Remember when this used to be big football news?
Vikings sign first-round draft pick Jordan AddisonThe Vikings had lacked the cap space to complete the rookie receiver's deal until trading Za'Darius Smith gave them room.After the Vikings cleared roughly $10 million in salary cap space by trading Za'Darius Smith to the Browns, they used some of the free space to sign their first-round pick.
The team announced on Wednesday afternoon it had signed wide receiver Jordan Addison to his rookie deal, completing the contract a day after Smith had passed a physical to finalize his trade to Cleveland. The Vikings had previously signed four of their six draft picks, but lacked the cap space to complete Addison's deal until the Smith trade gave them added room.
Addison, the 23rd overall pick in the draft out of USC, is in line to make roughly $13.7 million over his four-year rookie deal, including a signing bonus of nearly $7 million. He would count for almost $2.5 million against the Vikings' 2023 salary cap, based on a $1.75 million cap figure for his signing bonus and rookie minimum salary of $750,000.
He is in line to play a significant role for the Vikings in 2023, after the team sought another receiver who can take attention away from Justin Jefferson. Coach Kevin O'Connell said at the Vikings' rookie camp last week that Addison had been meeting with Vikings coaches over Zoom calls after the draft, learning as much of the offense as he could before coming to Minnesota.
"He just looks the part, which is exactly what I expected out of him," O'Connell said Friday. "He's been champing at the bit to get going."
With Addison signed, five of the Vikings' six draft picks are under contract. Only UAB running back DeWayne McBride, the team's seventh-round pick, remains unsigned.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-vikings-sign-first-round-draft-pick-jordan-addison-zadarius-smith/600275745/
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Was thinking the same thing. I remember the insanity that used to be the signing of draft picks.
I like it better as a formality now than it used to be.
Ha! Yeah, quite a difference huh? I remember being on vacation with my parents when the Vikings finally signed Disco Darrin Nelson. My little brother and I had a big celebration.
Always find it amusing that Darrin didn't want Minnesota to draft him. It was the only team he sent a letter to, specifically requesting they not draft him.
'I'm a very outgoing person. I like to go to discos. I don't want to go to a disco and listen to country music....This isn't a disco town, it's a polka town."
I hope he got to meet Prince.
The Bryant McKinnie holdout is the one that I remember the most. IIRC, Red McCombs thought that he could sign him for less than the slotted amount.
Yeah, I don't miss the drama like the Bryant McKinnie holdout days when he didn't get signed until November. It's way better now that drafted rookies are expected to be signed and showing up for all camps, practices and games.
@"HappyViking" said: Yeah, I don't miss the drama like the Bryant McKinnie holdout days when he didn't get signed until November. It's way better now that drafted rookies are expected to be signed and showing up for all camps, practices and games.
It truly makes you wonder why they never thought of the rookie wage scale before.
@"MaroonBells" said: Ha! Yeah, quite a difference huh? I remember being on vacation with my parents when the Vikings finally signed Disco Darrin Nelson. My little brother and I had a big celebration.Always find it amusing that Darrin didn't want Minnesota to draft him. It was the only team he sent a letter to, specifically requesting they not draft him.
'I'm a very outgoing person. I like to go to discos. I don't want to go to a disco and listen to country music....This isn't a disco town, it's a polka town."
I hope he got to meet Prince.
And I still wish the Vikings drafted Marcus Allen.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"MaroonBells" said: Ha! Yeah, quite a difference huh? I remember being on vacation with my parents when the Vikings finally signed Disco Darrin Nelson. My little brother and I had a big celebration.Always find it amusing that Darrin didn't want Minnesota to draft him. It was the only team he sent a letter to, specifically requesting they not draft him.
'I'm a very outgoing person. I like to go to discos. I don't want to go to a disco and listen to country music....This isn't a disco town, it's a polka town."
I hope he got to meet Prince.
And I still wish the Vikings drafted Marcus Allen.
