TE Visanthe Shiancoe.
LB Vinny Ciurciu.
WR Bobby Wade.
You call this free agency?
Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress sure does. He’s selling these mediocre prospects as the keys to turning his 6-10 debut season into a 10-6 playoff contender. Sorry if I find that a bit hard to swallow. Childress would have an easier time selling my Las Vegas luxury condos that I have ability to afford!
As Judge Judy became famous for saying, don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining, Coach Childress. I have an IQ above 9. I can tell the difference between last year’s free agency season and this year’s.
Sure, it’s nice to talk about putting together a team of stellar character; but even in that pursuit, you are still responsible to field a team. The Vikings have inexperience at QB, virtually nothing at WR, and an aging defense. Help is needed just about everywhere, they have money to spend, and they’re sitting on it.
I’ll grant that it’s not a stellar list of free agents this season, but one has to think that a bit more could be found on the NFL scrapheap than these three players. I stood behind Coach Childress getting a second season. I won’t stand behind a third season if we go 6-10 again, and right now that’s looking optimistic.
The Vikings have traded away or cut all their stars; there’s no sign the team is acquiring anyone who’ll make fans forget the glory days of Daunte Culpepper and Randy Moss. They may have never reached the Super Bowl, but at least their teams were always exciting to watch.



