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Dan Wiederer began covering the Vikings in 2011, enthusiastically delivering insight on the team across the Star Tribune's print and digital products. Prior to joining the Access Vikings team, he spent seven seasons covering ACC basketball at The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. He also covered the Chicago Bears in 2003 and 2004. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
Draft prospects set to visit Vikings
Posted by: Chip Scoggins under The draft, Vikings, NFL draft Updated: April 5, 2010 - 9:43 AM
With the NFL Draft fast approaching, the Vikings will continue their evaluation process this week when they host their Top 30 prospect meetings at Winter Park on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Vikings will host a dinner and another round of interviews with the draft prospects. Vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman said the Top 30 visit is important because it allows the team to answer any lingering questions about a prospect whether it's medical, character or something football related.
It also gives the coaching staff another chance to visit with the prospects to make sure they would be a good fit for the Vikings.
The team tries to keep the list of players who are visiting close to the vest but some of the names have leaked out in recent weeks. We're in a process of trying to put together as many names that we know are visiting and hopefully we'll post that at some point today.
By the way, curious about your reaction to the Donovan McNabb trade to Washington on Sunday night. I'm still surprised that the Eagles were willing to trade him to a division rival. I can't imagine that is sitting very well with Eagles fans right now.
I texted with former Vikings offensive lineman Artis Hicks, who signed with Washington as a free agent, after the trade and needless to say he is ecstatic about having McNabb as his quarterback.
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