Vikings day at camp: Trade leads to silence

A daily dispatch from Eagan

The Vikings returned to their Eagan practice fields under overcast skies and with an odd, under-informative stance on a trade they made that Baltimore announced and the Vikings scrambled to make sure no one commented on until Monday, when former Ravens kicker-punter-holder Kaare Vedvik shows up. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was on hand sporting an old-school purple Vikings T-shirt that he appears to have owned since the ’70s. And an even bigger celebrity than a governor — Vikings Hall of Famer Alan Page — also watched practice.

Half of the Vikings’ interior defensive line finally saw action in the team portion of practice. Three-technique tackle Shamar Stephen, whom the…