Matt Krohn-Imagn Images. VikingsTerritory’s Purple Rumor Mill is a two-day chronicle each week. All the week’s rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for review. Today is the December 15th edition. Purple Rumor Mill: Sam Darnold’s 2025 Team, Tom Brady’s Vikings Take, Wes Phillips Remember — rumors… Continue reading Sam Darnold’s 2025 Team, Tom Brady’s Vikings Take, Wes Phillips
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NFL Week 15 roundtable: Bills-Lions, Sam Darnold’s Vikings future, Eagles drama
The NFL inadvertently gave us a gift with the Buffalo Bills visiting the Detroit Lions in Week 15. This game won’t lack oomph just because both teams are playoff-bound already. The Lions don’t want to loosen their grip on the NFC’s top seed, much less the NFC North lead. And last week’s shootout loss in… Continue reading NFL Week 15 roundtable: Bills-Lions, Sam Darnold’s Vikings future, Eagles drama
Sam Darnold ranked as NFL’s best free-agent signing of 2024
After letting Kirk Cousins leave for Atlanta this spring, the Vikings’ decision to sign Sam Darnold to a one-year, $10 million deal was met with ridicule from many casual NFL fans. At the time, I wrote that it actually made a lot of sense. But I had no idea it was going to work out… Continue reading Sam Darnold ranked as NFL’s best free-agent signing of 2024
Vikings’ T.J. Hockenson shares what makes Sam Darnold great
When Sam Darnold signed a one-year deal to quarterback the Vikings this past offseason, not many people thought the former top-five pick would have an MVP-caliber year. Darnold has helped guide the Vikings to an 11-2 record and battling for the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. Tight end T.J. Hockenson appeared on the Gojo… Continue reading Vikings’ T.J. Hockenson shares what makes Sam Darnold great
Mulling the Vikings playoff opponents and the Sam Darnold question
None of those teams would be a walkover, particularly since they would have the home-field advantage, but let’s say the Vikings would probably prefer not to play the Rams (a proven team that already beat them once this season) or Tampa Bay (strong interior pass rush and underlying stats that suggest they are better than… Continue reading Mulling the Vikings playoff opponents and the Sam Darnold question
Sam Darnold garners ‘M-V-P’ chants as Vikings eye return to postseason
Over the past four games, Darnold completed 68% of his passes for 1,158 yards, 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. EAGAN, Minn. — Just moments after leading the Minnesota Vikings on a seven-play, 98-yard drive to cap a dominating performance on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, the cameras inside U.S. Bank Stadium found Sam Darnold on… Continue reading Sam Darnold garners ‘M-V-P’ chants as Vikings eye return to postseason
Top 2025 Sam Darnold Landing Spots as Vikings, QB Reportedly Not Talking Extension | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Sam DarnoldAl Pereira/Getty Images The New York Jets are less of a wild card and more of an extreme long shot. Why? Because they are the team that drafted Darnold, only to trade him three years later. New York has been one of the league’s most dysfunctional organizations during Darnold’s lifetime, and it’s had little… Continue reading Top 2025 Sam Darnold Landing Spots as Vikings, QB Reportedly Not Talking Extension | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase, Vikings QB Sam Darnold highlight Players of the Week
The Chiefs wrapped up the AFC West title on Sunday night thanks in no small effort to Wright’s stuff, specifically a perfect 4-for-4 evening on field goals, including a clang for the crown, as his game-winning 31-yarder hit the left upright and was good for a 19-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. Wright is… Continue reading Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase, Vikings QB Sam Darnold highlight Players of the Week
Vikings QB Sam Darnold named NFC offensive player of the week
After becoming the first Vikings quarterback in 20 years to throw for five touchdowns in a game, Sam Darnold became the first Vikings player this season to take home NFC offensive player of the week honors. Darnold was recognized on Wednesday after setting career highs in touchdowns and yards (with 347) in the Vikings’ 42-21… Continue reading Vikings QB Sam Darnold named NFC offensive player of the week
Sam Darnold resurgence: What potential contract extension could look like for Vikings QB after hot 2024 season
Sam Darnold was largely an afterthought in the 2024 NFL offseason, parlaying a one-year stint on the San Francisco 49ers’ bench into a one-year, prove-it deal with the Minnesota Vikings. Nearly a full season later, he looks like a changed man, shedding the skittishness of his New York Jets days for big-play production under Kevin… Continue reading Sam Darnold resurgence: What potential contract extension could look like for Vikings QB after hot 2024 season