How will the Browns address their depth on the defensive line? Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images You may not have even known he was on the roster, but next up on our preview of Browns’ free agents is DE Stephen Weatherly.
On the bright side, 12 players were activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Miller, 32, is in the final months of the six-year, $114.1 million extension he signed with the Broncos at the 2016 franchise-tag deadline.
The Broncos linebacking core has been decimated by injuries, forcing the team to get creative in trying to find solutions. With both starting inside linebackers
With several injuries to their edge rushers, the Broncos needed a boost at the position. So they acquired Stephen Weatherly from the Vikings for a seventh-round pick in the 2022 draft.
The Denver Broncos were hit hard by injuries at linebacker in recent weeks, forcing general manager George Paton to make two trades to bring in emergency depth at the position.
This will reunite Weatherly with new Broncos GM George Paton, who was with the Vikings when they drafted the sixth-year vet back in 2016.
The NFL trade deadline occurs on November 2, and trades in football are more prominent now than in decades past. In the 1990s, for example, trades were typically a more frequent function of MLB and the NBA.
The Vikings considered cutting Weatherly after he lost his first-string spot to D.J. Wonnum. That would have left the club with $500K in dead money, so this was a much more logical compromise.
The Vikings bringing back Everson Griffen on Monday raised the question of whether or not the four-time Pro Bowl defensive end would slide back into the starting defensive end spot he vacated after the 2019 season.
As of the third week in August, the starting right defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings is dependent on the decision to welcome Everson Griffen back to the roster.
First, it was Stephen Weatherly. He returned to the Minnesota Vikings in March after a one-year stint with the Carolina Panthers. The first free-agent acquisition of the offseason, it was neat to see an ex-Viking return as many onlookers of the Vikings perceive head coach Mike Zimmer as difficult to work with.
What pass rushers can the Minnesota Vikings sign with their remaining cap space? That’s the hot-topic question at this juncture of the offseason, theorizing players to be paired with Danielle Hunter in 2021 to inspire a pass rush.
Stephen Weatherly had finally made it. Entering his fifth season in the NFL, he had signed a two-year, $12.5 million free agent contract to be a full-time starting defensive end for the Carolina Panthers.
Last time around, Weatherly scored a two-year, $12.5M deal in free agency. His return to the Vikings likely comes at a lesser rate, but still more than his original seventh-round contract.
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