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Minnesota Vikings Top Twitter Accounts To Follow

It can be overwhelming, so Athlon is here to help keep up with your favorite team all season long.

By: Braden Gall | 7/23/12, 8:30 AM EDT

It can be overwhelming, so Athlon is here to help keep up with your favorite team all season long.

Keeping up with your favorite team can be an all-consuming task. We’re here to help indulge that need to follow all aspects of the NFL on Twitter.

For all 32 teams, we’re picking the best Twitter accounts for each franchise. They run the gamut from players, coaches, executives, traditional media, bloggers or simply accounts that keep us informed and entertained.

Whether you’re a Twitter neophyte or simply trying to spice up your feed for football season, we’re here to help. And it all starts with the Minnesota Vikings official twitter account:

@VikingsFootball (Followers: 128,009)

Note: Followers as of date of publication, July 22, 2012

Top Vikings To Follow:

  Name Pos. Twitter Followers
1. Adrian Peterson RB @AdrianPeterson 269,168
2. Jared Allen DE @JaredAllen69 180,004
3. Kyle Rudolph TE @KyleRudolph82 176,262
4. Christian Ponder QB @CPonder7 89,623
5. Jamarca Sanford S @Sanford33 77,482
6. Percy Harvin WR @Percy_Harvin 75,581
7. Chris Kluwe P @ChrisWarcraft 46,730
8. Joe Webb QB @JoeWebb_14 18,855
9. Brian Robison DE @Brain_Robison 16,585
10. Jerome Simpson WR @Rome081 14,119
11. Erin Henderson LB @50ErinHenderson 13,341
12. Jasper Brinkley LB @JasperHitman54 11,273
13. Geoff Schwartz OL @GeoffSchwartz76 10.383
14. Chris Cook CB @Monsta_20 7,156
15. Chris Carr CB @TriplCarr 6,399
16. Jordan Todman RB @JordanTodman 5,433
17. Brandon Burton CB @BrandonBurton36 4,481
18. Chris DeGeare OL @ChrisDeGeare 2,991
19. Jerome Felton FB @JFelton45 2,190
20. Everson Griffen DE @EGriff97 1,639
21. Mickey Shuler TE @Mickey_Shuler 1,252

It's awesome that the punter for the Vikings is not only the No. 7-most followed player, but that his handle involved his love of Warcraft. 

The Vikings Beat:

Dan Wiederer is the Vikings beat writer for the Star Tribune: @StribDW

Jeremy Folwer and the rest of the Pioneer Press staff who covers the Vikings can be followed @VikingsNow

Vikings Blog Roll: 

TheVikingAge.com is the self-proclaimed "most flavorful Minnesota Vikings blog" on the web: @TheVikingAge

TheVikingShip.net can be followed @TheVikingShip

Visit www.dailynorseman.com for "the internet's best site dedicated to the Minnesota Vikings." Follow the SB Nation Vikings site @DailyNorseman

Want to run your mouth about the Purple People Eaters? Try @VikingsGab

How about @VikingsFanClub: An independent twitter account by the fans, for the fans.

Also be sure to check out @PurplePride, @VikingsUpdate and @VikingsBuzzTap

The ESPN NFC North blog is run by Kevin Seifert and you can follow him @ESPN_NFCNorth

Related: 2012 Minnesota Vikings Season Preview
Related: 2012 Minnesota Vikings Schedule Analysis

- by Braden Gall

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