2015 NFC North Trash Talk Thread: GB loses Div Rd, MIN loses WC Rd, DET/CHI N/A

Lions are gonna be good this year. Not saying packers arent superbowl contenders cuz they are def up there.. But this is gonna be the year we win in Lambeau and i know we can def make the playoffs again this year. I just cant wait. Staff has to pull himself away from that borderline top 10 qb and move up on that list to mae the playoffs again. Another year in the offense with pretty much the same receiving core will be good for him.
 
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Vikings sign pact to buy land in Eagan for possible new Winter Park headquarters

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By ROCHELLE OLSON, Star Tribune - Aug 22 12:40 a.m.

The Minnesota Vikings’ owners have signed a surprise purchase agreement for 185 acres in Eagan that once served as Northwest Airlines’ headquarters.

If all goes well with purchase negotiations, the team will build new practice and corporate facilities in Eagan and move from its outdated Winter Park home in Eden Prairie.

On Friday, team Vice President Lester Bagley would only go so far as to say the site is “intriguing” as a new home.

“The [current] Winter Park site is very challenging,” he said. “There’s not enough flexibility for what we want to do.”

The Northwest Airlines land initially went on the market in 2009 for $24.5 million, with the price gradually dropping over time. The Excelsior Group, an Eden Prairie-based developer, bought the land in June for $10.4 million. Bagley declined to say what the Vikings paid for the property.

The Vikings have been clear that they’re looking to move from their 12 acres just off of Interstate 494 in Eden Prairie because of a need for more outdoor playing fields, better weight rooms, media rooms, locker rooms and more office space.

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, right, was the among Vikings players working out at Winter Park in April.

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, right, was the among Vikings players working out at Winter Park in April.
The land in the purchase agreement is 6 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, just south of 494 and east of Dodd Road. When Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest, the airline’s headquarters was absorbed into Delta’s Atlanta home.

The team has been looking for 50 acres for a new facility and had been in early discussions for land along Hwy. 212 in Chanhassen. It also had been exploring options with Eden Prairie, so the latest news was an unexpected bolt to the east.

If the sale goes through, the Eagan land would keep the Vikings on one of the Twin Cities’ major east-west freeways while moving it closer to both downtowns and the airport. Real estate is the main business of the New Jersey-based Wilf family, owner of the Vikings, so ancillary development prospects on the Eagan site could also be alluring.

Vicki Stute, president of the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce, said the Vikings are a state asset and would be welcomed. “We’re excited about this purchase; it will be great for the community,” she said.

Two office buildings on the site essentially have been mothballed since the airline left town, but Stute said the property is in a “prime location.” She said the community is eager to see what other developments the Wilfs might propose nearby.

Winter Park lacking

Winter Park opened 34 years ago, when Bud Grant was the team’s coach and Tommy Kramer the quarterback.

Until recently, the shortcomings of Winter Park were far down the list of the Vikings’ concerns as the team feverishly pursued a public subsidy for the new $1 billion stadium. With the stadium expected to be open within 11 months, Vikings owners and executives turned to considering the future of their headquarters.

The Vikings have been running the business out of three separate office buildings. The marketing staff is in downtown Minneapolis at 1010 Metrodome Square, across S. 5th Street from the new stadium construction site. The team also has office space at Winter Park and in a neighboring office building.

The team’s offices and practice facilities lag by NFL standards. Creature comforts aren’t insignificant for amenities for players whose bodies are their jobs. A reputation for subpar facilities can become an issue in contract negotiations with players.

The Twins upgraded significantly when they moved from the Metrodome to Target Field.

The team hasn’t commented on whether it might seek a subsidy for a new headquarters.
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via Star Tribune
 
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Scherff's a top five pick and all. But second preseason game. Playing right guard after playing tackle at Iowa. :/

Tyrunn Walker looks impressive there though.
 
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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
The initial diagnosis on #Packers WR Jordy Nelson is a torn ACL, source said. Horrible news. Awaiting MRI results to confirm.

Jermichael Finley @JermichaelF88
With Nelson out. Let's see how good @AaronRodgers12 really is. #Packers [emoji]128064[/emoji]

Green Bay Packers @packers
#Packers CB Damarious Randall just came running out of the tunnel and back to the sideline. #GBvsPIT
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Lions activate Waddle, Jones off PUP list

Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press 3:17 p.m. EDT August 23, 2015

The Detroit Lions activated right tackle LaAdrian Waddle and defensive end Jason Jones off the physically unable to perform list today, making both eligible to return to practice.

Waddle suffered a partially torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in a Week 15 game against the Minnesota Vikings last year. He's expected to start at right tackle this fall for a Lions team that's currently dealing with injuries up front.

Starting right guard Larry Warford suffered a high ankle sprain in Thursday's preseason loss at Washington, and his status for the Lions' Sept. 13 season opener against the San Diego Chargers is up in the air.

Jones, who started all 16 games at left end for the Lions last year, is returning from arthroscopic knee surgery this spring.

Both players have been working on the sidelines with trainers in recent weeks, but it's unclear if either will play in Friday's preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Lions still have two starters on restricted lists. Running back Joique Bell is on the PUP list rehabbing from knee surgery, and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata is on the non-football injury list dealing with a strained hamstring.

Both players are expected to be ready for the regular season.

The Lions also signed two players today, linebacker Justin Cherocci from Central Michigan and defensive end Erik Williams from Bethune Cookman. Cherocci was with the team for rookie minicamp.
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via Detroit Free Press
 
Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde now
The good news, if you are looking for some as a #Packers fan, is that Rodgers is still on the sideline and no longer has wrist/arm wrapped.
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If Marquess Wilson is seriously injured... Again 
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Feel like this is the third year in a row we have expecting this dude to break out and he really needs to this year after losing BMarsh and now White. He cant be injured again.
 
I am kinda worried about Mike Wallace. maybe I am overthinking it right now but hIm and Teddy seems not to be in sink.
 
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Mike Wallace hasn't been in sync with anything since he was in PIT.

And the Packers are still the favorite. Don't get it twisted.
 
Packers plan on calling Reggie Wayne after he visits Patriots

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Posted by Darin Gantt on August 24, 2015, 10:34 AM EDT

Reggie Wayne wanted to play again, and it certainly appears he’s going to have a chance.

He even has some degree of leverage, and didn’t have to go to training camp.

According to Dianna Marie Russini of ESPN, the Packers are placing a call to Wayne pending the results of Jordy Nelson’s MRI.

Nelson went down yesterday, reportedly with a torn ACL. While the Packers have done a great job in recent years of finding home-grown replacements for departing free agents, having a proven guy like Wayne is obviously an appealing alternative.

But Wayne is taking a physical with the Patriots now, so there’s no guarantee the Packers can get him in for a visit, unless they’re willing to enter some degree of bidding war for the 36-year-old wideout.

It also makes sense that the Panthers would get in the mix, given the season-ending ACL tear to Kelvin Benjamin, but at this point, there are no reports that they’re interested.
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