PurplePTSD: The Vikings Have More Offseason Resources Than Fans Realize

Vikings fans can be prone to doom-and-gloom thinking. That's what will happen after decades of heartbreak. Well, I've got some good news ...

PurplePTSD: Don't Forget About Irv Smith Jr.

Coming into the season, Vikings fans were thinking that Irv Smith Jr. was going to take a huge step forward. Fantasy football managers a ...

PurplePTSD: QB-Needy Teams Drafting Below The Vikings

With the Super Bowl in the rear view mirror and the new HC officially in place, the Vikings are moving ahead with their offseason. Many ...

PurplePTSD: Breaking Down The Top 10 Prospects For The Vikings First Round Pick

Over the past couple weeks, I've been writing a ton of profiles covering the prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft (here's one right now!). Fo ...

PurplePTSD: The View From VT: An Old Fan Favorite, Some Purple Panic, And Peterson's Future In MN

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PurplePTSD: The Top 3 Contract Extension And Restructure Candidates

Now that the Super Bowl is over, all of the 32 teams are officially in offseason mode. Another good way of creating cap space to work wi ...

PurplePTSD: Flashback Friday – Matt Birk, Unexpected Draft Phenom

When the Minnesota Vikings drafted center Matt Birk in the 6th round of the 1998 draft, they hoped he would be a solid addition. What th ...

PurplePTSD: Danielle Hunter May Soon Play Linebacker

Danielle Hunter has been subject to no shortage of speculation this offseason. One thing that hasn't been discussed as much is that he m ...

PurplePTSD: A Look At Kene Nwangwu's All-Pro Rookie Season

During his time at Iowa State, Kene Nwangwu never stood out as a guy that was going to change an offense with his impact out of the back ...

PurplePTSD: Oli Udoh's 2022 Role With The Vikings Needs To Change

Oli Udoh is headed into his fourth year with the Minnesota Vikings and it is time for his role to change. Udoh won the starting job at r ...

PurplePTSD: The Draft Network Explores The Possibility Of The Vikings Choosing A RD1 QB

The Draft Network recently published a piece where they explore whether the Vikings would lean QB in the opening round of the draft.

Eagan Sisters Eliminated Before Curling Playoffs After 5-4 Loss

Team USA's women's curling team lost to Japan, ending their hopes of making it to the playoffs.

PurplePTSD: Slowly, The Vikings Are Assembling A Coaching Staff With Upside

Kevin O'Connell is the team's new head coach. The focus will thus shift toward fully assembling the Vikings coaching staff.

PurplePTSD: Vikings Draft Profile: Devin Lloyd Could Be A Long-Term LB Solution

There is at least a moderate chance that the Minnesota Vikings transition to a 3-4 defense in 2022. While there are many that hope for t ...

PurplePTSD: Troy Dye, Patrick Jones II, James Lynch, D.J. Wonnum, And Josh Metellus

The defense was, by far, the weakest part of the Vikings' team in 2021. One could make a similar claim for 2020 even though the special ...

PurplePTSD: Notable Vikings Left Off PFF's NFL Top Players List

Earlier this week, Pro Football Focus released their list of the 2021 NFL season's top-101 players. Looking at the top of the list, the ...

PurplePTSD: Midweek VT: Switching To A 3-4, Adding A Corner, And Darrisaw's Thoughts On The New HC

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PurplePTSD: Vikings Laud Kevin O'Connell For Innovation, Leadership As They Announce Hire

It's time for Vikings fans to officially breathe a sigh of relief: the team has announced it has hired Kevin O'Connell.

PurplePTSD: A Path To Vikings Cap Space (Without Considering Kirk Cousins)

If you were to ask the fine folks from Over the Cap, they'd tell you that the Vikings could create $85,701,559 through just restructures ...

PurplePTSD: Kirk Cousins Seems To Have Been Planning For This Precise Scenario

Much was made of Kirk Cousins' fully-guaranteed deal that brought him to Minnesota. The veteran QB had essentially no team success to ac ...

