baseballchampion's Minnesota Vikings CFM as owner Ryan Hudson

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Super Bowl Preview

After a long two weeks of practices and media scrutiny, the Ravens and Vikings are finally ready for Super Bowl XLVIII.

Matchup Preview | February 2, 2014
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Baltimore Ravens (8-8, 5-3 Away)		Minnesota Vikings (12-4, 6-2 Home)
Injury Report Ed Dickson Injured Reserve Courtney Upshaw Foot Stress Fracture(2W, IR) Terrell Suggs Dislocated Knee(1W, IR) Kelechi Osemele Broken Thumb(2W, IR) Marshal Yanda Broken Collarbone(1W, IR) Game Notes Super Bowl XLVIII on FOX(Sunday, 6:18PM) Game at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ Also injured for the Ravens: Ramon Harewood - Foot Stress Fracture(9W, IR) Jah Reid - Injured Reserve Ricky Wagner - Dislocated Ankle(4W, IR) Chris Canty - Injured Reserve

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Super Bowl Recap

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- It's finally over and through.

The Vikings went 12-4 in the regular season to clinch a first round bye. They took down the Eagles and Packers in the playoffs to clinch a spot in Super Bowl XLVIII. Then they went to MetLife Stadium and blew out the Baltimore Ravens 42-14 in the snow to bring the Lombardi Trophy home to the Twin Cities for the first and only time ever. Leslie Frazier chimed in.

"We played against a great team, the Ravens played a great game. It looked like it was going to be more competitive than they were, but we just came out firing at halftime. When that happened, we got out to a bigger lead, the game went on, that's when I started anticipating that, you know, we might be on the road to winning the Super Bowl."

"This team has been great to me," said owner Ryan Hudson. "I've only been here for one season, and it turns into the Lombardi Trophy. I'm really proud of the work these guys have put in this season, we fought back in a lot of games, did what we needed to do to get to this point and then finish the job. I'm just proud."

"It was all about the basics," added Adrian Peterson. "We just had to keep playing good, solid fundamental football and we would go far, and we went pretty far."

The Vikings, as usual, got boatloads of production from Peterson, and he was named MVP of the game after running the ball 26 times and gaining 175 yards on the ground and three scores, as well as catching two passes for 16 yards. Matt Cassel threw two picks, but neither was very costly, and he completed 18 passes for 211 yards and two scores. The defense was huge, intercepting Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco four times and never letting the Ravens get anything going.

Baltimore Ravens at Minnesota Vikings
Feb 2, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Baltimore Ravens (8-8)	0	7	0	7	-	14
Minnesota Vikings (12-4)	3	14	11	14	-	42

Team Stats Comparison
	BAL	MIN
Total Offense	293	377
Rushing Yards	57	176
Passing Yards	236	201
First Downs	13	20
Punt Return Yards	0	35
Kick Return Yards	84	26
Total Yards	377	438
Turnovers	2(+2)	4(-2)
3rd Down Converstion	6-13(46%)	3-10(30%)
4th Down Conversion	1-1(100%)	0-1(0%)
2-Point Conversion	1-1(100%)	0-0(0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/0	1/0
Penalties	0-0	1-5
Posession Time	24:15	15:45

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BAL	MIN
5:24	(MIN) B. Walsh 51yd FG	0	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BAL	MIN
9:56	(MIN) A. Peterson 9yd run(B. Walsh kick)	0	10
7:02	(BAL) R. Rice 5yd run(J. Tucker kick)	7	10
3:27	(MIN) K. Rudolph 2yd pass from M. Cassel(B. Walsh kick)	7	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BAL	MIN
5:09	(MIN) B. Walsh 46yd FG	7	20
1:00	(MIN) J. Wright 40yd pass from M. Cassel(M. Cassel pass to K. Rudolph)	7	28
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BAL	MIN
9:57	(MIN) A. Peterson 5yd run(B. Walsh kick)	7	35
1:34	(MIN) A. Peterson 4yd run(B. Walsh kick)	7	42
0:01	(BAL) R. Rice 35yd pass from J. Flacco(J. Tucker kick)	14	42

