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Daily Clips Wednesday, April 1, 2020 DAILY CLIPS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020 LOCAL NEWS: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Pioneer Press Vikings discussing possible long-term extension for safety Anthony Harris By Chris Tomasson https://www.twincities.com/2020/03/31/vikings-discussing-possible-long-term-extension-for-safety-anthony-harris/ Star Tribune Even without live sports, Jared Allen's plan is to dodge NFL draft By Mark Craig https://www.startribune.com/jared-allen-s-goal-is-to-dodge-nfl-draft/569271592/ Vikings Mailbag: Defensive backs, an attack for the draft and lots more By Mark Craig https://www.startribune.com/vikings-mailbag-defensive-backs-the-first-round-draft-pick-and-a-packers- thought/569247922/ NFL team owners vote to expand playoffs to 14 teams By Barry Wilner https://www.startribune.com/nfl-team-owners-vote-to-expand-playoffs-by-two-teams/569256092/ Gophers' NFL draft prospects having to adjust on the fly By Chip Scoggins https://www.startribune.com/gophers-nfl-draft-prospects-having-to-adjust-on-the-fly/569240222/ NATIONAL NEWS: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 CBS Sports Vikings discussing extension with Anthony Harris after placing franchise tag on safety, per report By Jeff Kerr https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/vikings-discussing-extension-with-anthony-harris-after-placing-franchise-tag-on- safety-per-report/ USA Today Opinion: Even in simplest forms, NFL world isn't immune to coronavirus-related alterations By Mike Jones https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/03/31/coronavirus-nfl-players-teams-feeling-impact-their- preparations/5093340002/ Maven Media How The Coronavirus Will Affect the NFL Draft By Will Ragatz https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/how-coronavirus-will-affect-nfl-draft Why The Vikings Won't Take a Defensive End in the First Round of the 2020 NFL Draft By Will Ragatz https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/vikings-defensive-end-first-round-2020-nfl-draft MULTIMEDIA NEWS: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Football Stories with Nate Burleson: How To Become Friends With Randy Moss By NFL Network https://www.vikings.com/video/football-stories-with-nate-burleson-how-to-become-friends-with-randy-moss Daniel Jeremiah Breaks Down His 'Three Distinct Tiers' of QBs In 2020 Draft Class By NFL Network https://www.vikings.com/video/daniel-jeremiah-breaks-down-his-three-distinct-tiers-of-qbs-in-2020-draft-class Ian Rapoport Explains NFL's New Expanded Playoff Format By NFL Network https://www.vikings.com/video/ian-rapoport-explains-nfl-s-new-expanded-playoff-format NFL Adds Playoffs Teams By KSTP http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=1095250b-ee1a-42b6-a73b-2a1b8c82cda6 14 Teams will go to the Playoffs Next Year By KMSP http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=85d4d9ce-97d3-40de-8fde-2c0f34e33613 Boys and Girls Club Expands Meal Program By KMSP http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=aefbe9ed-728c-4ad5-971e-243a29d1b915 VIKINGS ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 NFL Announces New Playoff Format for 2020 Season By Eric Smith https://www.vikings.com/news/2020-nfl-season-new-playoff-format-for-league 2020 NFL Draft Prospects: Running Backs Group Includes 'Excellent Contributors' By Lindsey Young https://www.vikings.com/news/2020-nfl-draft-prospects-running-backs-group-includes-excellent-contributors Thielen & Sharpe Practice Social Distancing, Notch Perfect Scores in Trivia Game By Lindsey Young https://www.vikings.com/news/adam-thielen-tajae-sharpe-notch-perfect-scores-in-trivia-game PUBLICATION: Pioneer Press DATE: 4/1/20 Vikings discussing possible long-term extension for safety Anthony Harris By Chris Tomasson The Vikings just might keep Anthony Harris after all. Though there has been speculation the Vikings might trade Harris after placing the franchise tag on him two weeks ago, sources said Tuesday the team has been actively discussing a possible long-term contract for the 28-year-old safety. While nothing is certain about Harris’ future, one source said there is an increased belief now that Harris, ranked the NFL’s top safety in 2019 by Pro Football Focus, will play for the Vikings in 2020, whether it is with the one-year franchise tag of $11.441 million or a long-term deal. A source said Harris’ preference is to sign a long-term deal with Minnesota. Such a deal not only could keep Harris happy and lock him up beyond 2020, it also could lower his salary-cap number for 2020, with the Vikings able to push some money into future seasons. Harris wants a contract that puts him among the highest-paid safeties in the NFL. That could be an average of about $14 million per season. The Vikings already have Pro Bowl safety Harrison Smith on the books for cap numbers of $10.75 million in 2020 and $10.25 million in 2021. While having two safeties taking up a good bit of cap room might not be ideal, a source said the Vikings are thinking more now that not having Harris could be especially detrimental to their secondary. In March, the Vikings released starting cornerback Xavier Rhodes and had four other members of the secondary leave via free agency: starting cornerback Trae Waynes, primary nickelback Mackensie Alexander, and effective reserve safeties Andrew Sendejo and Jayron Kearse. So far, the team has not added any defensive backs. There might not be any immediacy for the Vikings to make a decision on Harris. They have until the franchise tag deadline of July 15 to work out a possible long-term contract. And with offseason workouts in jeopardy of being cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, that could place less urgency on getting something done. GRIFFEN TO SEATTLE? Could Everson Griffen be the next star Vikings defensive linemen to finish his career with Seattle? A source said Tuesday that Griffen, a free agent who announced two weeks ago he will not return to Minnesota, has interest in signing with the Seahawks and that they could be interested in him. It could depend on whether Seattle re- signs free-agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. The source said Clowney is likely the domino needed to fall before Griffen signs with any team. Hall of fame defensive end Carl Eller played for the Vikings from 1964-78 before finishing his career with Seattle in 1979. Hall of fame defensive tackle John Randle played for Minnesota from 1990-2000 before concluding his career with the Seahawks from 2001-03. TWO YEARS LATE The NFL approved a plan Tuesday to expand the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams in 2020. There will be seven teams in each conference making the postseason, with one team, rather than the previous two, getting a first-round bye. Had that format been in place in 2018, the Vikings would have made the playoffs as the No. 7 seed in the NFC rather than missing out altogether. Under such a format, the Vikings, who went 8-7-1 in 2018, would have opened the postseason at the No. 2 Los Angeles Rams, which would have been a rematch of a Week 4 game won 38-31 by the Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. PUBLICATION: Star Tribune DATE: 4/1/20 Even without live sports, Jared Allen's plan is to dodge NFL draft By Mark Craig When your COVID-19 era to-do list has dwindled to making sure your normally hyperactive teenager doesn’t sleep 23 hours a day, you improvise. You maybe, I don’t know, talk to Jared Allen. See how the four-time NFL All-Pro defensive lineman, who calf-roped 136 quarterbacks in his potential Hall of Fame career, is doing down in Nashville chasing after daughters Brinley Noelle, 8, and Lakelyn, 5. “Just hanging out at the house doing home-schooling and all that good stuff,” the former Vikings star said. “We have a pretty big yard. When it’s not raining, we get out there and hang out. My wife [Amy] and I don’t leave the house much at all. All’s quiet.” As he speaks, though, you see the NFL-related tweets scroll by. … NFL expands playoff field to 14 teams! … Buccaneers announce Tom Brady will wear No. 12! … The NFL draft will march on with “good social distance role modeling” of 10 or fewer people — all 6 feet apart — in every draft room and player’s house! … The NFL isn’t doing anything wrong by conducting its high-speed business at a safe distance from a low-speed world that’s buffering. Nor is it behaving admirably as some sort of heroic distraction for people worrying about loved ones or finding a barber and a roll of toilet paper before training camp. Let’s hope the NFL and its talking TV heads understand the latter when they go live with the draft April 23-25. A nation will no doubt tune in. Right, Jared? Um, you do watch the draft, Mr. Allen? The short answer: “I do not,” Allen said. The more entertaining old-school answer: “I know the kids being drafted are having the time of their life …” But? “I think the draft is probably the most boring thing to put on TV imaginable,” Allen said. “I guess I’ve never been a big fan of sitting there and getting all crazy and ecstatic about a guy who hasn’t done a single thing in the NFL yet.” Bless you, 69. Bless you. It’s kind of like a defensive end named Dimitrius Underwood playing in the Big Ten, getting drafted in the first round and quitting after his first practice. Or like a defensive end named Jared Allen playing for Division I-AA Idaho State, getting drafted in the fourth round and earning the right to scoff at all draft-related hoopla forevermore.
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