Minnesota thought Darrin Nelson was going to be a dynamo on the Metrodome turf. Straight up. He was the 7th overall pick, pretty high and never lived up to the pick.
Funny just before I saw this thread I was thinking about the ridiculous holdout of Onterrio Smith who was a 4th rounder. It didn't last long as the team just kinda laughed at the whole idea. He proclaimed himself the S.O.D., but turned out to just be the Whizzinator.
@"StickyBun" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"MaroonBells" said: Ha! Yeah, quite a difference huh? I remember being on vacation with my parents when the Vikings finally signed Disco Darrin Nelson. My little brother and I had a big celebration.Always find it amusing that Darrin didn't want Minnesota to draft him. It was the only team he sent a letter to, specifically requesting they not draft him.
'I'm a very outgoing person. I like to go to discos. I don't want to go to a disco and listen to country music....This isn't a disco town, it's a polka town."
I hope he got to meet Prince.
And I still wish the Vikings drafted Marcus Allen.
Minnesota thought Darrin Nelson was going to be a dynamo on the Metrodome turf. Straight up. He was the 7th overall pick, pretty high and never lived up to the pick.
I remember that. This is why the NFL is so bad at drafting. They focus on little bullshit like this.Sometimes I think the NFL would be better at drafting if they didn't put so much credence in the minutiae...in pages-long scouting reports. If you can't tell in 5 minutes of tape that Marcus Allen was a better back than Darrin Nelson, you deserve what you get.
@"MaroonBells" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"MaroonBells" said: Ha! Yeah, quite a difference huh? I remember being on vacation with my parents when the Vikings finally signed Disco Darrin Nelson. My little brother and I had a big celebration.Always find it amusing that Darrin didn't want Minnesota to draft him. It was the only team he sent a letter to, specifically requesting they not draft him.
'I'm a very outgoing person. I like to go to discos. I don't want to go to a disco and listen to country music....This isn't a disco town, it's a polka town."
I hope he got to meet Prince.
And I still wish the Vikings drafted Marcus Allen.
Minnesota thought Darrin Nelson was going to be a dynamo on the Metrodome turf. Straight up. He was the 7th overall pick, pretty high and never lived up to the pick.
I remember that. This is why the NFL is so bad at drafting. They focus on little bullshit like this.Sometimes I think the NFL would be better at drafting if they didn't put so much credence in the minutiae...in pages-long scouting reports. If you can't tell in 5 minutes of tape that Marcus Allen was a better back than Darrin Nelson, you deserve what you get.
Agreed. Nelson was shifty, but he really wasn't amazing in that arena. Not like a Barry Sanders. Nor was he stout. For a smaller guy, he could get knocked off his feet easily. His center of gravity for a short back was higher than normal for his stature.
@"MaroonBells" said:@"HappyViking" said: Yeah, I don't miss the drama like the Bryant McKinnie holdout days when he didn't get signed until November. It's way better now that drafted rookies are expected to be signed and showing up for all camps, practices and games.
It truly makes you wonder why they never thought of the rookie wage scale before.
Yeah the #1 picks becoming the highest paid players in the league was rather nuts.
@"greediron" said:@"MaroonBells" said:@"HappyViking" said: Yeah, I don't miss the drama like the Bryant McKinnie holdout days when he didn't get signed until November. It's way better now that drafted rookies are expected to be signed and showing up for all camps, practices and games.
It truly makes you wonder why they never thought of the rookie wage scale before.
Yeah the #1 picks becoming the highest paid players in the league was rather nuts.
It was nuts. But what i can't figure out is why it took so long for a rookie wage scale to become part of the CBA. Owners were obviously be for it. And veteran players, since it meant more money for them, should not have been opposed to it. I just don't know who argued against it. Agents and draft picks? Sure, but they don't have a say. Just one of the many things I don't understand I guess.
Edit Post (mod action — author will see a notice)
Warn Poster
Suspend User (3 days)
The user will be suspended for 3 days and will receive an email with the reason and information about how to appeal.