Baltimore Ravens PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Joe Flacco 20/34 280 1 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Ray Rice 13 57 4.3 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Ray Rice 7 95 13.5 1 Dennis Pitta 6 77 12.8 0 Deonte Thompson 2 16 8.0 0 Jacoby Jones 2 45 22.5 0 Tandon Doss 1 21 21.0 0 Billy Bajema 1 6 6.0 0 Torrey Smith 1 20 20.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Vonta Leach 2 0 William Campbell 2 2 Gino Gradkowski 2 0 Ray Rice 0 1 Michael Oher 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Matt Elam 9 0 0 0 Pernell McPhee 7 1 0 0 Daryl Smith 5 0 0 0 Arthur Brown 4 0 0 0 Michael Huff 4 0 0 0 Lardarius Webb 3 0 0 0 Corey Graham 3 0 1 0 Gino Gradkowski 3 0 0 0 Chris Gocong 2 0 0 0 Rhett Ellison 2 0 0 0 Asa Jackson 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Smith 1 0 1 0 Torrey Smith 1 0 0 0 Haloti Ngata 1 0 0 0 Dennis Pitta 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Justin Tucker 0/0 2/2 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Sam Koch 5 195 39.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Torrey Smith 4 84 21.0 0

Minnesota Vikings PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Matt Cassel 18/39 211 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Adrian Peterson 26 175 6.7 3 Matt Cassel 2 1 0.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Greg Jennings 6 72 12.0 0 Kyle Rudolph 3 27 9.0 1 Adrian Peterson 2 16 8.0 0 Cordarrelle Patterson 2 9 4.5 0 Jarius Wright 2 57 28.5 1 John Carlson 1 15 15.0 0 Jerome Simpson 1 7 7.0 0 Jerome Felton 1 8 8.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Jerome Felton 5 0 Kyle Rudolph 3 0 Phil Loadholt 2 1 John Carlson 1 0 Matt Kalil 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Gerald Hodges 5 0 0 0 Jared Allen 4 0 0 0 Brian Robison 4 2 0 0 Mistral Raymond 3 0 0 0 Harrison Smith 3 0 0 0 Xavier Rhodes 2 0 2 0 Kevin Williams 2 2 0 0 John Carlson 2 0 0 0 AJ Jefferson 2 1 0 0 Josh Robinson 2 0 1 0 Desmond Bishop 2 0 1 0 Chris Cook 2 0 0 0 Brandon Burton 1 1 0 0 Sharrif Floyd 1 0 0 0 Chad Greenway 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Blair Walsh 2/2 4/4 10 51 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Jeff Locke 2 86 43.0 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Cordarrelle Patterson 1 26 26.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Cordarrelle Patterson 5 35 7.0 0

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2014 Offseason Retirements

NFL Retirements:
Jabar Gaffney - WR
Olindo Mare - K
Randy Moss - WR
Juqua Parker - LE
Ma'ake Kemoeatu - DT
Shaun Rogers - DT
Plaxico Burress - WR
Brian Moorman - P
Patrick Mannelly - C
James Harrison - LOLB
Nate Clements - CB
Sheldon Brown - CB
John Abraham - LOLB
Reggie Wayne - WR
Adam Vinatieri - K
Brett Keisel - RE
Jonathan Goodwin - C
Phil Dawson - K
Brad Meester - C
Richard Seymour - DT
Shaun Hill - QB
Will Witherspoon - ROLB
Santana Moss - WR
London Fletcher - MLB
Kenyon Coleman - LE
Seneca Wallace - QB
Casey Hampton - DT
Ronnie Brown - HB
Josh McCown - QB
Roberto Garza - C
Michael Vick - QB
Antoine Winfield - CB
Fred Jackson - HB
Rian Lindell - K
Ryan Pickett - DT
Ed Reed - FS
Bryant McKinnie - LT
Brandon Jacobs - HB
Michael Turner - HB
Willis McGahee - HB
Champ Bailey - CB
Shane Lechler - P
Matt Bryant - K
Dave Zastudil - P
Larry Foote - MLB
Adrian Wilson - SS
Matt Hasselbeck - QB
Carson Palmer - QB
Leon Washington - HB
Tony Gonzalez - TE
Sav Rocca - P
Ryan Clark - FS

