Minnesota Vikings

For our second Shutdown Corner mock draft, we're going throw a couple semi-likely scenarios into the mix.

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The Minnesota Vikings and cornerback Benny Sapp have agreed to terms on a new contract. The deal to bring back Sapp was announced Tuesday. Sapp started a total of seven games last season while filling in for injured starter Antoine Winfield, totaling 25 tackles, two passes defensed and two forced fumbles during a particularly strong six-game stretch.

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - The Minnesota Vikings have signed kickoff specialist Rhys Lloyd to a two-year contract.

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MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Vikings All-Pro defensive tackle Kevin Williams testified Tuesday that he was under pressure to lose weight and earn a US$400,000 bonus when he took a weight-loss supplement two years ago - a supplement he didn't know contained a substance banned by the NFL.

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Minnesota Vikings All-Pro defensive tackle Kevin Williams testified Tuesday that he was under pressure to lose weight and earn a $400,000 bonus when he took a weight-loss supplement two years ago -- a supplement he didn't know contained a substance banned by the NFL. The testimony was the first from a player in the closely watched trial deciding whether the NFL's use of its anti-doping...

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The Minnesota Vikings have signed kickoff specialist Rhys Lloyd to a two-year contract. The deal was announced by the Vikings on Tuesday. It includes a signing bonus, but agent Frank Murtha declined to specify the amount. Lloyd handled kickoffs for the Carolina Panthers the last two seasons, leading the NFL with 30 touchbacks in 2008.

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The Vikings are conducting an offseason study of Adrian Peterson's fumbling problems. This comes after the Pro Bowl running back finished the season by fumbling twice in the Vikings' overtime loss to New Orleans in the NFC title game.

He also had a botched handoff exchange with Brett Favre deep in Saints territory late in the first half that resulted in a costly turnover. The quarterback was charged with the fumble but Peterson took responsibility.

While Brad Childress indicated the study remains in its early stages, the Vikings coach made it clear he isn't about to tell Peterson to make massive changes in his approach.

"I know there has been a lot said," Childress told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

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The Minnesota Vikings are apparently interested in signing free agent running back LaDainian Tomlinson,...

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MINNEAPOLIS - The attorney for two Minnesota Vikings challenging the NFL's anti-doping policy opened their closely watched trial Monday by accusing the league of failing to follow state law when it tested them for drugs two years ago and then decided to suspend them.

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MINNEAPOLIS - More than a year after two Minnesota Vikings sued the NFL over its anti-doping procedures, the closely watched case heads to trial Monday with sports leagues worried the outcome will hurt their ability to enforce drug policies across the country.

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