When NFL Free Agency opened, it was expected that the Minnesota Vikings were going to be big players, and they were. They struck early, with two big signings, one on each side of the ball.
QB Kirk Cousins and DT Sheldon Richardson took all the headlines over the first few days of free agency, and deservedly so. They are marquee players filling the two biggest positions of need on the Vikings roster, and their signings garnered all the headlines.
Yet, as the buzz of those signings began to wane, news came that WR Jarius Wright had signed a contract with the Carolina Panthers.