Basketball's over, baseball's heating up, and soccer in the limelight right now with the World Cup. On the horizon is football season, and the Minnesota Vikings will have a battle at quarterback.
Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman joined ESPN 99.1's Jeff Thurn on Monday's edition of Overtime.
Spielman discusses letting Leslie Frazier go, and hiring Mike Zimmer as head coach:
"You know those are all very difficult decisions, but when we decided to make the change, we went through our head coaching process very thorough, ended up interviewing seven guys with our ownership,
Paul Allen joined Jeff Thurn on Thursday's edition of Overtime on ESPN 99.1
Allen is the voice of the Minnesota Vikings and host on KFAN in the Twin Cities.
Matt Cassel was one day away from hitting the free agent market and fielding offers from other suitors. Then the Minnesota Vikings swooped in at the last minute.
Cordarrelle Patterson scored two touchdowns, including the go-ahead catch in the end zone in the fourth quarter, and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Detroit Lions 14-13 on Sunday afternoon in the final game of the Metrodome’s 32 seasons.
Even with Adrian Peterson back, the Vikings couldn’t keep up with a team that’s always hot at home.
Andy Dalton threw four touchdown passes, and Peterson spent most of the second half watching from the bench as the Cincinnati Bengals finished off a 42-14 victory on Sunday that clinched a playoff spot for them.