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Vikes 1st Round Pick Patterson: ‘I Feel Like A Superhero’
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) – It was clear that the Vikings wanted wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson in a big way. “They did, and I respect them for that,” Patterson said. “I came from the restroom,...
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Vikings Rookie WR Has A Lot Of Work To Do
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cordarrelle Patterson has always looked up to Randy Moss, so he jumped at the chance to grab Moss’s old No. 84 when he was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. Patterson will be the...
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Webb’s Last Chance With Vikings Will Be At WR
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have tried unsuccessfully to turn Joe Webb’s elite athleticism into reliable NFL productivity and time is running out. Entering the fourth and final...
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Fitzgerald Jr. Donates 1,000 Helmets To Mpls. Park & Rec
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is among the best in professional football, and it all started in Minneapolis. On Monday, the all-pro wide receiver brought a piece of the NFL to the first...
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At Camp Fitzgerald, Floyd Seeks Breakout Sophomore Season
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota native Michael Floyd was a first round NFL Draft pick back in 2012. The Arizona Cardinal wide receiver was hot in high school at Cretin-Derham Hall, blossomed at Notre...
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Vikings WR Greg Childs Starts Camp On PUP List
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have placed wide receiver Greg Childs on the physically unable to perform list to start training camp. The first practice was Friday. Childs did conditioning...
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Crawford-Tufts Chooses Gophers Track Over Football
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota wide receiver Devin Crawford-Tufts won’t play for the football team this season, to focus on track and field instead. The Gophers announced the news Monday. In a statement...
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Will Vikes’ Jarius Wright Emerge As Offensive Threat In 2nd Year?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings have a number of receivers after Greg Jennings trying to get into the rotation. Among them, Jarius Wright is an interesting candidate. Last year, Wright did...
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Patterson Impresses In Vikings Debut
(credit: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cordarrelle Patterson stood at the back of the end zone and waited for the opening kickoff. When Houston kicker Randy Bullock couldn’t get it...
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Vikings WR Simpson Is Healthy, Ready
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson has his legs back, which means he can go deep again. “Really it was just rest for me. And then just after that getting treatment and just...
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Vikings Keep Webb As No. 5 WR, Sherels As CB, PR
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Webb’s athleticism was too much to part with for the Minnesota Vikings. After converting Webb to wide receiver this spring, following a failed emergency playoff start at...
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Savvy QB/WR Combo Leads S. St. Paul, Maybe To A State Title
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — One team that makes the WCCO High School Sports Rally highlights often is South St. Paul. The Packers are unbeaten (6-0), ranked No. 2 in Class 4A, and have a senior...
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Beyond Bounds: Who Wins When St. Thomas’ 2 Star WRs Go 1-On-1?
Dan Ferrazzo and Dan Noehring (credit: Mike Ekern/University of St. Thomas) The similarities between shifty St. Thomas wideouts – and close friends – senior Dan Noehring and junior Dan Ferrazzo are...
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Patterson Sets NFL Record With 109-Yard Return
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings rookie Cordarrelle Patterson has set the NFL record for longest kickoff return, a 109-yard touchdown to start the game against Green Bay. Patterson was as far back...
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Jerome Simpson Officially Charged With DWI
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson has officially been charged with DWI, after being arrested Saturday on suspicion of drunken driving along Interstate 394. Despite...
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Rocori High Celebrates Grad Headed To Super Bowl
COLD SPRING, Minn. (WCCO) – There will be a Minnesotan on the field during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Denver Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker grew up in Cold Spring, and played for the Gophers. On Thursday...
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Minn. Vikings Sign WR Lestar Jean
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings have added a tall wide receiver to their roster, announcing the signing of Lestar Jean Tuesday. Twenty-six-year-old Jean, who stands at 6-foot-3 and weighs...
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Vikings Sign Ex-Browns WR Josh Cooper
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have signed wide receiver Josh Cooper. The move was made Friday. To make room for Cooper on the roster, wide receiver Lestar Jean was waived. Cooper...
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Fmr. Viking Sidney Rice Announces His Retirement
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Sidney Rice announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday after an injury-filled career that included issues with concussions. The Seahawks...
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WR, Special Teams Player Doing Whatever It Takes To Play With The Vikes
MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO) – A perfect example of doing what it takes to make the team is wide receiver and special teams player, Adam Thielen. Thielen is right at home in Vikings training camp, as he went...
