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

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

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

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 ...

On the first day of the offseason, the Chicago Bears cast a wide net in their head coaching search, reeling in some exciting names and some puzzling ones.

As coordinators, Monken has kept Baltimore's offense humming the last two years, while Flores has returned the Vikings' defense to the days of the Purple People Eaters. Smith took over Pittsburgh ...

Detroit’s injury-riddled defense had been mostly a sieve of late, surrendering 31 to Green Bay, 34 to San Francisco and 48 to ...