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2014 Offseason Franchise Tags

NFL Franchise Tags:
Eagles - Kenny Phillips, FS
Redskins - Fred Davis, TE
Giants - Chris Snee, RG
Cowboys -
Vikings - Desmond Bishop, MLB
Bears - Major Wright, SS
Packers - Morgan Burnett, FS
Lions - David Akers, K
Panthers -
Saints - Jed Collins, FB
Falcons - Craig Stevens, FB
Buccaneers -
Seahawks - Michael Robinson, FB
49ers - Will Montgomery, C
Rams -
Cardinals - Eric Winston, RT
Bills - Antoine Caldwell, RG
Jets - Billy Cundiff, K
Dolphins - Reshad Jones, SS
Patriots - Ryan Wendell, C
Ravens - Michael Oher, RT
Bengals - Michael Johnson, ROLB
Steelers -
Browns - Alex Mack, C
Texans - Brian Cushing, MLB
Titans - Bernard Pollard, SS
Jaguars -
Colts - Antoine Bethea, FS
Broncos - Zane Beadles, LG
Chargers -
Chiefs - Jon Asamoah, RG
Raiders - LaMarr Houston, LE

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Vikings Re-Signings

Re-signed by the Vikings:
CB Marcus Sherels - 1 year, $890K
LG Troy Kropog - 4 years, $6M
LOLB Marvin Mitchell - 1 year, $1M
LE Lawrence Jackson - 2 years, $2M
WR Jerome Simpson - 4 years, $6M
MLB Desmond Bishop - 1 year, $8M franchise tag

Rejected Vikings offers:
RT Brandon Keith
RE Everson Griffen
C Joe Berger
CB AJ Jefferson
RG Seth Olsen

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Vikings trade Simpson to Colts

Colts receive:
WR Jerome Simpson
Vikings 2014 3rd round pick(96)
Vikings 2014 4th round pick(128)

Vikings receive:
Colts 2014 1st round pick(5)

The Vikings have also released WR Stephen Burton.

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Damn! Wes Welkers season was crazy.

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Damn! Wes Welkers season was crazy.

The entire Broncos offense was crazy between Welker and Manning. I was shocked that the Ravens could hold them to 20 points. It was also surprising to see that Welker didn't break every receiving record in the record book.

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The entire Broncos offense was crazy between Welker and Manning. I was shocked that the Ravens could hold them to 20 points. It was also surprising to see that Welker didn't break every receiving record in the record book.

I think Adrian Peterson had a better season when he was healthy though. He missed six games and still only fell 14 yards shy of 2,000. Just plain beast mode.

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Giants, Chiefs have new head coaches

The Giants have brought in Tomas Single to be their head coach on a three year contract, while the Chiefs have signed new head coach Demetrius Turner to a similar three-year deal.

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Vikings get Browner, re-sign Griffen

The Minnesota Vikings were able to re-sign Everson Griffen to a four year, $5.2 million contract after not being able to re-sign him in the player re-signing period. Minnesota also landed former Seahawks corner Brandon Browner for four years and $24 million, and sign a backup center in Ryan Bartholomew for three years and $3 million.

