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Randy Moss Announces He'd Like To Play Football Again In Saddest Videoconference Ever
Football's chattering classes today have been busy dissecting Randy Moss's decision to (try to) return to the NFL at age 35. Moss has been away from the game for a year and a half, and all of the questions about him will certainly get answered in due time. The more pressing matter, though, might be...

Adrian Peterson Had The Saddest New Year's Party
Here's the Vikings running back, taking his cup of kindness and forgetting old acquaintance, by which I mean his ACL, MCL, and his medial and lateral menisci. [@AdrianPeterson]...

Jared Allen Told Ray Edwards, "I'm Going To Punch You Square In Your Wiener, Dude" Before Punching Him Square In The Wiener
Maybe you've seen the video circulating this week that shows Minnesota's Jared Allen punching Atlanta's Ray Edwards directly in the crotch during the Falcons' 24-14 win in Week 12. If not, here it is, and here's Allen's frank explanation of the incident from today's episode of PFT Live:...

Kyle Rudolph Comes Up Big In Red Zone In Vikings-Broncos Game
Rudolph's catch was eventually determined to be a catch and touchdown for the vikings. He seems to have a nose for the endzone....

Donovan McNabb's Quarterback Services Are Available Again, You Guys
Per Schefter, the Vikings are planning to release him. Where to next? The Texans? The Bears? The end? [via]...

Donovan McNabb Is Lost And Angry At The World
Two years ago, Donovan McNabb fell off a Chuck Jones-sized cliff. A disastrous, abbreviated season in Washington followed by a more disastrous, more abbreviated season in Minnesota, and he's probably done, right? Gotta figure a guy who's been around this long has lost his mojo, is washed up, is just...

Visanthe Shiancoe Had His Own Bombs Bursting In Air Before Sunday's Packers-Vikings Game
Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe let his patriotism, and breakfast, shine Sunday before Minnesota's matchup with Green Bay. He even had the courtesy to warn bystanders—something about which he's been especially concerned in the past. [NFL]...

It's got the Distance: Your Vikings Kicking The Packers In The Nuts Open Thread
Right in front of the ref, too. Smart....

Vikings Cornerback Arrested On Domestic Assault Charges, Will Likely Be In Jail For Kickoff
"Chris Cook is in legal trouble again. The Minnesota Vikings' second-year cornerback was being held without bail at Hennepin County Jail early Saturday morning on two domestic assault charges, according to jail records. A source confirmed it is the Vikings' cornerback. Cook, 24, was booked into the...

This Evening: Donovan McNabb, Now Benched, Sitting Front And Center At A Lingerie Football League Game Last Week
Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 18, the day we took dating advice from a gold-digging pole dancer. Video via Busted Coverage. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Bernard Berrian Has Shitty Hands, In A Literal Sense
Remember the fuss from a couple of weeks back, when Vikings receiver Bernard Berrian lawyered up to protect his image after KSK did one of its satirical posts about him? Yeah, well, can't wait to see how ol' poopyhands and his handlers try to bully their way out of this one. [@B_Twice; h/t to David...

This Evening: Say Goodnight To Donovan McNabb
Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 17, the day we learned cancer was two-faced. Photo via Mocksession, though a decision on whether McNabb will start this week is coming Wednesday. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Christian Ponder Came Out To Play Last Night, And So Did The "Ponder" Puns
Throughout the first three quarters of the Bears-Vikings game last night, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth mentioned Christian Ponder, as well as "ponder" puns, as many times as they possibly could....

Chris Myers Called Jared Allen "The One-Eyed Monster" On Live Television (Video)
Vikings defensive end Jared Allen got poked in the eye during the third quarter of yesterday's win over the Cardinals. The injury forced him to sit for several plays and to wear a visor to protect his face upon his return. But when Allen sacked Kevin Kolb in the fourth quarter, Chris Myers couldn'...

Brett Favre Says That "No One Including Brett Favre" Could Have Seen His Career Ending The Way It Did
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Brett Favre reflects on Brett Favre's career....

The NFL Goes Out of Its Way to Make People Look Stupid
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Looks Like Somebody Pissed Themselves At Today's Chargers Game
The good thing about what happened to this poor chap standing next to a lass wearing a short light blue/white checkered skirt sitting in the front row when the San Diego Chargers hosted the Minnesota Vikings today is that he didn't shit himself. That's an assumption. He probably has by now. (H/T Cu...

Adrian Peterson Is Enjoying A Favre-Less Camp
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today:...

Favre Look-Alike Wasn't Trying To Fool Anyone By Wearing Favre Jersey Around Green Bay
Remember that guy who went to a Packers practice last week and impersonated a certain No. 4 known for gunslinging photos of his dong via text? His name is Kirk Ermatinger, he's from Ripon, Wis., and a Green Bay television station has caught up with him. Yes, Ermatinger acknowledged, he looks just l...

Gird Your Loins, Green Bay: Some Dude Is Running Around Town Pretending To Be Brett Favre
We hear completely retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is pretty revered up in Wisconsin. Especially in the town of Green Bay. Midwesterners are forgiving folks, and they put up with the whole dong-texting and playing-for-the-Vikings thing. So, as you might expect, some dude (pictured above) pretend...