Sunday, August 02, 2009

Signed

Percy Harvin is officially a member of the Minnesota Vikings.

No details of the contract have been released yet, other than it's a five-year deal, but it doesn't really matter what the details are. What matters is Harvin is expected in camp for Sunday's 3:30 p.m. practice. Here's hoping Harvin has the kind of impact on the Vikings offence that Adrian Peterson had in 2007 and Randy Moss had in 1998, as opposed to the kind of impact Troy Williamson had in 2005.

Of course, that impact will be largely determined by how well (or poorly) Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels play. So hold off on any offensive rookie of the year talk regarding Harvin. Until Jackson and Rosenfels prove otherwise, the Vikings quarterback position is still this team's albatross.

Update!
The National Football Post provides some details on Harvin's contract.

2 comments:

Peter said...

$8.45 million guaranteed? That's a happy surprise; I thought it would be significantly higher.

DC said...

Yes, it seems pretty reasonable – if you can call getting $8.45-million guaranteed for running a ball into the end zone reasonable.