Vikings Rumors: Minnesota Calls About Dallas DE George Selvie

The first hours of the three-day “legal tampering” period have led to a spate of signings and loads more reports about potential free agent targets for teams around the league.

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The Vikings haven’t signed anybody yet and aren’t expected to be big players for name free agents but there have been some early reports about the team targeting a few bargain players.

Pass rushing defensive lineman appears to be an area of primary concern as the Vikings begin reaching out to players and their agents for a little legal tampering. Per Ben Goessling of 1500ESPN, the Vikings have “called about” Dallas Cowboys DE George Selvie.

The word “journeyman” applies well to Selvie, a 28-year-old former 7th round pick who in his five-year NFL career has played for St. Louis, Carolina, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and the Cowboys.

Selvie’s bust out year (if he had one) was 2013 when he collected 7 sacks in 16 games for Dallas. Last year he rang up 3 sacks, one pass defensed and one forced fumble in exactly 500 defensive snaps.

Selvie would be an upgrade over outgoing rotational lineman Corey Wootton, at least according to Pro Football Focus. Selvie last year graded out at -4 while Wootton graded at a dismal -14.9.

But it’s not like Selvie lit things up last year either.

With Wootton and Tom Johnson both possibly leaving, it makes sense that the Vikings would be putting in calls to potential defensive line replacements. Mike Zimmer likes to rotate his linemen and keep them fresh.

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