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Xivios wrote: Ehm no, not at all. What makes you think of that?

Purple bruise wrote: Because you said, "When I played for the Dresden Monarchs ( the Team of the Highlight video) practice took place on Monday, Tuesday (theory), Thursday and Saturday for at least 3 hours. That is not much for professional football but more than enough for students, fulltime workers or men with young children".
Ergo since you played in that same league as Babatunde and recently joined the board I simply wondered if his signing may have caused you to "follow his Viking's stay" on a Viking message board. I was just curious.

Because you said, "When I played for the Dresden Monarchs ( the Team of the Highlight video) practice took place on Monday, Tuesday (theory), Thursday and Saturday for at least 3 hours. That is not much for professional football but more than enough for students, fulltime workers or men with young children".
Ergo since you played in that same league as Babatunde and recently joined the board I simply wondered if his signing may have caused you to "follow his Viking's stay" on a Viking message board. I was just curious.

jackal wrote: Xivios no worries, Welcome to the board... We have many people who keep things private, here. We have people; from all walks
of life and society. Some fans are well experienced,in life; and some, still in high school.

I am not sure of your "no worries comment" after you quoted me I saw that he had only 4 posts and did not notice that he had joined a year ago. Not a big deal

jackal wrote: Just saying welcome to the board...

"What surprised Ryan (Monnens, the Vikings' director of pro scouting) – I wasn't jumping around, like big, happy of signing it," Aiyegbusi recalled recently between sips of a remarkably tiny-looking iced tea.

"He was like, 'Are you not happy?' I said, 'I will be happy when I put J.J. Watt to the ground.' (Monnens) started laughing."

"I'm a realist. But I'm about to bring my best to the table," Aiyegbusi said. "It ain't going to be easy for either of us to go against each other. And maybe there will be some lack of technique. But they'll get (an) aggressive, big guy trying to get the gap and go to the second level.

"If they ain't going to bring all they got, they're going to be pushed backward."

@mattvensel #Vikings tackle and Polish sensation Babatunde Aiyegbusi is going to be on @JimmyKimmelLive tonight.

The Vikings begin offseason workouts Monday, and one of intriguing questions is whether Aiyegbusi, who turns 27 next month, can develop into a legitimate NFL player.

"Of course, there are doubts from people because they don't know, they haven't seen me play,'' said Aiyegbusi, being looked at initially as a right tackle. "But I don't doubt myself. I know I'm ready to put in as much work as is needed. ... I believe that the sky is the limit for me.''

dead_poet wrote:Babatunde Aiyegbusi Highlights + Interview

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/vide ... 82f4868d89

fiestavike wrote: Did he basically say "What I learn here will be helpful when I go back to Poland?" I may have misunderstood but it sounded like he is resigned to not making the team if I heard him correctly.

The franchise's free agency philosophy won't provide much for fans seeking 12-month excitement in a four-month sport, but the goal is to find and coach up big, fast players with something to prove -- like Aiyegbusi.

"Some might think: 'stupid Vikings going to waste [a contract] on somebody from Europe,'" Aiyegbusi said. "I'm going to prove them wrong."

The Vikings surrendered the fifth-most sacks in the NFL last season and haven't guaranteed Aiyegbusi anything but one of 90 offseason roster spots. His journey could already be viewed as a success, but he now has an opportunity to further shock the football world.

"It's really a no-brainer at the end of the day," Zimmer said. "You get a guy on the cheap that has a ton of athletic ability, big size."