It's clear from their offseason moves, or lack thereof, that after making the playoffs this past season, Vikings executives were happy with the majority of the team's roster and felt they could fill some needs in the draft.
Although it looked as if Tarvaris Jackson would battle Sage Rosenfels for the starting quarterback job in camp, the Vikings' interest in Brett Favre could change things greatly.
FRANCHISE PLAYER: None.
TRANSITION PLAYER: None.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
--DT Kenderick Allen.
--S Michael Boulware.
--LB Napoleon Harris.
--LB Dontarrious Thomas.
--DT Ellis Wyms.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: None.
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENTS: None.
PLAYERS RE-SIGNED
--DT Fred Evans: RFA; $1.545M/1 yr.
--FB Heath Farwell: UFA; $7.75M/2 yrs, $3.25M SB.
--CB Charles Gordon: Potential RFA; $535,000/1 yr plus incentives.
--DE Otis Grigsby: Not tendered as RFA; $535,000/1 yr.
--DT Jimmy Kennedy: UFA; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--TE Jim Kleinsasser: UFA; $9M/3 yrs, guarantee unknown.
--DE Jayme Mitchell: Potential RFA; 2 yrs, terms unknown.
--CB Benny Sapp: UFA; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--FB Naufahu Tahi: RFA; $1.4M/1 yr, $500,000 guaranteed (matched Bengals offer).
PLAYERS ACQUIRED
--WR Glenn Holt: Not tendered as RFA by Bengals; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--CB Karl Paymah: UFA Broncos; $1.55M/1 yr.
--QB Sage Rosenfels (trade Texans).
PLAYERS LOST
--C Matt Birk: UFA Ravens; $12M/3 yrs, $6M guaranteed.
--LB Vinny Ciurciu (released).
--QB Gus Frerotte (released).
--RB Maurice Hicks (released).
--OT Marcus Johnson: UFA Raiders; terms unknown.
--S Darren Sharper: UFA Saints; $1.7M/1 yr, $200,000 SB.
