Archive for March, 2008

Adrian Peterson is Trying to Keep Momentum

Hicks Signs 3-Year Deal With Vikings

                                With the departure of Mewelde Moore, the Minnesota Vikings were minus the third running back they needed for the change of pace the position needed; they addressed that need on Tuesday when they signed free agent RB/KR Maurice Hicks to a 3-year deal.  What makes this signing important is that Hicks has special teams [...]

Kearse Interests Vikings

The Vikings are checking to see if free agent defensive end Jevon Kearse is worth pursuing. Kearse was released by Philadelphia last month after five injury-plagued seasons. Vikings coach Brad Childress says they want to find out as much as they can about Kearse, who played the first three years of his career with Tennessee. [...]

Vikings Still Looking on the FA Market

The Vikings aren’t done signing free agents.  They’re now looking for help at defensive end, which is a little thin with Erasmus James recovering from a third knee surgery and Kenechi Udeze dealing with leukemia.  One possibility is Tennessee free agent Antwan Odom, who visited Cincinnati yesterday and has no plans yet to come to [...]

Vikings Get Their Man – WR Berrian Agrees to Six-Year Deal

It didn’t take long for the Vikings to address one of their biggest needs through free agency, as reports are coming in that the team has closed on a six-year deal with now former Bears wide out Bernard Berrian.  It was known that Berrian was in Winter Park talking to the Vikings over the last [...]