The news regarding former Indianapolis Colts WR Marvin Harrison has been notably slow throughout the offseason, with the common thought being it would be close to — or into training camp — if and when he signed.
Training camp’s drawing nearer.
And on Wednesday, there was a bit of new regarding Harrison, with the St. Paul Pioneer Press mentioning that the Minnesota Vikings might try to sign the eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver:
There’s buzz that the Vikings might sign ex-Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison, 36, who is near the end of his career and has tender knees, to a one-year, low-end deal to provide competition for Sidney Rice.
I wrote “mentioning” and not reporting, because there was no attribution and no more written than just that sentence, but it is a mention so I wanted to pass it along. Harrison, released from the Colts in February, has received little attention on the open market, with Philadelphia and Miami being mentioned early as possible options and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers being mentioned more recently.
The Vikings do seem like a logical fit, because lately in the NFL there are essentially two sorts of teams: those who are willing to bring in an aging veteran for a year and those who are not. The Colts typically are not such a team, but the Vikings — as evidenced by their possible pursuit of QB Brett Favre — seem to be in the mode of being willing to sign veteran free agents. We’ll see.