minicamp will be June 10-12.

The collective bargaining agreement stipulates teams are limited to 10 practice days for OTAs over four weeks.

Live contact is not allowed, but teams can run full practices.

OTAs typically don't command too much attention from fans — aside from off-the-field matters, like contract disputes — but this year will be different.

It will be the first time second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy gets all of the practice reps with the first-team offense.

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https://www.si.com/nfl/nfl-draft-takeawa...ur-sanders

Well said. Of course he's an entitled player with overinflated self worth, this is what people have been telling him. And he's got some real holes in his game that don't appear a great match for NFL play. Some excerpts: 

"We do have a couple of examples:

A lot of times in combine meetings, teams will have a player’s worst plays ready for him when he enters the room and, along those lines, one had a particularly rough interception teed up for Sanders in Indianapolis. When asked to explain it, Sanders didn’t take blame. And as they dove deeper into it, and how it might relate to the NFL level, Sanders simply concluded that maybe he and the staff he was talking to might not be a match.

Ahead of another visit, he got an install with mistakes intentionally planted in it—done to see if a quarterback would catch them. Sanders didn’t catch them. A coach called him on it, and the resulting exchange wasn’t pretty. And I think this is why teams saw Sanders carrying out what his father, Colorado coach Deion Sanders, said he would in trying to steer himself away from certain places. The idea, for a top pick, isn’t the worst concept. It’s something Eli Manning did a generation ago. The problem is that Sanders wasn’t considered the prospect he was built up to be by the people who matter—the ones who were doing the picking over the weekend."

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The compensatory pick window closes at 3pm CT (the only timezone that matters) Monday. Asante Samuel Jr time?

We'll find out if they've signed any corners or anyone else late this afternoon.

The son of Atlanta Falcons’ defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has apologized for a prank call made to Shedeur Sanders on Friday as he waited to be picked in the NFL Draft.

One of the NFL’s biggest draft prospects, Sanders received a call – allegedly from the general manager of the New Orleans Saints – as he waited anxiously to learn which NFL team would select him. But the call turned out to be a prank. Sanders was later drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick on Saturday.

Jax Ulbrich, the Falcons’ defensive coordinator’s son, took to Instagram on Sunday to issue a public apology.

“On Friday night I made a tremendous mistake. Sheduer (sic), what I did was completely inexcusable, embarrassing, and shameful,” Ulbrich wrote.

“I’m so sorry I took away from your moment, it was selfish and childish. I could never imagine getting ready to celebrate one of the greatest moments of your life and I made a terrible mistake and messed with that moment. Thank you for accepting my call earlier today, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.”

Sanders has not yet reacted to the development on social media.

The Falcons also issued a statement explaining how the incident came to pass.

“Earlier in the week, Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parent’s home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call. Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the data exposure or any facets of the prank and was made aware of the above only after the fact,” the team’s statement said.

“The Atlanta Falcons do not condone this behavior and send our sincere apologies to Shedeur Sanders and his family, who we have been in contact with to apologize to, as well as facilitate an apology directly from Jax to the Sanders family.”

The Falcons went on to say that the team will cooperate with the league’s handling of the situation and that the Falcons are reviewing their protocols to prevent any future incidents.

The NFL tells CNN the league has been in contact with the Falcons and is reviewing the matter.

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It’s always amazing that the public bites on these short term gotcha polls and don’t hear the real message.  When Trump wins a bunch of tariff concessions in the next few months, he may become the most popular president ever.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04...s-stunned/

This is legendary leadership.  This is the kind of thing that makes him a one of a kind leader.  

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04...president/

NFL draft decisions by NFC North chasers show they’re supporting QBs as they pursue Lions

In this Quarterback Above Everything era, the Vikings appear to have given J.J. McCarthy more help than the Bears gave Caleb Williams and the Packers gave Jordan Love.

Jared Goff has been slinging passes around the NFL for what seems like forever. But the former Cal standout and current irritant to NFC North teams is just 30 years old. 

Goff and the Lions are going to be a pain in the sides of division opponents for several more years.

Even with offensive coordinator Ben Johnson leaving to take over in Chicago, it’s wrong to expect Detroit’s offense to drop far off the 400-plus yards it averaged a game in 2024. 

Toppling Detroit remains a challenge.

The other teams in the division must figure out ways to catch the kings of the North. 

