--OL Marcus Johnson, the lone remaining player from the Vikings' 2005 draft class, recently had a free-agent visit with the Tennessee Titans. Johnson will not return to the Vikings.

--The Vikings have considered having Denver free-agent cornerback Karl Paymah in for a visit but nothing has been scheduled. Paymah, who also plays on special teams, has met with Baltimore, Cleveland, San Francisco and Tampa Bay.

--Free-agent safety Darren Sharper, who has spent the past four seasons with the Vikings, had a visit with New Orleans but has yet to sign. The Vikings plan to go with Tyrell Johnson and Madieu Williams at the safety spots next season.

--Rick Spielman, Vikings vice president of player personnel, made it clear the team's lack of activity on the free-agent market has nothing to do with ownership cracking down because of the poor economy. "They're very supportive ownership, and the Wilf family is very supportive of what we're trying to do," Spielman said. "But you have to be realistic, too. You don't want to pay Ferrari money, for not getting a Ferrari either." Spielman has said all along he did not feel this was a very strong free-agent market.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "Every year is different. It's like the draft. You don't draft the same position every year, it's not the same players every year in the draft. ... Everybody wants to see, 'What's new? What's new?' Well, sometimes you don't want to force anything that's not there, just to do it to do it because to me I think sometimes it ends up being a waste of money." -- Vikings vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman on the team's approach to free agency, which has been much different than a year ago when it wrote $81 million in contracts to Bernard Berrian, Thomas Tapeh and Madieu Williams in the first three days.