The latest Jared Allen rumblings have the Vikings not trading for the Chiefs DE before or on draft day, but waiting until after the draft and signing him to an offer sheet that includes a poison pill.
The Vikings front office has already perfected the art of the poison pill, having used it to pry Steve Hutchinson away from the Seahawks. Poison Pill II would result in the Vikes having to give up their 2009 and 2010 first-round picks. Since we would win the Super Bowl the next two years with Allen, those would not be great picks anyway
The Vikings, at any rate, are clearly in the driver’s seat when it comes to acquiring Allen’s services. They’ve had him in Winter Park all weekend, have been feeding him and buttering him up, showing him around those awesome state-of-the-art facilities Zygi Wilf ponied up the cash for. He’s as good as in purple:
(picture: footballsfuture.com)
Update: In my initial laziness I neglected to mention that the Vikes are still pursuing the trade route. Clearly, they want to get the best deal possible. If it were me, I wouldn’t want the Chiefs to know I was willing to sign the offer sheet, because then they’d realize I was willing to give up two firsts and my negotating position would be hurt. So I don’t know if there’s anything to the PFT story about the Vikes being willing to go with the offer sheet. I have to stop thinking about this for awhile because it’s making my neurons ache.
Tags: jared allen, minnesota vikings, steve hutchinson, zygi wilf


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