Antoine Winfield News

Among the numerous personnel moves the Minnesota Vikings have made this off-season, one of the biggest might be the loss of cornerback Antoine Winfield .

A couple of months after the initial rumors began, talks of Brian Urlacher joining the Minnesota Vikings have returned.

It's been a couple weeks since the completion of the NFL Draft, and now we've got a much clearer picture of what depth charts across the league will look like.

Apr 26, 2012; Eden Prairie, MN, USA; Minnesota Vikings 1st round draft pick Xavier Rhodes answers questions from the media at the 2013 1st round draft picks press conference at Winter Park.

The Minnesota Vikings created a hole in their secondary by releasing cornerback Antoine Winfield in March, but they did help bolster their depth at the position by using one of their first-round picks on Florida State's Xavier Rhodes .

In a world where most of the individual press is given to athletes that are getting into trouble for whatever reason, a lot of people don't realize that most of the guys in league are good guys with a lot to offer as role models, and in the community.

Adrian Peterson nearly set the NFL's all-time single-season rushing mark last year, but general manager Rick Spielman said Christian Ponder should receive just as much credit as Peterson for the Vikings' playoff berth.

The Seattle Seahawks have furthered their goal of starting a Scandinavian conclave in Renton, Washington by signing another former Viking in Antoine Winfield.

Here's the key question to consider after the Minnesota Vikings made it official Monday and released punter Chris Kluwe : Would Kluwe be an ex-Viking today if he had never campaigned for gay rights, Hall of Fame candidacies and other issues? My informed guess: Probably.

It struck me during the draft, while watching the Rams go hard after Tavon Austin and Alec Ogletree , that there are four kinds of draft strategists in football today: a Those who mostly sit near or right where they are high in the draft and let the draft come to them.

Jan 5, 2013; Green Bay, WI, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb runs onto the field prior to the first quarter of the NFC Wild Card playoff game at Lambeau Field.

How will the leadership, toughness and tackling ability of departed cornerback Antoine Winfield be replaced? And will their new middle linebacker be reliable enough to stabilize and produce at this critical position? Erin Henderson took the first step toward answering the second one.

Alex Marvez is a Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com. He has covered the NFL for the past 18 seasons as a beat writer and is the former president of the Pro Football Writers of America.

The Vikings' three first-round selections, Sharrif Floyd, Xavier Rhodes and Cordarrelle Patterson, will be expected to contribute in 2013.

Sep 23, 2012; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe looks to the video board in the fourth quarter of the game against the San Francisco 49ers at the Metrodome.

When you spend a round in a team's war room, as I did Thursday night with the Rams, you understand why so many players, coaches, scouts and executives are magnetized to this game and cannot give it up.

After winning a combined nine games in 2010 and 2011 with an old team, the Vikings have again built an impressive roster.

First-round picks in the NFL draft are extremely coveted commodities, so teams generally cling to their picks as much as they can.

Sharrif Floyd of the Florida Gators holds up a jersey on stage after he was picked 23rd overall by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 25, 2013 in New York City.

Nearly half the players drafted will probably not become good NFL players. Half of them will be busts and only a couple will become elite players.