WWE boss Vince McMahon would be proud. Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman is pulling no punches while setting the stage for a Mankato Summer Slam Battle Royale designed to forcibly upgrade an offensive line that has disappointed too many people for far too long.
"If you create competition, either guys are going to rise up or get beat out," Spielman said Thursday on KFAN radio while discussing the acquisition of guard Alex Boone, the team's No. 1 target in free agency. "That means you got better."
Actually, the O-line battle royale began weeding people out of Winter Park within hours and days of the wild-card playoff loss to Seattle two months ago.