The Viking Age » Kenny Ontaolu http://thevikingage.com A Minnesota Vikings Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 18 May 2013 16:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Vikings Free Agent Roundup http://thevikingage.com/2012/02/09/vikings-free-agent-roundup/ http://thevikingage.com/2012/02/09/vikings-free-agent-roundup/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:28:43 +0000 Levi Satterlee http://thevikingage.com/?p=8037 NFL free agency starts on March 13, only 33 days away. So now is the time to dissect our pending free agents. After the resigning of Pat Brown, the Vikings have 17 free agents to be. Since we’re all Vikings fans and in need of some good news, I’ll start there. There are only four starters on [...]

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Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Erin Henderson (50) before the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Tim Fuller-US PRESSWIRE

NFL free agency starts on March 13, only 33 days away. So now is the time to dissect our pending free agents. After the resigning of Pat Brown, the Vikings have 17 free agents to be.

Since we’re all Vikings fans and in need of some good news, I’ll start there. There are only four starters on this list: EJ and Erin Henderson, Husain Abdullah, and Visanthe Shiancoe. So not to worry, the team that went 3-13 and tied for the worst record in Vikings history will almost completely return! Oh, wait. Well, it’s news anyway.

In that list of four starters, the only guy I see as a lock for returning is Erin Henderson. With two-thirds of the Vikings’ linebacking core set to be free agents, at least one will need to be resigned. It could get a little awkward if they split up the brothers, but the NFL is a business and Erin is younger and healthier.

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