Running back Michael Bennett resumed his role as the Vikings' nominal starting running back Wednesday, but his long-term future with the organization remains unclear.
Bennett's name once again has emerged in trade rumors, and a person with knowledge of the situation said the Vikings held cursory discussions this week with the Arizona Cardinals -- whose coach, Dennis Green, selected Bennett in the first round of the 2001 draft.
In-season NFL trades are rare, and no deal appeared imminent Wednesday. The league's trading deadline is Oct. 18.
But the Cardinals have pursued Bennett periodically since Green arrived last season, most recently before the April 2005 draft. Bennett is in the final year of his rookie contract and will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
1. You shouldn't have put all your stock in an undersized rookie RB that you drafted in the second round.
2. You played hardball with the king of pokerfaces, Tom Donahoe, when you should have gladly used that second round pick to get a proven workhorse in Travis Henry.
3. Punk.
Bennett's name once again has emerged in trade rumors, and a person with knowledge of the situation said the Vikings held cursory discussions this week with the Arizona Cardinals -- whose coach, Dennis Green, selected Bennett in the first round of the 2001 draft.
In-season NFL trades are rare, and no deal appeared imminent Wednesday. The league's trading deadline is Oct. 18.
But the Cardinals have pursued Bennett periodically since Green arrived last season, most recently before the April 2005 draft. Bennett is in the final year of his rookie contract and will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
1. You shouldn't have put all your stock in an undersized rookie RB that you drafted in the second round.
2. You played hardball with the king of pokerfaces, Tom Donahoe, when you should have gladly used that second round pick to get a proven workhorse in Travis Henry.
3. Punk.
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