PurplePTSD: What Could The Vikings Get In A Trade For Garrett Bradbury?

The short answer is not very much. The longer answer is that the Vikings could get something in a Garrett Bradbury trade.

PurplePTSD: The Case For Cutting Harrison Smith

I know what you're thinking: wasn't he just signed to a lucrative extension? Indeed, he was, and yet that was from the former leadership ...

PurplePTSD: Adam Zimmer Is Done With Vikings, Expresses Pride In His Time With Team

Chris Tomasson of The Pioneer Press spoke to Adam Zimmer, Minnesota's former LB coach and co-defensive coordinator.

PurplePTSD: Vikings Fans Get The Reassurance They Need

Vikings fans are starting to get nervous.

PurplePTSD: Diamonds In The Rough: Stars That Have Fallen Down The 2022 NFL Draft Board

The NFL Draft is always filled with unknown players that go on to shine in the NFL. Tom Brady was famously the 199th overall pick and a ...

PurplePTSD: Ranking The Vikings Draft Needs In 2022

With so much discussion around the draft, I decided to take the liberty of ranking each Vikings draft needs.

PurplePTSD: A Single Vikings Player Makes The All-Collinsworth Team

Cris Collinsworth has both his fans and his critics. Be that as it may, he's an interesting NFL commentator. If I'm understanding correc ...

PurplePTSD: Kevin O'Connell Heads To Minnesota As A Super Bowl Champion

With Super Bowl LVI officially in the books, the Minnesota Vikings can also officially hire Kevin O'Connell as their new head coach. And ...

PurplePTSD: 3 Former Vikings The Team May Consider Bringing Back In Free Agency

With the Super Bowl officially in the rearview mirror, it's now time to firmly look ahead to free agency. That work has already begun on ...

PurplePTSD: Be Encouraged

Last night, the LA Rams emerged victorious over the Cincinnati Bengals. At times, the game was clunky; both offenses struggled to fully ...

PurplePTSD: Deshea Townsend Pivots At The Last Minute, Heads To Jacksonville

The Minnesota Vikings have lost a number of assistant coaches to other teams in the wake of Mike Zimmer's firing, most recently includin ...

PurplePTSD: Former Vikings Who Are In The Super Bowl

Admittedly, this one is going to be a pretty short list, but here goes. There are indeed some former Vikings playing in the Super Bowl.

PurplePTSD: Rick Spielman's Trade Mistakes

For the most part, Vikings fans will reflect on Rick Spielman's time as the team's GM with some mixed feelings. He brought in some great ...

PurplePTSD: Expect Minnesota's Franchise And Transition Tags To Remain Unused

Kwesi Adofo-Mensah will be forced to make several very difficult decisions to begin his tenure as the Vikings GM. The decisions surround ...

PurplePTSD: Flashback Friday – Jake Reed, An Unsung Vikings Hero

When football fans reminisce about the great wide receivers of the 1990s Minnesota Vikings teams, one name often gets left out: Jake Ree ...

PurplePTSD: The Triple P Tournament: The Winner, Score, Coin Toss, And MVP

Tomorrow, the Rams and Bengals (teams that the Vikings can replicate in various ways) will battle for the Super Bowl. As a result, we hu ...

PurplePTSD: The View From VT: An ESPN Trade Prediction, Zimmer's Future, And A Major Clue

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PurplePTSD: The Minnesota Vikings And A Bowl To Forget

Last Sunday, most fans skipped the NFL Pro Bowl. Those that suffered through the nearly-three hour scrimmage complained and threw sharp ...

PurplePTSD: Vikings Draft Profile: The Most Versatile O-Lineman In The 2022 Draft

Going into the 2021 season, many viewed Ikem Ekwonu as a guard that had borderline first round talent. Now just about two months before ...

PurplePTSD: Exploring A Danielle Hunter Trade

The Minnesota Vikings have a lot of choices to make this offseason, and one of them regards the future of Danielle Hunter with the franc ...