One Free Agent to Rule Them All and in the Purple Bind Them

[vike daddy]

[CriminalMind]

Jairus Byrd is a nice choice, but if that is not available I hope we can go after Kenny Phillips to address the 2nd Safety spot.
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[vikingsrule]

I would probably cut Kevin Williams and sign Henry Melton. He has to be at the top for me.

Mike Wallace is close, but DTs like Melton are hard to find.

[xDarealx]

I believe we have a shot at levitre or Byrd . They are both free agents so buffalo can not franchise them both. Also, I think we might get Byrd because no way buffalo lets a great lineman in levitre go

[eman9416]

Ill take Byrd, if we add a 3-4th round MLB or DT than our defense should be set for the year and we can entirely focus on offense. Also side note, anyone else notice we only have 1 top 50 free agent? I can decide is that's good or bad. On one hand we won't lose any important pieces but on the other hand all of our players are terrible.....

[Eric dunn]

[Klomp]

[ArcticNorseman]

One question on the title of the thread . . . How does the FA acquisition "bind them?"

In my mind, any FA that comes in needs to assimilate to the way the Vikes operate -- the team is pretty tight-knit right now. This means recognizing Jared Allen, Adrian Peterson, Kevin Williams, Antione Winfield, Chad Greenway and Christian Ponder are the corps of the team . . . disregarding what they want done would be a disruption to the team; however, one could certainly enhance what the team's doing.

The commentary on Byrd intrigues me, as I think he could impove the safety position -- however, if Sanford and Raymond are healthy with Smith, that's a pretty good trio . . . adding Byrd would make a great quartet -- so, would that money be wisely spent?

I'd rather the Vikes spend their cap cash on guys currently on the roster. The chemistry of team seemed really good this year, except for a lil blow-up by Percy (which I agree he's worth a ton more than he's paid). So, re-sign Loadholt, Felton and Harvin for sure. Re-structure Williams and Winfield for two or three more years each.

If Byrd or another defensive player were signed, I suspect the offense would get 4 of the first 6 draft picks. Two going to WR, one OG and one on QB/TE/OT/RB.

So, defense would get two draft picks . . . hmmmm, I think there's a definite need for speed at MLB (although Brinkley did play better in the last 6 games) and OLB, as well as a mountain in the middle at NT.

Of the FAs on the list . . . I'd go with a LB or Cruz . . . but Byrd is a solid idea.

[vike daddy]

[jam8891]

I know WR, S, and Nose Tackle are needs...but if we were to go after free agents hard this year then personally, I'm thinking more pass rush. We wre pretty good this year but you can never have too much pressure on the QB. I want the to have the affect on a QB where he is nervous before he even gets in the huddle. That kind of pressure. So I'm thinking Avril, Spencer, maybe Johnson they are all still young and we dont know how good they will be but they show alot of potential. I like Avril alot but idk which route the Vikings will go. Seeing as we do indeed have Jared Allen, Robison, Griffen, and they played very well this year but I think the addition of Avril and possibly a higher draft pick would make me extremely happy. this is all just wishful thinking on my part. Chances are we do not sign a DE and we don't draft one until the late rounds of this years draft but hey, its always good to hope

[KeithVikings28]

I would take Sean Smith. I wouldn't resign Winfield and have Smith/Cook outside, Robinson nickel, and Jefferson dime.

[Klomp]

[KeithVikings28]

[NextBigThing]

[PurpleNation22]