12 Days of Vikings Hype - Final Day

Well, ladies and gentlemen it has finally come. The last 24 hours leading up to the premiere practice of the Vikings 2016 season has dawned. With it I close out the 12 days of Vikings hype and in case any of you had wondered, yes I do recite it to the tune of the song of the similar name.

here

we

go!

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we look at all three phases of the team

On the seventh day of Vikings hype we looked back and ahead.

On the sixth day of Vikings hype we looked at a top player in the NFL.

On the fifth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense, again.

On the fourth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the division clinching game!

On the third day of Vikings Hype we took a look at an all time great.

On the second day of Vikings Hype we took a look at the best there was.

On the last day of Vikings Hype we take a look at last season

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 2

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we look at all three phases of the team

On the seventh day of Vikings hype we looked back and ahead.

On the sixth day of Vikings hype we looked at a top player in the NFL.

On the fifth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense, again.

On the fourth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the division clinching game!

On the third day of Vikings Hype we took a look at an all time great.

On the second day of Vikings Hype we take a look at the best there was.

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 3

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we look at all three phases of the team

On the seventh day of Vikings hype we looked backward and forward.

On the sixth day of Vikings hype we looked at a top player in the NFL.

On the fifth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense again.

On the fourth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the division clinching game!

On the third day of Vikings Hype we take a look at an all time great

12 days of Vikings Hype - Day 4

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we look at all three phases of the team

One week people!

On the seventh day of Vikings hype we looked backward and forward.

On the sixth day of Vikings hype we looked at a top player in the NFL.

On the fifth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense again.

On the fourth day of Vikings hype we take a look at the division clinching game!

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 5

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we look at all three phases of the team

One week people!

On the seventh day of Vikings hype we looked backward and forward.

On the sixth day of Vikings hype we looked at a top player in the NFL.

On the fifth day of Vikings we take a look at the defense, again.

A Summer Summary

As I've traveled and enjoyed the Summer my attention to the sports scene has been diminished. That's far from a unique circumstance this time of year, but has been compounded by the fact that the Twins have been somewhere between abysmal and forgettable.

In addition to that, the addition I have put toward sports over the last week has been to prioritized the soon coming positivity.

Football is almost back folks. That is an annual fact that brings nothing but positive emotions. If not for the product on the field, for the hardcore fantasy football that can once again breath.

But I digress because this is not about football, at least not mostly.

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 6

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we look at all three phases of the team

One week people!

On the seventh day of Vikings hype we looked backward and forward.

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 7

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we highlight all three phases of the team

One week people!

On the seventh day of Vikings hype we look backward and forward at the same time.

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 8

On the twelfth day of Vikings hype we took a look at Linval Hungry

On the eleventh day of Vikings hype we took a look at our QB

On the tenth day of Vikings hype we took a look at the defense

On the ninth day of Vikings hype we took a look a a trailer for the year

Onward and forward we go!

On the eighth day of Vikings hype we highlight all three phases of the team

So here goes!

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 9

Single digits! Here we go folks, football is almost back!!

On day 12 I highlight the hungry one

Day 11 brought a look at our QB

Yesterday I posted a video about our defense

So now that it's hit single digits, which player, group or other possibility should I highlight today?

Watch the video and see for yourself!

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 10

24 more hours and it'll be single digits of days.

A couple of days ago it was about Linval.

Yesterday about our QB.

Today it's about the 11 man wrecking crew known as the defense.

Just for fun, anybody want to count how many times they put a big hit on somebody in this video?

I don't know the answer but it's a lot!

It's over 15 minutes long in case you want to watch the whole thing, and it is worth watching entirely!

12 Days of Vikings Hype - Day 11

11 days

264 hours

15,840 minutes

Until the first Vikings Training Camp practice is scheduled to be underway.

I showed our big DT's flash yesterday and want to highlight another key member of the team, but this time on offense.

Take a look but be aware that this one is nearly 17 minutes long.

Thanks for coming by!

12 Days of Vikings Hype Videos - Day 12

If you aren't yet excited for the rapidly approaching NFL season then the videos I'm going to be incorporating over the next 12 days may not make a difference but since there are 12 days of Christmas, why can't there be at least 12 days of turning up the excitement level on the team?!

The order of the videos isn't intended to be a ranking, but I will try to do the best ones the nearer time comes to the opening of camp.

First up are a couple of videos about one of our beef eaters who, like others, is starting to get some national attention.

Summer League Game 1

Dunn is looking every bit worthy of the #5 pick. I still can't say that I like his selection but through the first game he's looking good. Active hands leading to several steals; an aggressiveness, attacking the basket on offense. He was able to play along side Tyus pretty well but also with the ball in his hands. Finishing as the highest scorer in the game was a great thing, and will be all the better if it translates into the next season! Last but certainly not least, that crossover was pretty filthy! But it's not all about the Rook, how did some of the other fella's look?

Tyus clearly looked better then the competition. His ability to stay in front of his man on defense is still a work in progress but his distributing and scoring looked requisite of an NBA player. Amazingly he had the most rebounds of anyone who played in the game. The asterisk is the level of competition that they all were going against. Many of these guys will never make it in the NBA but the Nuggets have some very high end guards so it's actually a pretty good litmus test for him and KD, I think!

The other notable player was Adreian Payne. The dude missed an open dunk in the first quarter. It's embarrassing. All things being equal, he did have some nice rebounds and put backs. 5 total rebounds is a paltry total though. The two steals are nice, though they both came early in the game.

So that's the summer big three but how about the rest of the guys?

Wait and see!

The Cole in my Stocking (Rube Rant)

Free Agency has been live for over 67 hours and the Timberwolves prize is....Cole Aldrich?!

I'm fine with the slow approach that they took because of some of the contracts that were getting handed our were obnoxious! Look no further than the money that Parsons got from Grizzlies and Mozgov got from the Lakers as evidence. Since yesterday afternoon the money's come back to sane amounts but still no news until a few hours ago.