Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings (2-1) defeated the visiting San Diego Chargers (1-2) 31-14 this afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Teddy Bridgewater completed 13 of 24 for 121 yards. Adrian Peterson rushed for 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Chad Greenway returned a 4th quarter interception 91 yards for a TD.

According to Dick's Sporting Goods (soon to be moving into Waite Park's former Kmart location), Detroit Lion Calvin Johnson is the top-selling NFL jersey at the beginning of this year's NFL season in Minnesota (which calls for big WTF?). Cordarrelle Patterson held that spot one year ago.

Following the first week fiasco in San Francisco, the Minnesota Vikings were ranked 25th out of the 32 teams in ESPN's weekly NFL Power Rankings. And frankly, after watching the crap game against the 49ers I think that ranking was kind. They make a nice jump this week. Here's the digits.

A familiar face was missing from Sunday's Vikings game, and may not be back any time soon. Ragnar was asked to not return to the field as the Vikings mascot, and he's not very happy about it. If you went to Sunday's Vikings game, you may have noticed our beloved mascot missing...

The Minnesota Vikings (1-1) led the entire way en route to a 26-16 win over the Detroit Lions (0-2) this afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Adrian Peterson rushed for 134 yards, and Teddy Bridgewater ran for a touchdown, and threw for another.

The Minnesota Vikings (0-1) will be looking to rebound from their woeful performance on Monday night in San Francisco, when they host the Detroit Lions (0-1) this afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The Vikes are 3-point favorites.

The Minnesota Vikings (0-1) were dominated by the San Francisco 49ers (1-0) from wire to wire tonight at Levi's Stadium. From the 49ers opening drive to Kaepernick taking a knee to end the game -- the Vikings appeared out coached, over powered, and out played.

The Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers will be the final two teams to get their seasons underway when they face off tonight on Monday Night Football at Levi Stadium. This is Teddy Bridgewater's first season-opening start, and the first time Adrian Peterson has seen action since last September.

The Vikings will play about half the season without center John Sullivan. Sullivan underwent a lumbar microdiscectomy Wednesday. He can return to practice after 6 weeks and can return to the field week 8.

Bleacher Report columnist Scott Wilson published a story yesterday titled, 'Top 5 Teams Who Will Shock The NFL In 2015.' Any guess on who he's got at number-three? It's not the Bears or Lions. Here's why he thinks the Vikings are a team on the rise.

The Vikings lost their final 2015 preseason game 24-17 Thursday night. The Vikings played only a few 1st team players. Taylor Heinicke played the entire game at quarterback for the Vikings and was 27-41 for 279 yards and 2 touchdowns with no interceptions.

The Minnesota Vikings face the Tennessee Titans tonight in Nashville, as head coach Mike Zimmer tries to keep his undefeated preseason record (8-0) in tact. Typically, starters do not see much action in this game, as NFL teams prepare to cut their rosters down to the final number of 53 by Saturday.