Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield is absent from the Minnesota Vikings mandatory minicamp because hes attending the funeral of a good friends mother, Vikings coach Brad Childress said. According to Tim Yotter of VikingUpdate.com, Childress said he had lunch with Winfield on Wednesday. Although contract talks between the Vikings and Winfields agent have stalled, this absence from minicamp is apparently an excused one even though Childress didnt specifically say that. Source: ProFootballTalk.com
