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The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT Joe Webb is going from Christian Ponder's backup to George Stewart's pet project in Minnesota. The Vikings are transitioning Webb back to wide receiver after three seasons as a...

NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday because the veteran punter...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter drafted in the is fifth round, such as Jeff Locke was by the Minnesota Vikings, can upstage three first-round draft picks. But that's what happened Monday...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT It's not often a punter taken in the fifth round can share or even top the attention given to three first-round draft picks. But that's what happens when the incumbent punter about to...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT By most, if not all accounts, the Vikings had an excellent draft, adding three potential star players who will either become starters or major contributors immediately. Defensive...

Since Rick Spielman became the Vikings' general manager in January 2012, assuming control over all of the team's personnel decisions, the course he has charted for the team has been clear. The Vikings were going to maintain a roster of young,...

If you were hoping this weekend's draft would help the Vikings fill all their needs and settle the depth chart at every position, here's the obligatory reminder that there's still a long road between now and the Sept. 8 season opener in Detroit. Despite...

After winning a combined nine games in 2010 and 2011 with an old team, the Vikings again have built an impressive roster. I like where they are. I hate how they got here. Perhaps only in the NFL can one praise the results of a team's decisions while...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Minnesota Vikings - INSIDE SLANT The Vikings had two defensive difference-makers fall to them before taking a breath just long enough to trade back into the first round and grab Cordarrelle Patterson, an offensive...

Xavier Rhodes left his final year of college eligibility at Florida State behind for life as an NFL defensive back and arrived in Minnesota looking quite scholarly in his tailored charcoal suit with a purple silk handkerchief in the breast pocket, plaid...

So Manti T'eo goes in the first round, but USC's Matt Barkley doesn't? With less than three weeks to go before the NFL draft, that's a distinct possibility. The Times projects four safeties, two guards and the controversial Notre Dame linebacker to go...

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