<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Vikings' Williams gets transition tagAssociated PressEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings named cornerback Brian Williams as their transition player on Thursday, which prevents him from becoming an unrestricted free agent.By league rules, the Vikings must tender Williams a one-year qualifying offer at the average of the 10 highest-paid players at his position or 120 percent of his 2005 salary _ whichever is greater. The transition figure for a cornerback this season is $4.774 million.Williams will still be allowed to sign an offer sheet with another team, which Minnesota would have a week to match.The NFL's deadline for designating franchise or transition players was Thursday.Williams replaced an injured Fred Smoot, one of the Vikings' top free-agent signings last year, and started the last eight games. Williams played well enough to keep his spot when Smoot returned, relegating Smoot to the nickel back role.A fourth-round draft pick out of North Carolina State in 2002, Williams has started 48 of a possible 66 games in his career. He had 11 passes defended and four interceptions last season.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2341839
<span style="color:#993399"> I don't like this move at all. Nothing against Brian, but he's certainly not a top 5 CB (Franchise) or even a top 10 (Transition).And he doesn't even want to be here. His agent is quoted as saying Brian wants to go somewhere ese.</span>
Even if we are plaing on trading Smoot this is stupid. I'd rather we put this on Bennent even and I am not a big Mike fan at all.He's a great player but not much more then a backup.
<span style="color:#993399"> Putting it on Bennett would be even dumber. How about putting it on somebody like Nate Burleson or Koren Robinson?</span>
Is Burleson a FA?Robinson is close to resigning without it I guess but if Nate is a free agent then we defently should have put it on him.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GreasedLightning @ Feb 26 2006, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Is Burleson a FA?Robinson is close to resigning without it I guess but if Nate is a free agent then we defently should have put it on him.</div>Restricted Free Agent.
