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Reporter/Columnist | Vikings/NFL

Phone: 612-673-7011

Mark Craig covers the NFL and the Vikings.

Mark Craig's fourth-and-five

• Tony Gonzalez, 36, could play into his 40s. He faces Dallas needing five catches to reach 1,200 and one TD to reach 100.

Updated: November 03, 2012, - 05:59 PM

Craig: What we have learned about the NFL so far

Thumbs up to the Falcons, Lovie Smith and Peyton Manning. Thumbs down to the Saints, Rex Ryan and Tony Romo.

Updated: November 03, 2012, - 05:57 PM

Poorer Peterson now has to face stout Seattle run defense

It has already been a tough week for Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. After all, he does share a locker room with five Notre Dame players all still gloating over the Fighting Irish's 30-13 Saturday blowout of Oklahoma.

Updated: November 01, 2012, - 11:46 PM

Kluwe knows he needs to be better

Vikings coach Leslie Frazier downplayed the significance of the team's decision to work out free agent punters just five days after Chris Kluwe's poor performance helped put the Vikings in an early 10-0 hole en route to 36-17 loss to Tampa Bay.

Updated: October 31, 2012, - 11:45 PM

Craig: For every NFL action, there's an overreaction

Win two games and you're Super Bowl-bound. Lose two and you're a bum. Players get used to it.

Updated: October 31, 2012, - 06:50 AM

Mark Craig's NFL power rankings

1. Falcons 7-0

Updated: October 30, 2012, - 07:49 PM

Craig: Vikings feeling the brunt of opponents' top-picks

The Vikings are seeing firsthand how deep and how talented the first-round draft class was this year.

Updated: October 27, 2012, - 06:34 PM

Mark Craig's three-and-out

• The Bears start a half better than anybody. They've outscored opponents 23-7 in the first quarter and 40-6 in the third.

Updated: October 27, 2012, - 05:47 PM

Mark Craig's northern intelligence

We'll start finding out how smart the Lions were for using a second-round pick on Ryan Broyles just six months after the former Oklahoma receiver tore his anterior cruciate ligament. With No. 2 receiver Nate Burleson out for the season with a broken leg, Broyles steps up as the No. 3 receiver behind Calvin Johnson and Titus Young. Broyles, the NCAA leader in career receptions with 349, had his first three NFL catches for 51 yards after Burleson left in the third quarter of Monday night's game against Chicago.

Updated: October 27, 2012, - 05:46 PM