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NFL Draft Round 1

2014 NFL Draft - Round 1 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
1	Arizona Cardinals	Devin Stovall	WR	6'1	210
2	Oakland Raiders	Keiwone Corbett	QB	6'3	238
3	Cleveland Browns	Kevin Jeter	QB	6'0	220
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	Darenton Rivers	LT	6'6	333
5	Minnesota Vikings	Edward Varley	WR	6'1	202
6	St. Louis Rams	Manessah Oliver	LOLB	6'4	249
7	Kansas City Chiefs	Demarquis Scott	HB	5'11	219
8	Dallas Cowboys	Noah Brause	C	6'5	347
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Marquise Shipley	LOLB	6'2	241
10	New England Patriots	Jake Froland	WR	6'3	217
11	Miami Dolphins	Torian Taimani	DT	6'4	293
12	Jacksonville Jaguars	De'Adrian Sladek	DT	6'4	288
13	Tennessee Titans	Prince Kassem	RE	6'6	326
14	Cincinnati Bengals	Drico Turrell	RG	6'7	324
15	New York Giants	Tywon Brown	MLB	6'0	242
16	Detroit Lions	Corbin Kendricks	LG	6'4	345
17	Atlanta Falcons	Keyon Williams	DT	6'1	278
18	St. Louis Rams	Van Redmon	RT	6'7	349
19	San Francisco 49ers	Alonzo Stump	CB	5'10	191
20	New Orleans Saints	Kelvin Nobles	FS	5'10	197
21	New York Jets	Dequarius Mewborn	TE	6'4	246
22	San Diego Chargers	Bobby Feliciano	LT	6'7	303
23	Carolina Panthers	Stevie Nichol	LE	6'5	260
24	Chicago Bears	Delton Selders	DT	6'1	278
25	Buffalo Bills	Graham Blanding	TE	6'4	256
26	Philadelphia Eagles	Anton Pace	WR	6'1	209
27	Seattle Seahawks	Sivihina Potoa'e	TE	6'3	256
28	Baltimore Ravens	Rashod Gremaud	DT	6'5	283
29	Green Bay Packers	Pat Todd	RE	6'5	281
30	Houston Texans	Hamid Pinnock	HB	5'11	202
31	Denver Broncos	Brady Townsend	C	6'4	302
32	Minnesota Vikings	Dak Ellis	CB	6'2	198

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NFL Draft Round 2

2014 NFL Draft - Round 2 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
33	Arizona Cardinals	Romel Pitts	RE	6'5	315
34	Oakland Raiders	Jejwaune McCord	CB	6'0	195
35	Cleveland Browns	Shannon Wadood	TE	6'4	248
36	Pittsburgh Steelers	Asian Petteway	HB	5'10	232
37	Indianapolis Colts	Trayion Koffa	WR	6'2	217
38	Miami Dolphins	Nikloss James	LOLB	5'11	238
39	San Francisco 49ers	OC Cross	HB	5'11	186
40	Dallas Cowboys	Patric Levingston	FS	6'3	200
41	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Quenton Swope	LE	6'6	269
42	New England Patriots	Jeremiah McCay	MLB	6'3	240
43	St. Louis Rams	Edmond Serratos	QB	6'5	235
44	Jacksonville Jaguars	Demetrius Virges	LE	6'5	302
45	Tennessee Titans	Jackson Jones	ROLB	5'11	237
46	Cincinnati Bengals	Tremaine Selders	DT	6'5	288
47	Washington Redskins	Gianni Obregon	SS	6'1	194
48	Detroit Lions	DeVonte Abram	SS	5'10	219
49	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Quandre Swaby	CB	6'2	184
50	Washington Redskins	Ryan Beech	CB	5'11	199
51	New York Jets	Bob Jacobs	LG	6'7	334
52	New Orleans Saints	Darrius Shade	HB	5'9	209
53	New York Jets	Andrew Goltry	RT	6'7	290
54	San Diego Chargers	Kaelin Nealy	C	6'7	311
55	Carolina Panthers	Deshaun Gandy	LT	6'6	292
56	Washington Redskins	Rashard Norris	MLB	6'1	240
57	New York Giants	Jed Grayson	DT	6'2	277
58	Philadelphia Eagles	Gant Sole	WR	5'11	194
59	St. Louis Rams	Mathew Vicioso	RG	6'7	322
60	Denver Broncos	Tahj Lavigne	MLB	6'4	237
61	Green Bay Packers	Arthur Osei	DT	6'3	292
62	Houston Texans	Deterius McKoy	DT	6'5	270
63	Baltimore Ravens	Farrington Fray	DT	6'1	277
64	Buffalo Bills	Rijo Gregg	RE	6'3	267