The Vikings are tasked with sustaining success with a quarterback basically in his redshirt freshman season. The Packers hope the quarterback they bet on is actually the guy. And the hot mess Bears have to stop being a hot mess before they experience any success.

The first round of the NFL draft Thursday signaled how the NFC North chasers will hunt the Lions.

This is the Quarterback Above Everything era of football in terms of scouting, development and maintenance. And the Vikings, Packers and Bears used their most important pick Thursday to support the most important player on the roster.

Conclusion: If J.J. McCarthy wasn’t already drafted into a good situation with the Vikings, he’s certainly set up the best of the three.

Let’s start from the bottom. Chicago used free agency and trades to shore up its interior offensive line. As Thursday approached, the Bears still needed an upgrade at left tackle, a proven pass rusher on the roster beyond Montez Sweat, depth in the backfield and help at safety because Jaquon Brisker has had multiple concussions.

It’s not to say the Bears’ selection of Michigan tight end Colston Loveland won’t work out. Johnson likes two-tight-end sets, and Loveland could pair with Cole Kmet for a nice tandem. But the Bears had more pressing needs elsewhere.

And did they even select the best tight end? Loveland was taken over Penn State’s Tyler Warren, who now can become the Colts’ next Dallas Clark. And Bears quarterback Caleb Williams would not throw to Kmet last season, so he needs to be rewired to look for the big guys. The pick can help him. 

How much it helps remains to be seen.

There are still some Jordan Love detractors. His three-interception, two-sack performance against Philadelphia in the wild-card playoff game likely kept those fires burning. 

And supporters of the Purple and the Monsters of the Midway would love for his demise to be real.

But Love has thrown for 7,500 yards and 57 touchdowns in 32 games over the past two seasons. He’s still only 26. He plays behind a fabulous offensive line that limited him to 22 sacks last season. And he has a strong running game to lean on.

The problem was that Packers receivers were third in the league in dropped passes. (By the way, my mind is blown that Eagles receivers dropped seven passes all last season.) 

I’m not sure one pick can change all that, but Green Bay selected a wide receiver in the first round for the first time since Javon Walker in 2002. Matthew Golden runs a 4.29-second 40-yard dash and can play multiple roles in an offense

He’s good, but caution, Packers fans. This does not elevate Green Bay’s receiving corps to Vikings or Lions levels.

McCarthy was drafted into a great situation last season with an offensive-minded head coach, strong receiving corps, bookend tackles and a ferocious Brian Flores-coached defense. 

Like the Bears, the Vikings addressed part of their offensive interior through free agency. On Thursday, the Vikings completed their work by selecting Ohio State’s Donovan Jackson, who has started some at tackle but will be used at guard.

He should be better than the last Ohio State offensive lineman they selected, the gone and nearly forgotten Wyatt Davis of 2021..

Jackson is the final digit of the fist that is an offensive line. Sam Darnold was sacked 49 times last season, which took its toll on him. Vikings brass recognized that and finally addressed the line. The trade for Jordan Mason makes the running game easier to learn on.

The J.J. McCarthy era begins with him having essentially everything he needs to succeed. And the Vikings are in the best position to chase after Goff and the Lions.

Somewhere, in a darkness retreat far away, Aaron Rodgers is jealous.

STARTRIBUNE

So, yeah, some can (and will) b***h about my opinions regarding the traitor-in-chief and his cabinet of trash...but, um, take it up with many, many more people:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-lo...=121165473

"Seventy-three percent said the economy is in bad shape, 53% said it's gotten worse since Trump took office and 41% said their own finances have worsened -- which is as many as those who said so under President Joe Biden last summer."

The true "TDS" is still found in his drone disciples, who will constantly defend this heap of horrible humanity despite any facts or tangibles.

Oh, and Good Morning!

Can't love this story enough.....

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-vi.../601337393

The thesis of the “22-page manifesto” that Kwesi Adofo-Mensah put together for the #Vikings offseason was this: “You want to have the type of roster that allows you to win any type of game.”

The Vikings followed that approach this offseason, building their roster from the middle out. Their draft strategy continued it:

Analysis: Vikings’ small draft class fits neatly into Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s big plan
The heft so obviously lacking as the past few seasons played down is in place now, giving the Vikings the equipment to win, as the GM put it, “any type of game.”