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Vikings Release Jerome Simpson
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings announced Thursday that Jerome Simpson has been released from the team amid reports of further legal trouble for the wide receiver. The seven-year veteran out...
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Vikings Up Next To Try To Contain Packers’ Nelson
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Building a successful working relationship between a quarterback and receiver requires a lot of time and communication. After seven years together, there are few better...
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Vikings Sign QB Chandler Harnish To Active Roster
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — With Matt Cassel out for the season and Teddy Bridgewater’s status still uncertain for Thursday night’s game, the Minnesota Vikings signed another quarterback to the active roster....
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DeLaSalle Wide Receiver Offers Inspiration To Her Coach, Team
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The juggernaut that is the DeLaSalle football team is in the state tournament this weekend for the third year in a row, and the sixth time in the last seven years. You wouldn’t...
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Is There A Rift Between WR Patterson, Vikings Coaching Staff?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It took the Vikings a while to get Cordarrelle Patterson involved in the game plan last year, but once they did, he turned into a Pro Bowler, getting more and more important as the...
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Vikings Confirm Patterson No Longer A Starter
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson’s playing time has dwindled to the point where he had only three snaps with the offense in the last game. Vikings offensive...
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Vikings Release WR Greg Jennings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Greg Jennings was comfortable enough in Minnesota to want to settle there after retirement. Mike Wallace was initially disinterested in playing for the Vikings because of the cold...
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Randy Moss To Host Autograph Session At Ridgedale Mall
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Whatever your feelings for him, it’s hard to deny that former wide receiver Randy Moss was one of the greatest Vikings players ever. Moss is honoring his time in Minnesota by...
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Mike Wallace Aims For More Than Deep Throws With Vikings
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings acquired Mike Wallace for his speed and his experience at the wide receiver position. He came to training camp with more than that. “I’ve got to take some...
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Gophers To Use Minneapolis Native Jeff Jones As Receiver
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota will use prized recruit Jeff Jones as a wide receiver to start his first season on the field with the team. Coach Jerry Kill confirmed Tuesday at his season-opening news...
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Vikings’ WR Stefon Diggs Named Rookie Of The Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Vikings’ rookie wide receiver Stefon Diggs continues to turn heads in the NFL – even though he’s only played two professional games. On Friday, the Minnesota Vikings...
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5 Successful Vikings Draft Picks At Wide Receiver
The NFL Draft is over, and now teams around the league will host their rookie mini camps this weekend. For the Vikings, all eyes will be on former Ole Miss wide receiver Laquon Treadwell. He was...
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Stefon Diggs Named NFC Offensive POTW For Performance Against Packers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Vikings’ wide receiver Stefon Diggs’ monster performance against division-rival Green Bay Packers did not go unnoticed. On Wednesday, the team announced Diggs has been...
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Vikings Reportedly Have Interest In WR Michael Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Vikings are looking to add wide receiver depth before the 2017-18 season, and they’re reportedly interested in a name that will be familiar to Minnesota fans....
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Should The Vikings Pursue Eric Decker?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Vikings might have a decision to make this week on a wide receiver, possibly as early as Wednesday. The New York Jets are likely to either release Eric Decker or...
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Vikings Place WR Josh Doctson On IR With Leg Injury
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings are placing wide receiver Josh Doctson on injured reserve with a leg injury. That’s according to NFL Insider Ian Rapoport. Source: The #Vikings are placing...
View ArticleVikings’ WR Doctson To Return From IR, Participate In Practice
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings team is getting another option back at the wide receiver position. On Wednesday, the team announced Josh Doctson is designated for return from injured reserve...
View ArticleStefon Diggs Removes All Vikings-Related Photos From Instagram Account, Again...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In what’ll seem like déjà vu for most Minnesota Vikings fans, there’s growing speculation that wide receiver Stefon Diggs is unhappy with the team and may be seeking another place...
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Gophers Star Receiver Rashod Bateman Opts Out Of 2020 Season, Will Prep For...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Golden Gophers star wide receiver Rashod Bateman has announced he will opt out 2020 college season and will now be preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft. On Tuesday morning, the...
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Report: WR Davante Adams, Green Bay Packers Break Off Long-Term Contract...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams and the Green Bay Packers have reportedly broken off talks for a contract extension. It comes as questions surround quarterback Aaron Rodgers’...
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