Harvin and Hardball

According to Sid Hartman, Percy has now "demanded to be traded."

I say the Vikes should play hardball. We have him under contract for another season. If he chooses to report and play it's up to him. IF he doesn't come back and play nice, I say the Vikes should let him sit and then NEXT season give him the "Franchise Tag" which would force him to be a Viking one more season AFTER next season.

I've had enough with prima donnas. The guy was hurt much of last season. He's also missed significant parts of other seasons because of his migraine headache issues. It's time to call his bluff and make him "man up."

I personally think Harvin has more talent than any other player on the Vikings, and that includes Adrian Peterson. There is no one more explosive or more exciting player in the entire league than Harvin.

If it's third and short, I'd rather get the ball in Percy's hands than Adrian's. The odds of getting a first down would be infinitely better. (I'm pretty sure stats would show that.) But Percy's attitude just stinks.

I'm still hoping the Vikes and Percy can come to a settled agreement that BOTH can live with, though I'm not sure what kind of locker room influence Harvin will have.

Let's face it, there really aren't a lot of great free agent receivers out there and even though Wallace of Pittsburgh may be the best, he certainly is no Percy Harvin. Worse? Wallace's attitude isn't any better than Harvin's. That's one of the main reasons that Pittburgh is letting him go.

There's not many wide receivers in the draft this year either. Joe Webb is the fastest Viking. Maybe we should just convert him. He's not the right backup QB for our system anyway and his talent is close to both Peterson's and Harvin's. We're wasting the best years of his life with him on the bench.

It's time to figure out what to do with him.