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As we discussed the offseason development of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder, we noted the Vikings wanted to improve their early-down completion percentage. Ponder had one of the worst first-down completion percentages in the NFL as a ...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 1: History-making: The Green Bay Packers have a nine-game winning streak against the San Francisco 49ers, who haven't defeated the Packers in the regular season since Nov. 4, 1990. (They did knock the Packers o...

For years, preparing for the Indianapolis Colts defense was schematically simple but physically difficult. The Colts lined up in their traditional 4-3 alignment and sent four pass rushers more than any team in the NFL between 2008-11, relying on book...

Chris Doleman was a long-armed pass rusher with the height (6-foot-5) to match up with big left tackles and the speed to run around them. He retired in 1999 with 150.5 sacks, which at the time qualified as the second-most in NFL history, while playin...

Reviewing Friday's action at Lucas Oil Stadium: Green Bay Packers 24, Indianapolis Colts 21 Preseason record: (2-1) Of interest: The Packers offense opened with a three-and-out and then shifted to its increasingly intriguing no-huddle offens...

Another in a series on NFC North players whose career trajectories put them on a path to consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. NFL teams value pass-rushing more than any skill outside of quarterbacking, and here in the NFC North we have...

ESPN.com's NFL writers rank the top 10 pass-rushers in the league today. Next week: Top 10 tight ends. ESPN.com's panel of power rankers had no trouble identifying the best pass-rusher in football. The rest of our Top 10 list? It was easily the mo...

ESPN.com's NFL writers rank the top 10 pass-rushers in the league today. Next week: Top 10 tight ends. ESPN.com's panel of power rankers had no trouble identifying the best pass-rusher in football. The rest of our Top 10 list? It was easily the mo...

ESPN.com's NFL writers rank the top 10 pass-rushers in the league today. Next week: Top 10 tight ends. ESPN.com's panel of power rankers had no trouble identifying the best pass-rusher in football. The rest of our Top 10 list? It was easily the mo...

This Football Outsiders Insider piece offers a deep analysis on 2009 pass-rushing totals. Most interesting, at least from an NFC North perspective, was what Aaron Schatz referred to as his "No-Help All-Stars." This list includes 10 players who led...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Hicks EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings are crossing their fingers and hoping to avoid an all-out crisis at the most important position on the offensive line. Down to his third left tackle at the end ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila. Dwight Freeney. Julius Peppers. Kyle Vanden Bosch. Depending on health issues, those are the four right defensive ends the Minnesota Vikings will face during left tackle Bryant McKinnie's four-...