John Randle Hall Of Fame Speech

Hello everyone here is the video of my all time favorite Viking John Randle. He is the reason why I am a Viking fan in the first place. I loved the way that he played the game and his HIGH energy he brought to the game.

Above is his Hall of Fame induction speech, so enjoy. Well Viking fans, I hope that we can make it 3 years in a row next season with an induction of  Cris Cater(keep your fingers crossed.

John Randall Makes The Hall; Carter Is Denied Again

Now this is the second year in a row that the Vikes have sent another 1990's Viking to the Hall of Fame. The Viking joining Randall McDaniel(2009 inductee) in Canton is the loud and out spoken high octane  defensive tackle John Randle.

Randle in his NFL career,amassed 137 1/2 sacks, was named to seven Pro Bowl teams, and was voted first-team All-Pro six times.Randle left the NFL tied with Richard Dent for 5th in number of career sacks, and his 137.5 career sacks is the most by a defensive tackle in NFL history. Damn that is not bad for a player that went undrafted and was always classified as an undersized DT.

He is the reason why I am a Viking fan at all. I loved the way that he went about the game and gave it his all, on EVERY play and I played the same position as Randall did.

The 2010 Hall of Fame class to join Randle are as follows: Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Russ Grimm, Ricky Jackson, Floyd Little and Dick LeBeau. Do you know what is also pretty sweet, no Packer players..:D

With the great news come bad new, Cris Carter gets the shaft once again this season. I am still wondering what does a guy have to do to make it among the great. Carter was one of the great ones when he played the game.I just hope next season will be his time.At least a Viking made it to the Hall this season.

Right now, is John Randle's time, CONGRATS and wear the face paint proudly.
SKOL VIKINGS

McDaniel In

With the Hall of Fame class of 2009 coming out yesterday. Randall McDaniel was among this class. He was one the best Offensive Linemen to play for the Beloved Purple. He is widely recognized as one the of the greatest and most versatile offensive lineman set NFL record by starting in 12 consecutive Pro Bowls (1989-2000). Started 202 consecutive games in his career.It was quite interest to see that he was the only Viking to make into Canton and not Cris Carter nor John Randall. McDaniel was also a Fridge back(a Lineman used as a full back in the red zone). Here are some of his other achievements:

• 9x First-team All-Pro selection (1990-1998)
• 10x First-team All-NFC (1989-1998)
• 1x Second-team All-NFC (1988)
• NFL 1990's All-Decade Team
  
• Vikings Ring of Honor(2006)
• National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame(2008)
• NFL Hall of Fame(2009)

McDaniel did have to wait a bit, but he FINALLY is honored to be one of the best in his era. He joins the late Bob Hayes ,Bruce Smith, the late Derrick Thomas, Ralph Wilson and Rod Woodson.