Over the weekend, rumors boiled up that the Vikings would consider trading talented-but-sometimes-troubled wide receiver Percy Harvin.
Things may get messier before they get prettier, too: Harvin is entering the final year of his contract and, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, is expected hold out of OTAs and training camp if he's not rewarded with a new deal.
Harvin
holding out wouldn't be shocking. There aren't many ways for players to
try to force the hand of a team when they want a raise; holding out is
an attempt to gain leverage. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
My CBSSports.com colleague Clark Judge actually agrees
with the notion that the Vikings should send Harvin packing. And
there's a legitimate argument for it, since Harvin's been a (figurative and
literal) headache at times during his career and, perhaps more
important, he's going to command crazy money at some point in the near
future.
On the other hand, Harvin needing to get paid seriously
reduces the number of teams that might be interested in trading for the
wideout, thus reducing what the Vikings might be able to get in return.
Which means we could very well see a situation that involves Harvin skipping training camp down the road.