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Percy Harvin has ideas for Vikings offense, starting with getting him out of it

Found June 20, 2012 on 60 Max Power O: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Harvin shows his excitement over being a Viking next season The Minnesota Vikings are coming off their second straight last-place finish in the NFC North division and have been having a pretty stressful offseason. The cornerstone to their entire offense, Adrian Peterson, is recovering from knee surgery, the team very nearly had to leave Minnesota when a new stadium deal looked grim, and the team still looks to be years away from fielding a competitive team again. The hopes of the Vikings’ rebuilding effort rests pretty heavily on the offensive trio of Peterson at running back, quarterback Christian Ponder, and jack-0f-all-trades Percy Harvin, who overcame his migraine issues to play in all 16 games last season, but is coming off shoulder surgery…and no longer wants to be in Minnesota. Just some tiny things to be concerned with. From ESPN.com: “I just put it this way, there’s a lot of different things that have to be sorted out,” Harvin said Tuesday. “Just haven’t been really...
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