If you do not believe then you’ve already lost!

The Vikings do have a rock solid roster with maybe some quibbles at the cornerback position, the safety opposite Hitman, the left guard position, and some other depth spots (WR3, TE3, RB3, LB3. Overall though, it is hard to come up with a reason why they should not be in the mix to go to the big dance. It is going to come down to how well JJ McCarthy can navigate this season. He has the experience in college of high pressure environments so that is going to help.

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Join Tyler Forness and Dave Stefano on The Real Forno Show as they preview the Vikings’ 2025 schedule release, discuss J.J. McCarthy’s potential primetime debut, and analyze rookie minicamp standouts Harmon and Williams. Plus, get insights on international matchups and key divisional games in this Vikings 1st & SKOL episode.

The latest The Real Forno Show episode, hosted by Tyler Forness and Dave Stefano on Vikings 1st & SKOL, offers an engaging preview of the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 NFL season, focusing on the schedule release set for May 14, 2025. The hosts speculate on primetime games featuring rookie quarterback J.J....

And where? And why?

We’ve already learned a bit about the 2025 NFL schedule, with various outlets announcing some of the games they’ll be broadcasting this season and when. The overseas games will be announced on Tuesday morning and we’ll have the full schedule by Wednesday night, but in the meantime, we have a question we want to ask you about our Minnesota Vikings.

There are 14 possible opponents for our favorite football team to face in Week 1 this season. They won’t be facing the Philadelphia Eagles, the Dallas Cowboys, or the Los Angeles Chargers, as all of their...

There are only so many chances one has in life to “cement” their legacy, as evidenced by Michael Scott at Dunder Mifflin, Scranton branch. So, grab your plastic wrap and bendy straw, and get ready to dive face first into 2025!

In my previous pieces, Season of Gratitude and Maulers and Stalwarts, I challenged readers with a call to action regarding two units of the 2025 Minnesota Vikings: our running back duo and defensive line. What should we call them? More specifically, what do you want me to call them in my articles? These nicknames start somewhere, so who knows,...

Could it actually happen?

As it stands now, the Minnesota Vikings are slated as a road opponent for three teams who will be playing games overseas during the 2025 season. While one of those has been taken off the table with the league announcing the first two games of the season on Monday morning, it sounds like the purple could be making an extended trip overseas early in the season.

One of the two games the NFL announced on Monday morning was that the Los Angeles Chargers will be hosting the Kansas City Chiefs in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in Week...

It’s that time of the year!

We are preparing for the release of the 2025 NFL regular season schedule, featuring the Minnesota Vikings and 31 teams who don’t matter as much as the Minnesota Vikings.

The full schedule is set to be released on Wednesday, 14 May, at 7:00 PM Central time on the NFL Network, with select games being released in the two days leading up to the full release. There will undoubtedly be numerous leaks and rumors ahead of that, which is the purpose of what we’re doing right here.

Since this is an odd-numbered year, the Vikings...

Can KOC lead the Vikings to elite status in 2025? NFL playoffs, draft trends, and Vikings news! Will McCarthy shine?

Darren Campbell and Dave Stefano on Two Old Bloggers, a Vikings 1st & SKOL production with Fans First Sports Network, explore if Kevin O’Connell can lead the Minnesota Vikings to back-to-back playoffs in 2025 [with better results], last achieved in 2008-2009. This episode dives into J.J. McCarthy’s growth, draft trends from 2012-2021, and Vikingsland updates like rookie minicamp, Daniel Jones’ contract offer retraction, and the Aaron Jones-Jordan Mason split.

Key Points of the Episode:

• Kevin O’Connell’s Elite Challenge:...

The offseason practices are on!

Minicamp is going and I do not know if there any televised portions but there are ways to see some of it ...

To watch the Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 rookie minicamp, you can follow the team’s social media channels and watch highlights on their website and YouTube channel. The Vikings will also share content from the NFL Network, NFL+, and NFL Channel, according to their website. You can also find highlights and news coverage on Twitter/X from Vikings media members, says a YouTube video.

https://www.vikings.com/video/2025-rookie-minicamp-practice-highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFoHL8N2Zhc

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Only one remains unsigned

The Minnesota Vikings will start their rookie mini-camp on Friday, and before the latest members of the team take the field, almost all of them will have signed their first NFL contracts.

Late on Thursday, the team announced that they have agreed to terms with wide receiver Tai Felton, defensive lineman Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, linebacker Kobe King, and tight end Grant Bartholomew. Only offensive lineman Donovan Jackson, the team’s first-round pick, remains unsigned, but he will still be participating in this week’s camp.

The Vikings were tied with Atlanta and Washington for the fewest picks in this...

Will the Vikings be on the list?

We are less than a week away from the release of the National Football League’s 2025 regular season schedule, but there’s a chance we might know a small piece of the Minnesota Vikings’ schedule the day before that.

The league has announced that they will announce the full slate of international games for the upcoming season on Tuesday morning, 13 May, during the broadcast of Good Morning, Football on the NFL Network.

As we’ve mentioned on numerous occasions, the Vikings are set to serve as the road team for three teams that will...

Sometimes the best trade is the one you do not make!

Now that the draft is over and it has been analyzed ad nauseum, we can see the picture of this “time horizon” that Kwesi speaks of often. Many of the Draft Doofi believed the Vikings were going to trade down. Yet they did not. It is fairly obvious the reason why. Two of the top three interior offensive linemen had been selected already. They did not want to miss out on the other one. It is debatable which guard should have been ranked as the best but system fit...

To Err is Human. Ask a Vikings Fan.

We’ve officially entered the (relatively) quiet portion of the offseason. Minicamps and OTAs will soon be here, but not yet. Same with the NFL schedule release. Chris, Mark, Warren, et al. have done the usual excellent job of covering where we stand. So, in the meantime, let’s have some fun with this one – and by “fun” I mean laugh at our collective anguish.

The term “a trip down memory lane” usually evokes enjoyable or pleasant experiences. Not for Minnesota Vikings fans. More often than not, memory lane entails a carrot of...