2013 Vikings off season

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

CHarlie Johnson? How much was he making in the first place? are we saving 15 hundred bucks and a dinner at manny's steakhouse for the wilfs with this restructure? Poor guy...

They must be picking on all of the marginal roster depth/sp.tms players now that they think they can get by without and making them restructure to save pennies here and there.

I would think if they REALLY want to open up some more cap room Jared Allen could shave oh about 8 million off his salary alone and still be making too much... Maybe he makes that much because not only is he a DE, he is secretly the president of public relations/winer and diner for the vikings too...

[Scott K]

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Vikings LG Charlie Johnson has agreed to restructure his contract.

The new deal lowers Johnson's base salary by $500,000 and reduces his 2013 cap number to $3.85 million. While it doesn't give the Vikings much financial relief, it's a necessary move after Johnson vastly underperformed last season. He could face competition for his starting job.

[LABS4ME]

And everyone says They over paid Jennings... Sheesh 4.35 mil for Charlie Johnson? 5 mil for Carlson? Jennings looks like a steal!

Good L uck!

Ken

[FISHINGURU]

That's a new fad LABS, people get paid because of how others perform. AP is a beast so Johnson and Loadholt get paid. Kind of like how WR's get paid when they've had elite QB's.

[zepman]

Both Carlson and Johnson have re-worked their deals.

[LABS4ME]

I realize that... They were over priced when they originally signed. Still have no idea what so ever they were thinking when they signed Carlson to 5 mil a year...

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

I Still have no idea what so ever they were thinking when they signed Carlson to 5 mil a year...

Said that the day he signed

[Scott K]

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Greg Jennings will start at the flanker, or "Z" position, in the Vikings' offense.

It's the same spot Percy Harvin occupied. Jerome Simpson is penciled in as the field-stretching split end and Jarius Wright will come on in three-wide sets. The Vikings also figure to add wideout talent early in April's draft. But the focal point of the passing game will be Jennings, who can play all the positions and run all the routes. Remember that Harvin racked up 80 targets in the first eight games of last season before going down in Week 9.

[zepman]

That's interesting...I knew he could play any of the WR spots but figured Wright would get a shot at replacing Percy's role.

[Scott K]

My thoughts as well.

[Steve Foss]

The Vikes could always sign Urlacher to give them a bit of a boost at linebacker. He and the Bears just parted ways. The Vikes are like Lady LIberty. Give us your tired, your poor, your aged, your overpriced . . . .

Here.

[FISHINGURU]

That is true Steve, I thought the Vikes were done going that route but I guess not.

If we try to use Jennings like we used Percy he'll be lucky to survive a few games.

[Scott K]

Urlacher should just hang up his cleats, and look into a possible LB coaching position. His mind is stronger then his body.

[SkunkedAgain]

I'll support Urlacher on this one. He rushed back too fast from the knee injury and then picked up the sympathetic hamstring problem because he was still favoring the knee - classic athlete mistake. Now that he's had time to heal, his mind and body should be back in sync for another season or two.

Urlacher could easily play with some pi$$ and vinegar after his perceived slight from the Bears. Playing for a divisional rival could push his spite level through the roof for one or two seasons.

[JeffB]

I think the vikes are still trying to land winfield at a reduced contract, and they will remain luke warm on Urlacher till they know he is gone. If they would sign Urlacher I can't believe they would give much more than what the bears were offering. Winfield has recieved a luke warm reception into the free agent market and is once again in talks with the vikes.

[zepman]

I'd much rather have Winfield back than sign Urlacher...both would cost roughly the same.

[CaptainMusky]

I'd much rather have Winfield back than sign Urlacher...both would cost roughly the same.

If its a either/or scenario I agree Winfield would be a bigger addition than Urlacher.

[LABS4ME]

Maybe for this year's playing time... but I think their thoughts are Urlacher will be a greater value as he will be able to work with the linebackers they draft this year and teach them his skills at a hard position to come into from college. It's hard to argue he has been one of the better LBs the past decade... His insight with young talent could prove invaluable!

Good luck!

Ken

[corncob]

I agree LAB, one year of Urlacher may well prove to be the bomb.

[FISHINGURU]

Oh heck yeah! We should sign him for some big money, after all we are really desperate at MLB and he'd be the best we've had at that position in a long time!! Do the lions have any old washed up scrubs we can grab next?

[Scott K]

Seems like the justification for WR, why not for a LB?

[klecker]

Oh heck yeah! We should sign him for some big money, after all we are really desperate at MLB and he'd be the best we've had at that position in a long time!! Do the lions have any old washed up scrubs we can grab next?

Justin Durant is a Det LB, FA he is all yours!!!!!!!!!

[Scott M]

Wouldn't mind seeing the Vikings pick up Tyrann Mathieu with their late 3rd or 4th if he's available.

[Fish Head]

I agree LAB, one year of Urlacher may well prove to be the bomb.

I wouldn't do any more than a 1 year deal at minimum salary. Did you watch him play (when he did play) last year? He was not good. Now he is ALWAYS hurt and very slow. I hope the vikings don't even talk to him. As bad as Jasper Brinkley was, at least he still had some upside. Sometimes you just need to call it a career and retire gracefully.

[Scott K]

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Mike Wallace is a very rich man. I know this seems like a very obvious statement considering the former Steeler signed a 5-year $60 million contract with the Miami Dolphins (the deal included a $11 million signing bonus and $27 million in guaranteed money).

He has so much money that he could buy and sell my existence several million times over.

That said, according to Wallace’s dad, the 26-year old wide receiver could have pocketed even more cash if he had decided to sign with the Minnesota Vikings.

“The [Vikings] had come to the point where they were telling him, ‘You don’t have to live here, just be here during the season,’ ” Wallace’s father, Mike Jr., said by phone this week. “He wanted to get out of that snow and cold weather.”

Well, I guess we learned today that sometimes money isn’t everything. We also learned that no sane human being would actively choose to live in Minnesota during the winter.

Hat-tip to the Miami Herald and PFT