Second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy of the Minnesota Vikings made his return to the field in a big way during Week 9.

The Minnesota Vikings finally looked like the team we had envisioned they would look like this offseason when they beat the Detroit Lions 27-24 at Ford Field. Although the crowd was hostile and the ...

DETROIT — All of a sudden the Vikings are right back in the fight. After leaving the Twin Cities this weekend with roughly a million questions surrounding this particular group, the Vikings returned ...

The Minnesota Vikings had an impressive win over the Detroit Lions in Week 9, but not everything in the game was up to their standard.

What’s your play call on third-and-5 from your own 28-yard line while protecting a late 27-24 lead at Detroit with a ...

Linebacker Eric Wilson had two of the Vikings’ five sacks and helped neutralize the Lions’ potent running game.

The Vikings defense generated a pressure rate of 47.6% and a season-high five sacks in their Week 9 win over the Lions, with 10 different defenders recording at least one pressure. Eric Wilson led the ...

McCarthy threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, while the Vikings sacked Jared Goff five times and pressured him ...

From Frederick High to the NFL’s elite, Chuck Foreman redefined the running back position as both rusher and receiver — now, ...

Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell made the choice to rely on veteran free agents instead of young ...

George Atkinson, a Savannah native who went on to become a Super Bowl champion with the Oakland Raiders, has died. He was 78.

Atkinson was the last remaining member of the Oakland Raiders’ famed “Soul Patrol” defensive backfield that once terrorized ...