Under normal circumstances, Leslie Frazier would have his first mandatory minicamp of the offseason this weekend. But with the NFL lockout ongoing, the Vikings coach had to cancel that minicamp.

Per league rules, Frazier was allowed to have two minicamps as a first-year coach. He scheduled the first one for this weekend but that obviously can't happen because of the labor situation.

Frazier said Tuesday that it's hard to map out an offseason schedule because there's so much uncertainty about when the labor situation will get settled.

"You can have thoughts but nothing is concrete," Frazier said. "You just wait and be patient. Right now we're just so busy with the draft that you don't think about it very much. That takes up a lot of my thought process. Who we're taking in the draft and are we looking at the right kids? Just trying to discern who fits us best. To be honest, the lockout doesn't really enter into your mind right now. This is my first draft in this role so that is all-encompassing for me."

The Vikings coaches naturally are eager to get on the field and begin installing their system, but they can't have any contact with players during the lockout. Linebackers coach Mike Singletary said he's not even had a chance to meet or talk to his position players because of draft preparation and now the lockout.

"Just looking at film," Singletary said. "That tells me everything I really need to know. You look at them enough on film and you get a feel for their personalities and what they're about. I'll see them soon enough."

Frazier said he's been too busy to focus on the current labor situation.

"It's just so much out of our control that you really don't get caught up in it," he said. "You just do the thing that you can control and for us right now that's going through the draft evaluation process and looking back at our season from a year ago and trying to improve and making sure that we hit on the guys that we draft."