The month of
February is in its early stages yet football talk is kicking up hot and heavy.
It starts personally for me as the email came from the Vikings regarding
renewal of season tickets. I am expecting in the mail this week the form to see
the pricing. This most likely seems to be the last year at the dome and with
that I need to get ready to for lots of memories and hopefully they are good
ones.
The
announcement that an average of 3.6 percent increase in tickets I will be facing.
It is the first time in 3 years there will be an increase. The home schedule is
full of exciting teams with young quarterbacks leading the way. The Packers,
Bears, Lions, Browns, Eagles, Redskins, Panthers are coming to Mall of America
Field. We will get to see Cam Newton and hopefully RGIII assuming he recovers
from off season surgery. I see the Eagles signed Micheal Vick to a one year
contract today so he too may be facing our defense and better yet our crowd
that is awesome.
The one home
game I am very disappointed that we will not see will be the Pittsburgh
Steelers as this game is in London. The Steelers fan travel well and it would
have been fun to see the terrible towels in the dome and the potential hundreds
of Steelers fans.
The free
agency begins on March 12th at 4:00 pm and with that the Vikings are
facing decisions on which of the 10 free agents will they keep.
In my opinion
the 2 most important offensive guys to keep would be right tackle, Phil
Loadholt and fullback, Jerome Felton. The way the running game blew up in 2012
it would be so nice to keep the flow going.
The
defensive side of the ball I believe we need to keep safety, Jamarca Sanford
and the 2 linebackers, Erin Henderson and Jasper Brinkley.
These are my
hopes going into free agency. The team must be under the salary cap before this
date of March 12 as well.
The subject
of Percy Harvin is concerning on what the team will do with him. He is so
talented and his trade value I would think be high. I hate to see him leave but
if he does it would be nice to get value instead of next year he would leave potentially
leave via free agency and we would get nothing. My hope is no matter what I
just hope the team makes a decision sooner than later which could end in a hold
out of some sort.
The team made
such big strides it is important that all distractions get taken care of no
matter what so when Training Camp comes in late July the team can concentrate
on football and not soap operas.
In other
news with Cris Carter being called to the Hall of Fame he will be making an
appearance at Winter Park on Thursday February 14th and face the
media. I cannot wait to watch the news that night and see what he is thinking.
I for one am so happy for him on a well-deserved honor.
The Combine
is coming in a couple weeks with over 330 invites with one I will keep an eye
on. MarQueis Gray, former Gopher quarterback got an invite. I do not know what position
he will shoot for to play in the NFL but I wish him all the success in the
world. Former Gopher wide out Eric Decker sure has done well in the NFL as he
now catches balls from Peyton Manning. It would be nice for another Gopher to
do well.
The Pro Day
at the University of Minnesota is March 4th so another chance for
Gray to impress.
This is an
exciting time of year for college hopefuls to make the pros but also for fans
who religiously follow the team 365 like I do.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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