For those with no real skin in the game, what becomes objectively clear about the Vikings is that fans aren’t wrong about ...

Here is the list of 58 reasons why the Detroit Lions have never been Super Bowl champs, curated by longtime Free Press Lions ...

My pro football dream started back when the much vaunted "Purple People Eaters" defense was in place in 1970, when they ...

The Me Decade gave us more than just Watergate, disco and The Fonz. It gave us a rivalry of Purple People Eaters, Fearsome Foursomes and some occasional mud. As the Vikings and Rams get ready for ...

Terry Bradshaw already was feeling immense pressure — internally if not externally — when he took the field for the biggest ...

Randle brought a ferocity to the Vikings defense that also established ... a part of the "Steel Curtain," Page headlined the "Purple People Eaters" with the Minnesota Vikings.

Neither team's offense heated up that afternoon, leaving the matchup of the Steel Curtain versus the Purple People Eaters to carry ... John Stallworth said. "The defense was always there.