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1 month ago | 
the33rdteam.com | Tyler Brooke |James Foster |Jeff Diamond
Even with the dust settling on free agency and the 2025 NFL Draft quickly approaching, there are still a handful of players who could be traded before the draft begins in Green Bay. Whether it's potential cut candidates with teams looking to secure some kind of draft capital or disgruntled stars still holding out for big paydays, a handful of players around the league are likely still on the trade block.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
the33rdteam.com | Ian Valentino |Dan Pizzuta |Jeff Diamond |Marcus Mosher
The best football weekend of the year has arrived. With four games headlining the NFL Divisional Round and Conference Championship bids on the line, we'll get the biggest stars put in the most stressful situations known in the sport. This is where legacies and franchise icons are built. The ghosts of yesterday could rear their ugly heads again. Or, we could see the next generation breakthrough and upend what we've grown to expect.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
the33rdteam.com | Dan Pizzuta |Jeff Diamond |Marcus Mosher
Someone has to lose. That’s the unfortunate reality when the Baltimore Ravens play the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round of the 2024-25 NFL Playoffs. In a season that has centered around the play of Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, one of them won’t even get to reach the AFC title game. When legacies and narratives are built around signature playoff wins, this game will (for better or worse and always leaning toward the latter) shape how these quarterbacks are viewed and discussed going forward.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
vikingsterritory.com | Jeff Diamond
The 2024 Vikings season that looked so promising two weeks ago came to an ill-fated end on Monday night in a second straight prime-time dud. After the poor performance in Detroit, which cost them a division title and sent the Vikings to a neutral-site game in Arizona, the favored Vikings were dominated 27-9 in the wildcard round loss.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
vikingsterritory.com | Jeff Diamond
My greatest memories from my NFL career were of playoff games when the pressure was at a peak. The postseason victories are indelibly etched in my mind, such as our Vikings playoff runs in my rookie season to the Super Bowl, the 1987 wild card ride with wins at New Orleans and San Francisco (over Joe Montana and the top-seeded Niners), and my 1999 Titans team reaching the Super Bowl as a 13-win wild card team.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
the33rdteam.com | Tyler Brooke |Jeff Diamond |Ian Valentino
The Las Vegas Raiders are ushering in a new era after parting ways with head coach Antonio Pierce, and that could mean finding a way forward without their franchise player, Maxx Crosby. During the Raiders coaching search last offseason, Crosby was adamant about the team retaining Pierce, who had been the interim head coach after Josh McDaniels' firing. He was so supportive that he suggested he would request a trade if the organization went in a different direction.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
vikingsterritory.com | Jeff Diamond
During the first three quarters of Sunday night’s game in Detroit, the Vikings looked like they would take control. The defense stopped the Lions’ No. 1 offense on five of their first seven drives, including Ivan Pace’s interception returned to the Detroit 7 and a fourth-down stop that led to a field goal and a 7-6 deficit.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
vikingsterritory.com | Jeff Diamond
The hype is huge for this Sunday’s battle between the Vikings and Lions in the Lions’ den at Detroit. In this case, it’s apropos. This is simply the biggest regular-season game in Vikings history. Yes, the Vikings beat the Packers in Green Bay for the division title in the 2015 season finale, but that was to finish 11-5 and earn the third seed. This is the first time two teams with 14 wins in NFL history have met in a regular season game.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
bvmsports.com | Jeff Diamond
As Sam Darnold prepares to face the Detroit Lions on Sunday night in the biggest game of his career (before his first playoff appearance is even bigger), speculation has begun on whether the Vikings quarterback on a one-year deal will re-sign in Minnesota or move on to greener pastures in free agency. One thing is clear - barring a collapse in the next few weeks, Darnold, who was just selected to his first Pro Bowl, is set to be one of the biggest winners among pending free agents.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
bvmsports.com | Jeff Diamond
It's always a great story when a rookie quarterback emerges as a star to lift a downtrodden franchise, lead them to the playoffs, and energize the fan base in the process. Such was the case last season with C.J. Stroud in Houston, and it's close to being repeated this season in Washington by Jayden Daniels, who is having a rookie season that compares favorably with the best of all time.
