The Vikings could use another receiver like the one Bill Belichick quietly plucked from the bottom of Joe Gibbs' roster 30 seasons ago.
It was the 1992 offseason, and the last of the NFL's four "Plan B" free agency periods was underway. Belichick's Browns needed a receiver. Gibbs' receiver-rich Washington squad had just won the Super Bowl.
Plan B, which contained none of today's breathless signing hoopla, was the NFL's initial foray into free agency before a Reggie White lawsuit forced in the current system in 1993. It favored the owners mightily because each team essentially had 37 free franchise tags with which to limit player movement.