MANKATO, Minn. - The Minnesota Vikings signed second-round draft pick Toby Gerhart to a four-year deal Friday, putting all eight of the team's draft picks under contract before the start of training camp.

Team says it has put NFC title game loss behind it

Adrian Peterson is back on the field for the Minnesota Vikings, working to shore up his fumbling problems and please a head coach who was angered when he skipped a mandatory minicamp in June.

Minnesota Vikings receiver Sidney Rice and cornerback Cedric Griffin are starting training camp on the physically unable to perform list.

The Minnesota Vikings have signed quarterback Joe Webb, their 2010 sixth-round draft pick, the team announced today.

Following in the footsteps of the New England Patriots, who recently employed SCVNGR to get fans involved in location-based, pre-season festivities, the Minnesota Vikings will be treating their fans to a training camp trek hosted on the platform.

Minnesota Vikings running backs coach Eric Bieniemy has been given a promotion.

Minnesota Vikings receiver Sidney Rice and cornerback Cedric Griffin are starting training camp on the physically unable to perform list. Rice has a lingering hip injury that first surfaced during the playoffs last January. He participated in some offseason practices, but coach Brad Childress says the injury continues to bother him, so he will be out until it starts to feel better.

The Vikings have signed second-round draft pick Toby Gerhart to a four-year deal, meaning all eight of their draft picks will be on time for the start of training camp.

When do NFL teams become rivals? If they play in the same division, then they are natural rivals since they play each other twice a season (three times if they meet in the playoffs). But what about non-divisional teams? I pose the question because I must have read at least a dozen articles during the offseason that proclaimed the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings as either A) the NFL's ...