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soflavike wrote:Plaxico is one heck of a good end zone target... don't know why he is still unemployed. :confused:
We should pick him up, especially if Simpson is going to be out for a while.
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Because he's old, and he's slow, and he has no future (or present) in the NFL. Would be the dumbest thing this team could do at this point...
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How about this guy! :mrgreen:

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Raptorman wrote:How about this guy! :mrgreen:

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Who is it?
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Infinity wrote: Who is it?
How old are you? :-)
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Demi wrote:Because he's old, and he's slow, and he has no future (or present) in the NFL. Would be the dumbest thing this team could do at this point...

Exactly. I don't care to see Plex or TO on the team.

The Vikings need some of their own WRs to step up. But maybe they really are that bad and that's asking too much out of them.

I still would like to see Jarius Wright get some opportunities.
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w_huisman wrote: How old are you? :-)
Sorry, I lived in NY for a while and was never really a football fan until recently.
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Infinity wrote: Sorry, I lived in NY for a while and was never really a football fan until recently.
Troy Williamson - 7th overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft for the Vikings (compensation for trading Randy Moss). "Stone Hands" (while we're at it: rent the movie Necessary Roughness so you understand that reference) had blazing speed, but couldn't catch. He dropped many passes that quite literally were near perfect throws. In the 2006-2007 off-season he claimed his hand-eye coordination was bad due to his depth perception and that was the reason for his dropped balls (11 of them), which tied for second in the NFL. In the 2007 season, his last game as a Viking, Williamson dropped two passes. Williamson dropped a (practically assured) 72-yard touchdown pass (where he was wide open - he did have great speed, just no hands) in the second quarter and then another pass later in the game. He was traded to Jacksonville after that game and a few years later they later cut him.
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Just Me wrote: Troy Williamson - 7th overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft for the Vikings (compensation for trading Randy Moss). "Stone Hands" (while we're at it: rent the movie Necessary Roughness so you understand that reference) had blazing speed, but couldn't catch. He dropped many passes that quite literally were near perfect throws. In the 2006-2007 off-season he claimed his hand-eye coordination was bad due to his depth perception and that was the reason for his dropped balls (11 of them), which tied for second in the NFL. In the 2007 season, his last game as a Viking, Williamson dropped two passes. Williamson dropped a (practically assured) 72-yard touchdown pass (where he was wide open - he did have great speed, just no hands) in the second quarter and then another pass later in the game. He was traded to Jacksonville after that game and a few years later they later cut him.
Thanks for the info. :thumbsup:
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Frazier expects Simpson to return to practice Thursday or Friday and added that, "All indications are there is a very good chance" he will play on Sunday at Washington.

"We'll know more as he responds to some of the treatment that [head athletic trainer Eric Sugarman] will give him," Frazier said. "We don't think it's anything long-term at all."

Visual proof of the Tigger-like spring returning to Simpson's step also was supplied Wednesday when he was spotted in the locker room leaping over two large laundry bins in a single bound. Later, with much slower reporters waiting for him after practice, Simpson recorded one of the faster 30-yard dashes to a side door in franchise history.

"It sounds like he's heading in the right direction," Frazier said. "And we can clearly say that's behind him."
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When this is the biggest story of the week you know you have a winning team on your hands.
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Is it bad that I actually liked Troy Williamson? :?
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HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Is it bad that I actually liked Troy Williamson? :?
Not bad. You're probably just in the minority. I didn't mind the guy (honestly, I don't have much recollection as to his personality) and boy could he fly down the field. But his on-field production was just abysmal (especially considering where he was drafted). I mostly didn't care for him because of how awful he was as a player.
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Willamson caught more balls with his face than he did his hands ...


God he sucked ... so bad
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HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Is it bad that I actually liked Troy Williamson? :?
I did as well. To bad they outlawed "stick em". He might have been a pro-bowler with that stuff. :D :D
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