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The Minnesota Vikings’ 2026 quarterback competition is officially on, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. On the latest episode of The Real Forno Show, Vikings beat writer and NFL draft analyst Tyler Forness breaks down exactly how both J.J. McCarthy and Kyler Murray can win the starting job — treating it as a true 50/50 […]
The Minnesota Vikings will only get one home game during the 2026 preseason, but they’ll be spending it getting prepared against one of the more interesting teams in the AFC. Ahead of their preseason game at U.S. Bank Stadium on 22 August, the Vikings will be hosting the league’s other purple team, the Baltimore Ravens, […]
In the latest episode of Two Old Bloggers, hosts Dave Stefano and Darren Campbell deliver a sharp, candid breakdown of everything shaking up Vikings land heading into the 2026 season. The duo zeroed in on a troubling theme emerging from Minnesota’s ongoing GM search: top assistant GM candidates like Chad Alexander may be declining interviews […]
Dear Leo, Is it time for you to retire from watching Minnesota Timberwolves games? All too many times this season, your wife has seen you keel over in pain after the final buzzer sounds in a Wolves game. You collapse to your knees and your forehead plops down to the carpet. You let out a […]
Not much going on right now as we await the first OTAs and minicamp. The current Cap Space (per OverTheCap) without the Jennings signing reflected is : $12,267,125One June 2nd it will increase due to the Post-June 1 release savings: +$12,500,000 (combined from Harrison Smith and Jonathan Allen)Adjusted Total Cap Space: $24,767,125 I imagine Jennings […]
Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn will be cheering on the Vikings for a second season, a year after their appearance upset a right-wing influencer.
The Minnesota Vikings and the rest of the NFL released their official schedules Thursday evening to some muted fanfare as fans compared schedule-release presentations. But let’s cut to the chase and take a more in-depth look at the Vikings’ regular season schedule. Preseason In the past the second preseason game has been the occasion for […]
Now that the Minnesota Vikings’ 2026 schedule is officially out there in the wild, I wanted to give a few initial thoughts on how things could, potentially, go for our favorite football team in 2026. I don’t want to do game-by-game predictions or anything like that, but I do want to put my initial record […]
The schedule is out, ladies and gentlemen! Here’s what the 2026 slate looks like for our Minnesota Vikings. We’ll have more discussion on the schedule over the course of the next few days, but for now, there it is! What do you think, folks?
According to several leaks, which have been confirmed, the San Francisco 49ers will open the season against the Los Angeles Rams in Australia and will face the Minnesota Vikings in Mexico City. Because of the Australia trip, Los Angeles and San Francisco are tops in the NFL in travel miles. The concern is fatigue from […]
We are getting closer to the release of the 2026 NFL regular season schedule, which is an event because the marketing folks in the NFL offices on Park Avenue know how to keep this league relevant pretty much year-round now. We’re seeing more and more leaks and rumors about the Minnesota Vikings’ schedule for the […]
Queue the fart noise machine! I guess it is useful if you are planning on attending games. Maybe some early predictors will find it helpful to know when they play the teams that were already assigned to play. Obviously the team should go 17-0 right? The team still has not processed Jauan Jennings’ contract with […]
The Vikings want to interview Kyle Smith just months after he joined Miami — and that's actually great news for Dolphins fans.
We now know which team the Detroit Lions will close out their 2026 season with. The report comes from a game not even involving the Lions. Ben Goessling of the Minnesota Star Tribune reported on Wednesday night that the Minnesota Vikings will host the Chicago Bears for their Week 18 regular season finale. Because every […]
The NFL schedule is set to be released this week, which will mark the last big event of the offseason before we begin the long, desolate slog towards training camp at the end of July and the preseason in August. We already know who the Vikings will play in 2026 and where they’ll be playing […]
We have our second Minnesota Vikings-related schedule leak ahead of Thursday’s formal release of the 2026 regular season slate, and it once again sees a familiar scenario for the Vikings to end a regular season with. Ben Goessling of the Minnesota Star-Tribune is reporting that the Vikings will finish up the 2026 regular season with […]
49ers will reportedly face Vikings in Mexico City in 2026“One report states that the 49ers will host the Minnesota Vikings at the iconic Estadio Banorte on Sunday Night Football on November 22, 2026.” 49ers’ Ji’Ayir Brown reflects on ‘Welcome to the NFL’ moment, Dre Greenlaw, Raheem Morris“I’m more of a guy, I’d rather have consistency,” […]
The full release of the 2026 NFL regular season schedule is still about two days away, but if the rumor that has surfaced this evening is accurate, the Minnesota Vikings may have another country to add to their collective passports. The word has started circulating among numerous sources that the Vikings will be traveling to […]
For the second offseason in a row, the Detroit Lions face another situation where a key staff member could be on the move to a division rival. According to NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero, the Minnesota Vikings have submitted a request to interview Lions assistant general manager Ray Agnew for the vacant general manager position. In January, […]
Last season the Pittsburgh Steelers made history by traveling to Dublin to take on the Minnesota Vikings in Ireland. It was the first NFL game to be played in the country, as the Steelers defeated the Vikings 24-21 in front of over 74,00 fans. This season, the Steelers will have another opportunity to make history […]
The Minnesota Vikings GM search is heating up — and The Real Forno Show has the full breakdown. Host Tyler Forness, beat writer and NFL draft guru, sits down with coaching and GM candidate expert A.J. Schulte to rank all seven candidates vying to be Minnesota’s next general manager. From the lone internal candidate Rob […]
It used to be that the only holiday NFL fans really had to pay any attention to was Thanksgiving, because you knew that there was going to be a doubleheader on that day. The Lions were going to play someone right around noon or so, the Cowboys were going to play someone later on in […]
Former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is likely to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer when he becomes eligible for the Class of 2027 the next time the committee votes. Before he gets to Canton, however, he’s going to be enshrined in the place where he made his name in the NFL. The Vikings […]
The Minnesota Vikings may have pulled off the most quietly brilliant offseason in the NFL in 2026. While other teams burned cash on overpriced wideouts, the Vikings scooped up quarterback Kyler Murray for just $1.3 million two months ago and on Thursday, locked in physical wide receiver Jauan Jennings on an $8 million guaranteed deal. […]
What will a true open QB competition look like? How would fans truly be able to know what is happening on the practice fields? I know there is a faction of fans who prefer that JJ gets to start or wins the competition and that is cool. I just am not reading the tea leaves […]