MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings brought running back Latavius Murray into town for the start of his free agent visit on Tuesday evening. They spent Wednesday extolling the virtues of their program to the player they'd targeted this offseason as a fit for their offense. But it wasn't until 12:47 a.m. on Thursday that they had a deal done with Murray.
Which raises two questions: First, what took so long? And second, if the Vikings were working with Murray's agent, Ryan Tollner, on a deal, what was the running back doing all that time?