I had the sickly feeling that the Vikes HAD something for Whitner -- a look, a wrinkle that they were saving for money time. There was a huge drop by Robinson(?) late that looked a lot like the earlier touchdown play. I'll catch it on the 1AM replay (and clutch at my chest one more time).
And wasn't Ellison supposed to be undersized, allowing him to drop to a team that valued the small and fast ? As near as I can tell, 6'1 235'ish is not much different than the Hawk/Sims/Greenaway's that went at the top of the draft at outside linebacker. Spikes isn't even much bigger -- though he seems to play bigger, if that makes any sense.
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