Minnesota Vikings Tender RFA OT Mike Harris
Austin Belisle
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On Tuesday morning, the Minnesota Vikings tendered an offer to restricted free agent right tackle Mike Harris, per the Star Tribune’s Mark Craig:
#Vikings just tendered offer to RFA OT Mike Harris. Decline to make offer to other RFA LB Dom DeCicco.
— Mark Craig (@markcraignfl) March 10, 2015
The tender is at the “right of first refusal” level — if Harris, 26, signs an offer sheet with a new team after 3 pm on Tuesday, the Vikings can match that offer and retain him under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Harris started five games at right tackle for the Vikings in 2014, replacing Phil Loadholt after Loadholt landed on Injured Reserve with a torn pectoral muscle. He is the team’s best option at “swing tackle”, able to fill in at a number of different positions on the offensive line.
Yesterday, the Vikings signed restricted free agent Matt Asiata to an incentive-laden one-year deal, but have not tendered an offer to RFA linebacker Dom DeCicco.
Reserve tackles Carter Bykowski, Antonio Richardson and Austin Wentworth are also under contract heading into the 2015 season.
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