Karl who?

The Vikings have finally signed a free agent outside the organization and it's cornerback Karl Paymah, who played for the Denver Broncos in 2008.

Don't feel too bad if you've never heard of Paymah. I hadn't either until word got out two weeks ago that the Vikings were trying to bring him in for a visit.

You might remember that last season Denver's defence gave up 448 points - only St. Louis (2-14) and Detroit (0-16) gave up more. Football Outsiders defensive statistics had Denver's unit ranked second-last in the NFL in 2008. And Paymah couldn't start for them. So it's easy to understand why the Vikings tried so hard to get him. (Yes, that was sarcasm on my part.)

But I hear Paymah's good on specials teams, so there's that, at least.