Whether it was Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall and Gary Larsen ... Asked specifically about Purple People Eaters — the nickname given to Page, Eller, Marshall and Larsen for their dominance ...

“I walked into a buzzsaw of competitive people on the defensive side of the ball. It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, finally we’ve got somebody.’ They were almost like they were (angry) that I was here.

No stranger to putting on a show, longtime Vikings fan favorite Jared Allen held court for roughly 30 minutes last week at TCO Performance Center. Sometimes it felt like a therapy session as he ...