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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Raiders RB Sincere McCormick ready to take advantage of his opportunity and run with it

HENDERSON, Nev. — Running back Sincere McCormick signed with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent in May 2022, but he wouldn’t get much time to prove himself. In a season in which the 2-10 Raiders have fielded one of the most inefficient rushing attacks in recent memory — they’re last in the league in rushing yards per …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Chiefs get Pacheco, Omenihu back for Raiders; Las Vegas without RBs Mattison, White for Black Friday

Associated Press

— Running back Isiah Pacheco and defensive end Charles Omenihu made their long-awaited return to the Kansas City Chiefs in time to face the AFC West-rival Las Vegas Raiders on Friday. “When they’re up and running, we feel pretty strong about who they are and how much they can help us,” Kansas City offensive coordinator Matt Nagy said this week, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gardner Minshew’s benching was just the start as Raiders also fire Luke Getsy

New York Times

CINCINNATI — Even the young guy has heard the rumblings. “I know there’s going to be a lot of people calling for people’s heads,” rookie center Jackson Powers-Johnson said after the Las Vegas Raiders’ 41-24 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. GO DEEPER Joe Burrow's 5 TDs lead Bengals to 41-24 rout of Raiders: Takeaways Quarterback Gardner Minshew II was benched …

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2 months, 1 week ago

From soup to solidarity: How Cook For Good got Nigella and pals to help down the stigma around food banks

The Independent

It’s a Thursday morning on the Priory Green estate, just a stone’s throw from King’s Cross, and the air is thick with the smell of Italian bread soup – slowly simmered tomato broth and garlicky meatballs. “I get the best job because I get to tell people they’ve got through – they scream with joy.” Cook For Good’s breakout star, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

J.K. Dobbins rushes for 135 yards as the Chargers beat the Raiders 22-10 in Jim Harbaugh’s debut

Associated Press

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — J.K. Dobbins had some of his biggest games in college against Jim Harbaugh. Dobbins rushed for 135 yards on 10 carries, including a 12-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, as the Chargers rallied in the second half for a 22-10 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. “It definitely didn’t go our way in the first half but …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Raiders’ White gets chance to show he can be lead running back over complete season

Associated Press

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Zamir White showed he could take over for Josh Jacobs over the final month of last season. White, the Las Vegas Raiders’ fourth-round draft pick two years ago out of Georgia, will get his chance this season. Until that point, White had rushed just 37 times in his brief Raiders career for 124 yards, creating questions …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Grading the good, bad and ugly of every major NFL free agency 2024 deal

New York Times

The 2024 NFL year officially started on March 13, and thanks to the “legal tampering window” for free agency that opened two days earlier, it was a frenzied opening stretch. He agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with $10.5 million guaranteed Giants add OT Jermaine Eluemunor Grade: A Randy Mueller’s Top 150 ranking: No. Panthers add DT A’Shawn Robinson …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Ex-Packers RB Aaron Jones changes sides in rivalry, set to join Vikings: Sources

New York Times

Over the years, few Green Bay Packers have terrorized the Minnesota Vikings more than Aaron Jones. Grab your purple sombreros, RB Aaron Jones is expected to join the Minnesota Vikings, per sources. History Consider what Jones has done against the Vikings since he entered the league in 2017: 11 games played, 149 carries, 847 yards, five touchdowns and a 57.7 …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Vikings release RB Alexander Mattison with their ground game still in need of a boost

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings released running back Alexander Mattison on Monday, with the club continuing to seek solutions to a lagging rushing attack. The Vikings cut four-time Pro Bowl pick Dalvin Cook for cap savings last year and turned the backfield over to Mattison, one of the most popular and respected players in the locker room. Mattison had 25 …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Vikings at the NFL Scouting Combine: What we’re hearing about their offseason plans

