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The Bears, Packers, Lions and Vikings are almost halfway through the OTA schedule and are quickly approaching mini-camp in mid-June. OTAs are more about shaking off the rust and getting rookies acclimated, but teams can also find out a little bit about themselves over the course of a month on the field.

The Vikings have numbers, all right -- more than a dozen free-agent signings of varying importance, 10 draft picks and a bevy of undrafted free agents fill out the Vikings' 90-man roster during this week's organized team activities.

The Vikings went into the offseason knowing that they needed more pieces on offense to help Christian Ponder in 2012.

For the Minnesota Vikings , the 2012 season holds plenty of promise. After finishing at the bottom of the NFC North the past two seasons, there is plenty of excitement surrounding the Vikings' draft picks.

Coach Leslie Frazier and the Minnesota Vikings are, for the most part, the same team that finished 3-13 in the 2011 season.

After catching 218 passes the past three seasons with the Buccaneers, just-acquired tight end Kellen Winslow brings his productivity and versatility to the Seahawks' passing game.

They struggled to get open all year and provided small passing windows. The lone bright spot was Percy Harvin who solidified himself as an upper echelon talent.

The Viking's Stadium, capital investment and tax bills were big headline grabbers this legislative session, but legislators from District 4 were active on many more topics.

With two consecutive last-place finishes in the NFC North, the Minnesota Vikings have had plenty of disappointing players of late.

The Seattle Seahawks still need a tight end to replace John Carlson . Visanthe Shiancoe 's name has highlighted a shallow pool of veteran free-agent options.

The Minnesota Vikings , theoretically, have most of their positions set for the upcoming 2012 season.

Before we got fully engulfed in Stadiumania, we were going through and taking a look at the players that the Vikings selected in the 2012 NFL Draft.

The Vikings ' 2011 roster was more top-heavy than Christina Hendricks . Superstars Adrian Peterson , Percy Harvin and Jared Allen comprised one of the best trios in the league, but due to insufficient support, the team sagged to a 3-13 record.

T hree central Minnesota state senators split their votes Tuesday night on the Vikings stadium bill.

After seven hours of debate Tuesday, May 8, here are the key differences between the Senate bill and what the House passed the night before.

On entering his second season: "I compare it a lot to going into your sophomore year in college.

Ponder working to improve in '12 : A year ago, Christian Ponder got ready for the season away from the Vikings' facilities, which made it a challenge for him to truly prepare.

The Minnesota Vikings began organized team activities at Winter Park in Eden Prairie Wednesday.A Starting quarterback Christian Ponder attended the event all with the newly drafted rookies and free agent signees and some veterans.A Among the free agents trying to make the team are receiver Marcus Fitzgerald, the younger brother of Larry Fitzgerald ... (more)