VIKINGS

Jackson, Rosenfels want to start for Vikings

Vikings backup QBs ready to play
MINNEAPOLIS — Once again, Brett Favre has stolen the show — and all the playing time — in Minnesota and relegated the backup quarterbacks to irrelevance.

By By DAVE CAMPBELL , September 02, 2010

Harvin hopes he has handle on headaches

MINNEAPOLIS — Percy Harvin’s migraine headaches have been a riddle that no one has been able to solve. After another battery of tests last week, and a promising 2010 preseason debut, Harvin hopes he is getting closer to figuring out a debilitating medical condition that has plagued him for most of his life.

By The Associated Press , August 30, 2010

Vikings win as Favre has up and down Dome debut

MINNEAPOLIS — Opening night is less than two weeks away and Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings are still trying to figure out exactly what they have in a banged-up receiving corps and a rotating offensive line. Favre’s two newest targets made pretty good impressions just days after arriving in Minnesota. So did Seattle rookie safety Earl Thomas.

By The Associated Press , August 30, 2010

Source: Camarillo headed to Vikings

Minnesota adds receiver depth with Camarillo
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have acquired receiver Greg Camarillo from the Miami Dolphins in exchange for cornerback Benny Sapp.

By By JON KRAWCZYNSKI , August 26, 2010

Vikings dealing with WR issues

Favre has more new faces to throw to this season
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — One of the biggest reasons Brett Favre decided to return to the Minnesota Vikings this year was his familiarity with an offense that he enjoyed being around so much in 2009.

By By JON KRAWCZYNSKI , August 26, 2010

Favre returns for 2nd season with Vikings

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — As far as Brett Favre was concerned, he was finished. Last we saw the 40-year-old quarterback in action, he was barely able to walk off the Superdome turf, his body aching from the beating the New Orleans Saints delivered in January’s NFC title game. Favre was one play away from his goal — taking the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl — when he threw an interception in the final minute of regulation, then watched from the sidelines as the Saints kicked the winning field goal in overtime.

By By Jon Krawczynski , August 19, 2010

Favre comes back for 2nd season with Vikings

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Brett Favre says the strong chance of playing in another Super Bowl brought him back to the NFL — again.

By Jon Krawczynski , August 18, 2010

Vikings say Favre will practice with the team

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Brett Favre is back with the Minnesota Vikings.
The Vikings said on their website Wednesday morning that Favre was scheduled to practice with the team, less than 24 hours after they sent three of his closest friends to Mississippi to bring him back after another summer of indecision. The team said Favre planned hold a news conference after practice.

By Jon Krawczynski , August 18, 2010

Harvin expected back at practice this week

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings should have wide receiver Percy Harvin back next week. Coach Brad Childress said after Saturday’s first practice that he expects Harvin to return in the next couple of days. The Vikings have Sunday off and will be back on the field on Monday. Harvin has missed the entire week following the death of his grandmother.

August 09, 2010

Abdullah gets ready for Ramadan fast

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Husain Abdullah is approaching his most challenging month of the football season. That’s when the Minnesota Vikings backup safety observes Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting and prayer. As a practicing Muslim, Abdullah will not eat or drink at all during daylight hours for the 30-day period that begins Wednesday. Even while sprinting in the heat and humidity during drills, sometimes in full pads, Abdullah is adamant about his faith. He will not allow himself so much as a cup of water until the sun sets and before it rises. “I’m putting nothing before God, nothing before my religion,” Abdullah said. “This is something I choose to do, not something I have to do. So I’m always going to fast.”

August 09, 2010

Relentless Randle ready to enter Hall of Fame

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — John Randle was a trash-talking, twitch-quick defensive tackle who intimidated and distracted opponents on his way to the sixth-most sacks in NFL history, fueled by a competitive drive that pushed an undrafted, undersized player for the Minnesota Vikings all the way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was a force to be feared, even at the grocery store. His favorite position coach, John Teerlinck, will eagerly recite the ways Randle used to heed his advice to constantly practice his craft in his spare time.

August 07, 2010

Stars missing from Vikings training camp

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings want another season from their offense just like the last one. The reunion has been difficult to organize.

August 07, 2010

Business as usual for Vikings QBs

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — While Brett Favre waffles in Mississippi, his presumptive teammates are sweating through training camp in Minnesota. It’s business as usual for the Vikings. Two veteran quarterbacks, Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels, are in limbo, trying to prepare for the season while answering questions about being a placeholder for Favre. They’ve done it before, and say it hasn’t been a distraction even through all the twists and turns this week.

By The Associated Press , August 06, 2010

Favre will return if healthy

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Brett Favre’s flip-flopping is at full throttle, the surest sign yet that training camp is under way in Minnesota. Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, said Wednesday that the veteran quarterback plans to return to the team if he is healthy. The 40-year-old Favre is still rehabbing his surgically repaired left ankle that he injured in the NFC title game loss at New Orleans. “I know it’s a decision that he wrestles with,” Bevell said after a morning practice as Favre was throwing the ball around with high school students in Mississippi. “He’s a great player. He’s a great competitor. He mulls things over. He’s an emotional guy. So he thinks things through long and hard and takes his time with his decision. So I’m not surprised that things started to come out. We just have to wait and see.”

By The Associated Press , August 05, 2010

Favre texts teammates to say he's going to retire

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Even though Brett Favre has told some of his teammates he’s calling it a career, the Minnesota Vikings are hoping for one last change of heart from the quarterback who just can’t stay retired. Favre has started to contact teammates and Vikings officials to say he will not return for a 20th NFL season, tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said on Tuesday evening. “He told a couple guys on our team he’s going to retire,” Shiancoe said after practice. “He hasn’t told me yet. I’m going to check my phone right now, but it hasn’t been said publicly yet so I don’t know what to believe.” Earlier Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that the 40-year-old Favre contacted the Vikings to say he wouldn’t return this season because his injured left ankle is not responding as well to surgery and rehabilitation as he had hoped. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcements were made.

By The Associated Press , August 04, 2010