New York Times

INDIANAPOLIS — After a while, the days and nights at the NFL Scouting Combine blend together. Here’s what we heard about the Minnesota Vikings in Indianapolis, ranging from the future of quarterback Kirk Cousins to potential defensive upgrades this offseason: 1. Hiring McCown as quarterbacks coach is a multifaceted move In 2015, Josh McCown first met Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell …

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1 year ago

Fantasy Football Rankings Week 15: Sleepers, projections, starts, sits | Antonio Gibson, Zay Flowers and more

New York Times

Cover 7 | Saturday A daily NFL destination that provides in-depth analysis of football’s biggest stories. Acronyms to Know RBTouch% — RB touch percentage — percent of team total RB touches that player had TmTGT% — Team target percentage — percent of team total targets going to that player TGT% — Percentage of the time a player is targeted when …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Vikings lose RB Cam Akers for rest of season because of Achilles tendon rupture

Associated Press

EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings running back Cam Akers ruptured his left Achilles tendon in another blow to a banged-up offense, a season-ending injury confirmed Monday by coach Kevin O’Connell. Acquired Sept. 20 in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams, Akers had 138 yards on 38 attempts plus 11 receptions for 70 yards in six games for the Vikings. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The Vikings have the red zone blues with an up-close touchdown rate that’s keeping them down

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — After Kirk Cousins delivered a must-convert fourth down completion for Minnesota to T.J. Hockenson, the Vikings had the ball at the 6-yard line with 35 seconds remaining when the tight end climbed to his feet. “You have to score touchdowns in the red zone to win in this league,” a dejected Cousins said after a 28-24 defeat to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Vikings have familiar playbook, backfield role for Akers; still committed to Mattison

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Much of the typical team-switching stress for an NFL player will be irrelevant this week for Cam Akers. Just getting to know the team, the coaches, the people — that’s probably the main learning curve for me right now,” Akers said after practice on Friday. The situation was pretty much perfect.” Getting a fresh start in a contract …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Mayfield makes his Buccaneers debut for 4th team in 3 seasons, in opening visit to Vikings

Associated Press

TAMPA BAY at MINNESOTA Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS OPENING LINE: Vikings by 5½, according to FanDuel SportsBook. The Tampa Bay secondary features CBs Carlton Davis and Jamel Dean and S Antoine Winfield Jr., the son of former Vikings CB Antoine Winfield Sr. Jefferson led the NFL last season with 128 receptions and 1,809 yards. STATS AND STUFF: The Bucs …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Vikings 53-man roster projection: Who’s in and who’s out ahead of NFL cutdown day?

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of NFL roster cuts and projections ahead of cutdown day MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin O’Connell calls the next 72 hours the toughest part of his job. “We’ve got a very competitive roster and feel really good about our depth,” O’Connell said Saturday after the team’s final preseason game, an 18-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Tight …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Fantasy football draft: One need-to-know training camp tidbit for each NFL team

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of fantasy football week 1 advice, rankings, sleepers and more. — Josh Kendall Baltimore Ravens: Mark Andrews should be as busy as ever There seems to be a belief in the fantasy community that Andrews’ numbers could drop significantly after the Ravens added receivers Odell Beckham Jr., Nelson Agholor and rookie first-round pick Zay Flowers …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Vikings defense dictating tempo — plus everything else we’ve seen at training camp

New York Times

EAGAN, Minn. — Each day of Minnesota Vikings training camp begins the same way. “They always say, ‘The offense dictates.’ We dictate the tempo here.” The statement feels like a perfect line for posters inside the defensive meeting rooms. Offensive line a focal point for Kevin O’Connell Free-agent offensive lineman Dalton Risner met with the Vikings brass Tuesday. Still, considering …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Vikings give their backfield to Mattison, seeking efficiency on the ground and against the cap

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m extremely honored that they trust and believe in me.” The most recent time the Vikings played a season without a Pro Bowl running back on the roster was 2006, the year before they drafted Adrian Peterson seventh overall. After 10 seasons with the franchise’s career …

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1 year, 5 months ago

How pop culture and climate anxiety have galvanized a new generation of clay artists

