Winfield deal almost done?

by Manimal on Jul 22, 2009 4:51 PM CDT

According to the guys at Access Vikings Antoine Winfield's agent, Ashanti Webb, is meeting with Vikings' staff to get the final details of a deal hammered out. They posted an article and then a quick update. Here is the update with a link to follow to the entire article:

NFL.com’s Steve Wyche reported that Winfield and Webb are expected to meet with Vikings officials this afternoon to complete a multiyear deal, according to a source. Wyche said there are still a few issues to iron out but nothing that is a deal-breaker.

If this is true, that's really, really good news. Everyone would be much happier with Winfield back manning the corner position. It's a nice bit of news not related to a certain subject.

Source: Access Vikings

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Thank goodness

Not only is he a good player, it also makes the veteran guys on the team happy to see one of there own being taken care of. With everything else going on, this is a good development for a positive locker room

by Knut on Jul 22, 2009 4:55 PM CDT reply actions

Yea i just saw that on NFL.COM

Good news for us. If we get him, we don’t have to draft a 1st round corner next year…

...add #4 to the mix and see what you get... Championship.

by Macdaddy4508 on Jul 22, 2009 5:09 PM CDT reply actions

Even if he didn't sign

I think the Vikings would go DT 1st round next season. Pat Williams is getting old. He might be calling it quits after this season.

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Jul 22, 2009 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions

i’d rather see them take a cb or de (assuming all our de’s not named allen remain pedestrain). fred evans is a great replacement for pat and we lose something against the run but i think evans plays the pass better than pat.

by iseepurplepeople on Jul 23, 2009 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm just not sold on Evans or any other DT we have

While I think Evans is a very good back up, I’m just not sure if he is anywhere near the level Pat Williams is. Although this does bring up a very good question. I think I might start a new fanpost for this topic! Should be interesting.

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Jul 23, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions

i agree. pat’s the man against the run. there is no better. but in reality he only plays about 20 snaps a game and evans plays the rest because pat wears out and evans is better against the pass.

by iseepurplepeople on Jul 23, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I was really hoping that

it would be contingent on the “other” deal that is likely to be in place by July 31st.. With the state of the Bears DBs, I would have to think that they were keeping an eye on how this unfolds…

LSU Tigers Baseball... NCAA National Champions- 2009.

by Dane Noble on Jul 22, 2009 5:25 PM CDT reply actions