Vikings sign AAF player DB Duke Thomas

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Duke is Orlando's kid. Some good ties to the team.

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Isn't signing the best defender from the AAF kinda like dating the prettiest girl from green bay?

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@"BarrNone55" said:
Isn't signing the best defender from the AAF kinda like dating the prettiest girl from green bay?

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Deron Smith got a 2-year deal. So maybe more than just a camp body. 

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@MaroonBells said:
Deron Smith got a 2-year deal. So maybe more than just a camp body. 

Think this moves Safety even further down the list for the Draft. Ant Harris is on his last year of his deal. If the team can't keep him or Kearse, who's also going to be a FA you've already got an in-house option to compete with Tocho.

Now it will probably be a 6th or 7th or Priority UDFA added to the competition instead of a 4th or 5th.

And if Minnesota can keep either Harris or Kearse you now have a lot of competition for the last 2 spots on the roster.

This is the way smart teams continously add depth. Bad teams just constantly throw money at aging vets instead of mining youth for affordable  and hopefully productive nuggets.

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@BlackMagic7 said:

Zimmer running that 386 Defense

Anthony Barr, the IBM.

 B)

I definitely like the hype around the safety Smith. Has a rookie kind of vibe - success outside of this league doesn't mean much; you gotta prove it.

When we sign a guy that is called "the best defender in the league," i'll happily sit back and see what happens.

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Tocho just signed w/ the Steelers out of the AAF...