LA Times

There’s no shortage of clay art shows to see right now around the country. And the Metropolitan Museum of Art just debuted “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery,” curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective and billed as “the first community-curated Native American exhibition in the history of the Met.” Two recently opened shows near Mid-City Los Angeles especially …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Minnesota Vikings release star running back Dalvin Cook for salary cap reasons, AP source says

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings are parting ways with star running back Dalvin Cook for salary cap savings after his fourth consecutive season surpassing the 1,000-yard rushing mark. Cook was scheduled to count more than $14.1 million against Minnesota’s salary cap, which would have been the third-highest figure for a running back in the league behind Derrick Henry and Nick …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Why the Vikings released Dalvin Cook and what’s next: Is it Alexander Mattison time?

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of Vikings vs 49ers on Monday Night Football. The Minnesota Vikings officially released running back Dalvin Cook, the team announced on Friday. With no team biting on a trade, the Vikings were left with this decision: releasing a four-time Pro Bowler so that they’d be able to use the cap resources elsewhere. Expected Points Added …

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1 year, 6 months ago

With Dalvin Cook departing, where does the Vikings’ run game go from here?

New York Times

They desperately want to run the football effectively. “A main goal of mine is to have some improvement in our running game,” O’Connell, a former quarterback and also the team’s play caller, said. “Depth and continuity for another year are huge.” Last year, Pro Football Focus graded the Vikings’ run-blocking unit as the fourth-best in the NFL. Following that game, …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Vikings’ sleepy start, red-zone issues sting in loss to Rams

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Justin Jefferson said he could sense a lack of energy among his Minnesota Vikings teammates the moment he entered the locker room Sunday morning, and the feeling carried over into a lackluster first quarter. Kirk Cousins threw his first red-zone interception of the season on Minnesota’s first drive deep into Los Angeles territory, and the Vikings had just …

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Raiders RB Sincere McCormick ready to take advantage of his opportunity and run with it

Chiefs get Pacheco, Omenihu back for Raiders; Las Vegas without RBs Mattison, White for Black Friday

Gardner Minshew’s benching was just the start as Raiders also fire Luke Getsy

From soup to solidarity: How Cook For Good got Nigella and pals to help down the stigma around food banks

J.K. Dobbins rushes for 135 yards as the Chargers beat the Raiders 22-10 in Jim Harbaugh’s debut

Raiders’ White gets chance to show he can be lead running back over complete season

Grading the good, bad and ugly of every major NFL free agency 2024 deal

Ex-Packers RB Aaron Jones changes sides in rivalry, set to join Vikings: Sources

Vikings release RB Alexander Mattison with their ground game still in need of a boost

Vikings at the NFL Scouting Combine: What we’re hearing about their offseason plans

Fantasy Football Rankings Week 15: Sleepers, projections, starts, sits | Antonio Gibson, Zay Flowers and more

Vikings lose RB Cam Akers for rest of season because of Achilles tendon rupture

The Vikings have the red zone blues with an up-close touchdown rate that’s keeping them down

Vikings have familiar playbook, backfield role for Akers; still committed to Mattison

Mayfield makes his Buccaneers debut for 4th team in 3 seasons, in opening visit to Vikings

Vikings 53-man roster projection: Who’s in and who’s out ahead of NFL cutdown day?

Fantasy football draft: One need-to-know training camp tidbit for each NFL team

Vikings defense dictating tempo — plus everything else we’ve seen at training camp

Vikings give their backfield to Mattison, seeking efficiency on the ground and against the cap

How pop culture and climate anxiety have galvanized a new generation of clay artists

Minnesota Vikings release star running back Dalvin Cook for salary cap reasons, AP source says

Why the Vikings released Dalvin Cook and what’s next: Is it Alexander Mattison time?

With Dalvin Cook departing, where does the Vikings’ run game go from here?

Vikings’ sleepy start, red-zone issues sting in loss to Rams