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• Vikings close to deal with defensive tackle Michael Pierce

  18-03-2020 23:53
  
  The Vikings cut Linval Joseph to save some cap room late last week, and have already found his replacement. According to Josina Anderson of ESPN, the Vikings are close to agreeing to terms on a three-year deal with Ravens defensive tackle Michael Pierce. The Ravens moved on by trading for Calais Campbell and signing Michael [more]
  
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• Vikings release guard Josh Kline

  18-03-2020 22:01
  
  Another team is erasing last year’s free agency mistake on the first day of free agency. The Vikings announced the release of right guard Josh Kline. Last March, he signed a three-year, $15.5 million contract. He started 13 games, missing three with injuries, after joining them from the Titans. He spent his first three seasons [more]
  
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• Report: Bengals To Sign Free Agent And Former Vikings CB Trae Waynes

  18-03-2020 21:13
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings’ former first-round pick cornerback Trae Waynes is heading elsewhere.On Tuesday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the Cincinnati Bengals have agreed to terms with Waynes, who was a free agent. The deal is reportedly a three-year contract worth $42 million.The Vikings chose Waynes with the 11th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. He contributed to the team having one of the top defenses in the league under coach Mike Zimmer.Read more on
  
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• Vikings bring back Sean Mannion

  18-03-2020 20:02
  
  The Vikings did their big quarterback business earlier in the week when they signed Kirk Cousins to an extension. Now he has a backup. According to Ben Goessling of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Vikings are bringing back Sean Mannion on a one-year deal. Mannion, 27, started a game (the meaningless regular season finale) and appeared [more]
  
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• Linval Joseph agrees to deal with Chargers

  18-03-2020 18:55
  
  Defensive tackle Linval Joseph lost his job with the Vikings last week, but he’s found a new home before the start of the 2020 league year. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Joseph has agreed to a deal with the Chargers. It’s a two-year pact worth $17 million with another $2 million available to [more]
  
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• Buccaneers schedule will feature some fascinating matchups

  18-03-2020 13:03
  
  If Tom Brady had landed in San Francisco, the 49ers schedule would have contained a slew of must-see games. With Brady heading to Tampa Bay, the slate still consists of plenty of compelling matchups. The dates and times won’t be known, but the opponents and the places are. Unfortunately, the Buccaneers won’t play the Patriots [more]
  
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• Trades may not become final for a while

  18-03-2020 06:44
  
  PFT has obtained the memo sent by the NFL to its teams regarding the question of administering physicals to players acquired by trade. The procedures necessitated by the COVID-19 outbreak could delay the finalization of these deals, for a while. Usually, trades negotiated before the start of the new league year become final shortly after [more]
  
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• CBA loophole could help Dak Prescott avoid reduction in exclusive franchise tender

  18-03-2020 06:27
  
  There’s a potential fight looming over $3.07 million in Dak Prescott‘s franchise tender. The NFL Players Association is prepared to take the position that, because the recently restructured contracts signed by Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins and Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger weren’t filed on Monday, March 16, their reduced cap numbers do not alter the exclusive [more]
  
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• Ben Roethlisberger, Kirk Cousins contracts drop Dak Prescott’s franchise tender

  18-03-2020 01:31
  
  Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott lost plenty of money the last two days, regardless of the performance of the stock market. New contracts for Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins and Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will drop the value of the exclusive franchise tender at Prescott’s position, taking dollars out of his tender for 2020 and, absent a [more]
  
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• Three years, $63 million for Teddy Bridgwater

  18-03-2020 00:59
  
  It took a while, but Teddy Bridgewater finally has gotten his payday. Per a source with knowledge of the contract, Bridgewater’s three-year deal with the Panthers pays out $63 million. Of that amount, $33 million is fully guaranteed. That’s $21 million per year, the figured cited here on Monday when Bridgewater originally was linked to [more]
  
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• Three years, $63 million for Teddy Bridgewater

  18-03-2020 00:59
  
  It took a while, but Teddy Bridgewater finally has gotten his payday. Per a source with knowledge of the contract, Bridgewater’s three-year deal with the Panthers pays out $63 million. Of that amount, $33 million is fully guaranteed. That’s $21 million per year, the figured cited here on Monday when Bridgewater originally was linked to [more]
  
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• Report: Browns exploring trade for Anthony Harris

  18-03-2020 00:35
  
  It seems far fetched at this point, but the Browns are at least inquiring about a trade for Vikings safety Anthony Harris, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports. The compensation, both in terms of a new contract for Harris as well as draft picks for the Vikings, could be too high for the Browns. The [more]
  
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