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NFL Draft Round 3

2014 NFL Draft - Round 3 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
65	Arizona Cardinals	Shane Hayduk	CB
66	Oakland Raiders	Reed Speth	LE
67	Cleveland Browns	Alex Post	WR
68	Cleveland Browns	Devae Gandy	DT
69	Indianapolis Colts	Jabri Pearson	RE
70	St. Louis Rams	Peniel Kenner	LE
71	Kansas City Chiefs	Jeff Prewitt	LT
72	Dallas Cowboys	Shawn Odoemena	ROLB
73	New York Jets	Earl Maynes	FS
74	New England Patriots	Ryan Garrett	QB
75	New Orleans Saints	Edward Ware	RT
76	Jacksonville Jaguars	Tony Fitzpatrick	LE
77	San Francisco 49ers	DeAires Beaver	CB
78	Cincinnati Bengals	Kegan Deleon	QB
79	New York Giants	Lou Hammond	LG
80	Detroit Lions	Emery Carr	RT
81	Atlanta Falcons	Tyrell Mills	LOLB
82	Washington Redskins	Karrington Moultry	CB
83	San Francisco 49ers	Roland Olivencia	QB
84	New Orleans Saints	Dezrick Lord	C
85	New York Jets	Tobias Cornish	DT
86	San Diego Chargers	Ryker Blandin	WR
87	Carolina Panthers	Bjoern Leon	K
88	Chicago Bears	Sam Roane	C
89	Buffalo Bills	Leighton Bailey	MLB
90	Philadelphia Eagles	Everett Packe	QB
91	Minnesota Vikings	Enoch Keith	RG
92	Denver Broncos	Joe McCord	RE
93	Green Bay Packers	Michael Hernandez	TE
94	Houston Texans	Rhett Quinn	DT
95	Baltimore Ravens	Scot Sprinkle	LG
96	Indianapolis Colts	Deshun Kelly	MLB

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NFL Draft Round 4

2014 NFL Draft - Round 4 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
97	Arizona Cardinals	Joseph Vivace	QB
98	Oakland Raiders	Tremayne Milliner	FS
99	Cleveland Browns	Lenard Ellis	CB
100	Pittsburgh Steelers	Giovanni Carrilo	HB
101	Cleveland Browns	Mason Obregon	RT
102	St. Louis Rams	Dondi Hanna	FB
103	Kansas City Chiefs	Will Berry	LOLB
104	Cleveland Browns	Nash Fobbs	HB
105	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Rainey Mallett	LE
106	New England Patriots	Dareon Stripling	LG
107	Miami Dolphins	Deantre Covington	MLB
108	Jacksonville Jaguars	Phil Gumpert	MLB
109	Tennessee Titans	Becket Duncan	FS
110	Cincinnati Bengals	Daryl Uszakiewicz	DT
111	New York Giants	Josh Skersick	C
112	Detroit Lions	Quentin Gortman	HB
113	Atlanta Falcons	Verlon Glass	LOLB
114	Washington Redskins	Rayvon Nettles	WR
115	San Francisco 49ers	Jont'e Asmore	WR
116	Cleveland Browns	Ify Adeniji	LT
117	New York Jets	Rodriguez Eliaan	LOLB
118	San Diego Chargers	Andre Wallace	HB
119	Carolina Panthers	Lynden Kirven	RT
120	Chicago Bears	Josh Hutchins	FS
121	Buffalo Bills	Richard Jeter	K
122	Philadelphia Eagles	Toby Carpentier	C
123	Seattle Seahawks	Thadeus Falls	RG
124	Denver Broncos	Martell Madru	WR
125	Green Bay Packers	Jesse Salyer	QB
126	Houston Texans	Trey Mercado	WR
127	Minnesota Vikings	Jabriel Kiser	ROLB
128	Indianapolis Colts	Na'Quan Pierce	K