Judd Zulgad of the Star Tribune reports the Minnesota Vikings received a 5th-round selection (167th overall) as a compensatory pick in next month’s draft. The compensatory picks are awarded to teams who lose more or better compensatory free agents than they acquired the previous season. The pick was for losing center Matt Birk last year [...]
Minnesota Vikings’ defensive end Ray Edwards, defensive tackle Fred Evans and quarterback Tarvaris Jackson were tendered offers Wednesday. Edwards received a first-round tender which will pay him $2.521 million next season, and the Vikings will have the first right to match or refuse any contract offers. If the Vikings decide not to match an offer, [...]
Minnesota Vikings’ cornerback Antoine Winfield is not expected to play this Sunday against the Detroit Lions, while the team is eying his return for week 11, according to various Internet sources. This is not exactly new news to us. We predicted that Winfield would sit out against the Lions because of his importance to the [...]
The Minnesota Vikings listed cornerback Antoine Winfield as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Multiple reports including the Star Tribune, ESPN.com, CBSSports.com, and Associated Press suggests cornerback Benny Sapp is likely to start in place of Winfield at left corner. Judd Zulgad (Star Tribune) believes the Vikings will start Sapp at left corner, [...]
Sean Jensen (Pioneer Press) took a look at the training camp depth chart, dated for August 11th. He mentioned little surprises, but added a few things worth noting. Here is a heavily quoted portion of his blog post: * Bernard Berrian and Sidney Rice are listed as the starting receivers. Rookie Percy Harvin is listed [...]
Mike Wobschall (Vikings.com Blog) wrote an interesting blog breaking down the nickel back position. Wobschall presumes the starting positions are locked in with cornerback’s Antoine Winfield and Cedric Griffin. Now after that, he expects a “hotly-contested training camp battle” for the third cornerback position. The “serious” contenders for the position look to be between conerback’s [...]
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