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• Bengals agree to terms on three-year, $42 million deal with Trae Waynes

  17-03-2020 22:44
  
  The Bengals are making a splash. After franchising receiver A.J. Green earlier in the week, they agreed to terms with nose tackle D.J. Reader and cornerback Trae Waynes on Tuesday. Both rank on PFT’s list of top-100 free agents. Waynes will sign a three-year, $42 million deal with the Bengals, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media [more]
  
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• Vikings give Eric Wilson second-round tender

  17-03-2020 20:22
  
  The Vikings announced they tendered a one-year contract to restricted free agent Eric Wilson. The linebacker will receive a second-round tender. Wilson, 25, played 16 games with six starts last season. He recorded career-highs in total tackles (62), sacks (three) and tackles for loss (six). Wilson originally signed with Minnesota as an undrafted free agent [more]
  
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• Kirk Cousins says Vikings are “building something special”

  17-03-2020 19:42
  
  Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has his eye on a Super Bowl after signing a two-year contract extension. Cousins said in a statement that he and his wife are happy in Minnesota and excited about the possibilities for the Vikings to win a championship. “Julie and I are thrilled to be staying in Minnesota for the [more]
  
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• Vikings Use Franchise Tag On Safety Anthony Harris, But May Be Looking To Trade

  17-03-2020 17:05
  
  (WCCO) — On Monday, the Minnesota Vikings used the franchise tag on safety Anthony Harris. The move means the Harris, who was one of the top-20 free agents on the market, will receive a one-year deal worth the average of the top-five contracts for players at his position. That deal is worth just under $11.5 million.
  But the Vikings franchising Harris may not actually be the end of the story. Had Harris left this season via free agency, the Vikings would have received a decent compensatory
  
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• NFL to give teams guidance later today on physicals connected to trades

  17-03-2020 16:54
  
  Monday’s memorandum regarding the NFL’s offseason procedures in the age of COVID-19 contains a conspicuous donut hole: It omitted any mention of physicals to be performed on players who are being or who could be traded. According to the NFL, guidance will be provided to teams later today regarding that issue. For free agents, the [more]
  
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• Vikings tagged Anthony Harris, but he’s available

  17-03-2020 11:46
  
  With Mike Zimmer saying weeks ago that safety wasn’t a priority position, it was immediately interesting when the Vikings used the franchise tag on safety Anthony Harris yesterday. And it appears that was just to provide some short-term insurance. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Vikings have put out word that Harris is [more]
  
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• After a wild day in the NFL, free agent quarterback situation remains in flux

  17-03-2020 09:33
  
  It was a wild Monday in the NFL, with big moves happening all day and into the wee hours of Tuesday morning — except at the quarterback position. The biggest free agent of all, Tom Brady, has had no news at all. And the same can be said for Drew Brees, Jameis Winston and Philip [more]
  
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• Vikings Trade Stefon Diggs To Bills For Several Draft Picks

  17-03-2020 06:01
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Stefon Diggs is headed to the Buffalo Bills in a splashy trade intended to boost quarterback Josh Allen’s development.
  Buffalo is set to acquire the big-play receiver and a seventh-round draft pick from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for four draft picks, a person with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday night.The Bills agreed to give up their first-round selection this year (22nd overall) and three other picks to land a fi
  
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• AP Source: Vikings Trade Stefon Diggs To Bills For Several Draft Picks

  17-03-2020 06:01
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Stefon Diggs is headed to the Buffalo Bills in a splashy trade intended to boost quarterback Josh Allen’s development.
  Buffalo is set to acquire the big-play receiver and a seventh-round draft pick from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for four draft picks, a person with direct knowledge of the move confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday night.The Bills agreed to give up their first-round selection this year (22nd overall) and three other picks to land a fi
  
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• Bills made Vikings an offer they couldn’t refuse for Stefon Diggs

  17-03-2020 04:14
  
  On Monday, the Texans struck a deal to trade one of the best receivers in football for a running back the Cardinals didn’t want, a second-round pick, and a flip-flop of fourth-rounders. Also on Monday, the Vikings got a lot more for Stefon Diggs. Minnesota reportedly gets a first-round pick (No. 22 overall), a fifth-round [more]
  
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• Report: Bills acquire Stefon Diggs from Vikings

  17-03-2020 03:48
  
  Stefon Diggs was right. Something was happening after all. The Buffalo Bills have agreed to a deal to acquire the Diggs in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings, according to Jay Glazer of FOX Sports. The Bills are sending along a first-round pick, fifth-round pick and sixth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to the [more]
  
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• Kirk Cousins becomes highest paid player again, for now

  17-03-2020 02:31
  
  New money, shmew money. Contracts should be assessed based on total value at signing. And under that standard, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is once against the highest-paid player in football. The final year of Cousins’ three-year, $84 million deal signed in 2018 has been torn up and replaced with a new three-year, $96 million contract. [more]
  
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• Panthers agree to terms with Stephen Weatherly on two-year deal

  17-03-2020 00:14
  
  The Panthers have agreed to terms with free agent defensive end Stephen Weatherly. The deal, announced by Weatherly’s agent, Blake Baratz, is for two years and $12.5 million. Weatherly, 25, spent his first four seasons with the Vikings after they made him a seventh-round choice in 2016. He played 49 games with seven starts as [more]
  
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