|
Minnesota Vikings Will Not Be Moving to Los Angeles
After a lot of speculation and rumors, the Minnesota Vikings will not be going anywhere as they have been given the green light for a new stadium. With plenty of doubters in Minnesota about the team staying, the prospect of moving to Los Angeles is officially come to an end with the announcement of a new stadium being built in the near future.
Now that the Los Angeles is searching for an NFL team to come back to the City of Angels, there have been plenty of candidates around the league to become the new team in the second biggest market in this country.
Before moving to Oakland, the Raiders gave Los Angeles a try, but ultimately ended up moving back to the Bay Area. The stint in L.A. created a lot of Raiders fans in one of the most prominent cities in this country. Unfortunately, things just didn’t work out with owner Al Davis and a return to Oakland was a forgone conclusion.
The talks of the Raiders returning to L.A. for another go around has heated up once again. The Vikings were definitely in the running to move to Los Angeles, but now it appears that it has come down to just two candidates.
As of right now, the St. Louis Rams and the Oakland Raiders are the two finalists to make the move to Los Angeles. The Raiders were thought to be the frontrunners with the big fan base in L.A., but now the Rams are apparently the team most likely to make the move. Minnesota Vikings Tickets demand will surely go up now that the stadium deal is done.
Former Minnesota Vikings Receiver Cris Carter Admits to Bounties
Former Minnesota Vikings Receiver Cris Carter Admits to Bounties
One of the talked about and controversial in the NFL over the past few months has been bounties. With the New Orleans Saints being hit with severe penalties due to the NFL discovering the bounty program in the Big Easy, the question now is how many other teams in the league were using similar programs.
So far, no other teams in the NFL have been accused of bounties. Despite that being the case, the consensus around the league is that there have been bounty programs like the Saints were using for decades with plenty of players cashing out by injuring other players in the league.
Interestingly enough, one big-name player from the past has come forward to talk about the bounties used. This player was perennial Pro Bowl wide receiver Cris Carter formerly of the Minnesota Vikings.
During his time with the Vikings, Carter became arguably one of the greatest wideouts of all-time. With the two-headed monster of Carter and Randy Moss, the Vikings were as tough a team to beat in the NFL in the late ‘90s.
Apparently, Carter has come forward with a bounty that he had placed on former star linebacker Bill Romanowski of the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos. Supposedly, Romanowski threatened Carter before a game and the star wide receiver paid for protection from a fellow player. This is obviously much different than what went on in New Orleans, but the same principle.
Over the next few years, there will almost certainly be move players to come forward about bounty programs that might make things tougher on the NFL in terms of policing the league.
Is Vikings’ Adrian Peterson Done as an Elite Running Back in the NFL?
During his career in the NFL, perennial Pro Bowl running back Adrian Peterson has been hands down the best all-around threat coming out of the backfield. Every single season there is talk about which player is the best at their position like quarterback and running back, but few can argue that Peterson isn’t at the top of the list when it comes to ball carriers.
Unfortunately, despite being an elite running back in the NFL, Peterson is quite injury prone. The style of hard nosed running that Peterson has makes him vulnerable to injury with every carry out of the backfield. There’s no question that Peterson’s rushing records are legit and that he is as hard to stop as any back in the league today and in years past, but he just can’t seem to stay healthy for an extended time period.
At the end of last season, Peterson suffering a torn ACL in this left knee. The season was already in the bag with the Minnesota Vikings failing to make the playoffs, but for some reason they continued to play their injury prone superstar and the result was a season-ending injury that might leak over to the 2012 NFL season.
Coming into the upcoming NFL season, the debate will rage on about whether or not Peterson’s best days are behind. Not only will the talk of his elite status create some buzz, but sometimes running backs don’t come back from this severe injury.
With that being said, this ACL tear may very well be a career-ending injury. Whether or not that is the case remains to be seen, but it will be interesting to see whether or not he can get back on the gridiron next season. If you want to see how the running back position materializes purchase Minnesota Vikings Tickets thru our partners.
Minnesota Vikings Release Longtime Kicker Ryan Longwell
Over the last few years, the Minnesota Vikings have gone through some drastic changes. After seeing one of the most successful seasons in franchise history with future Hall of Famer Brett Favre leading the way under center, the Vikings were considered to be a serious force to be reckoned with in NFC Conference and a perennial contender in the NFC North.
Once Favre suffered a major hit in the NFC Championship against the New Orleans Saints, the three-time NFL MVP was never the same and struggled to get back to form in his second season with the team. As a result, the Vikings began to struggle and became nothing more than a mediocre football team in the NFC.
Now the Vikings are officially in rebuilding mode and may have suffered another severe blow with the season-ending injury to perennial Pro Bowl running back Adrian Peterson. There no telling whether or not Peterson can get back to form, but it doesn’t look good moving forward.
In another interest twist in Minnesota, the Vikings have released longtime kicker Ryan Longwell.
After signing a four-year deal with the Vikings last summer, the consensus was that Longwell would finish his career in Minnesota and walk off into the sunset a rich man. Unfortunately, the Vikings didn’t see it that was as they release Longwell with three years and $7 million remaining on his contract.
Longwell is now just another victim of an extensive rebuilding process that also saw veterans and big-names like guard Steve Hutchinson released. Get your Vikings Tickets today to view the new look team for 2012.
|
