The Minnesota Vikings have released veteran wide receiver Bernard Berrian, Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network reports. Releasing Berrian was an expected transaction after the coaching staff made him a healthy scratch for the second time in three weeks. Signed to a six-year, $42 million contract as a free agent in 2008, Berrian caught 103 passes for 1,582 yards and 11 touchdowns his first two seasons with the Vikings, but his production plummeted to just 28 receptions for 252 yards and no touchdowns last season. Berrian dropped his base salary from $3.9 million to $1.9 million for the 2011 season, where he has just seven receptions for 91 yards in five games, with most of that production (five receptions, 54 yards) coming in a 39-10 loss to the Chicago Bears in Week 6. Because the release occurs after the trade deadline, Berrian will hit the waiver wire, any team claiming him would be on the hook for $1.117 million in base salary that remains over the final ten weeks of the regular season. Source: Mac's Football Blog
Whose surprised? If a team is looking to sign him, they gotta make sure this guy has his head on straight, isnt looking to get overpaid...he's got talent but he's had some issues. Bears look to bring him back on the cheap?
He wasn't going to be back next year, and his production sucked. Hopefully one of the younger guys on the practice squad comes up and shows something. What was he doing to stir up crap in the locker room, Litez0ut?
Yea he was stirring crap up. He never really seemed into the whole being a team thing and he was missing meetings and everything. Only reason why I didn't understand releasing him was because we got nothing for him so why not just keep him until the end of the season and then release him but I guess they just want to let younger guys play now.
