The Vikings are in their second week of Organized Team Activities at Winter Park. Today's workout was open to the media. Here are a handful of noteworthy tidbits from the session.
Highlight reel play
Without question, receiver Jerome Simpson delivered the most impressive play of Wednesday's OTA during 11-on-11 scrimmage time. With Simpson matched one-on-one with cornerback Chris Cook, quarterback Christian Ponder lofted a pretty bomb up the right sideline. Cook appeared to have perfect coverage. Yet at the last instant, Simpson, jumped over the top of the 6-foot-2, 212-pound defensive back and pulled the ball in over Cook's head. The play was greeted with impressed howls from players on both sides of the ball. (Here's the video.)
Even head coach Leslie Frazier felt his eyes bug out.
"Anybody that witnessed that play today, you've got to get jacked up," Frazier said. "That was an incredible play and one of the reasons we get excited about him. We're hoping to see that on Sunday afternoons, plays like that."
Notable absences
Arguably, the Vikings' four best players were absent from Wednesday's workout. Jared Allen, who also missed all of last week's OTA, was not in attendance. Neither was Adrian Peterson, who is back in Houston this week continuing his knee rehab.
Chad Greenway attended Tuesday's practice but called Frazier Wednesday morning with news that he had to tend to what the head coach labeled as "a serious matter" in his family.
Finally, receiver Percy Harvin, who attended last week's OTAs and practiced Tuesday, was a no-show. That, Frazier said, had nothing to do with Harvin's shoulder, which he had minor arthroscopic surgery on in late-April.
