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Vikings' Cedric Griffin Out for Season

The Minnesota Vikings have lost starting cornerback Cedric Griffin for the season with another significant knee injury, coach Brad Childress confirmed on Tuesday. Griffin, who tore his ACL in his left knee last January in the NFC championship game, rehabbed very hard during the offseason and the start of the regular...

2010 Minnesota Vikings Season Preview: The Old Man Tries Again

FanHouse's 2010 NFL Season Preview features division-by-division predictions based on our tried and true "Heat Index" formula. Each team is graded on a scale of 1-10 (10 being highest) in five key categories: Offense, Defense, Special Teams, Coaching and Intangibles. The higher the score, the better we think the team will...

Vikings In Need of Some Corners

Brett Favre's will-he or won't-he decision will likely eat up almost all of the attention about the Vikings offseason this year, but there are some other issues for the Vikings to address.Most importantly, the Vikings are in need of some cornerbacks. Antoine Winfield, the team's best cornerback, was either sidelined or...

Vikings Roll the Dice With '09 Draft

Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 2009 Draft Grades.If everything works out, the addition of first-round pick Percy Harvin and second-round pick Phil Loadholt will help ensure that it doesn't really matter who is playing quarterback for the Vikings.If it all...

The Perfect Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers

With the draft approaching, we ignore projections and identify the dream scenario for each team in a series we call The Perfect Draft.The Steelers are never big players in free agency, so the draft is of vital importance to the Steelers ability to contend year in and year out. With two Lombardi trophies and another AFC...