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Percy Harvin
Percy Harvin is usually good for a lot of production at wide receiver, but an ankle injury ended his 2012 season early. He still believes he's a top-level receiver, however, and is looking for a contract to match. Harvin is prepared to stay away from training camp and offseason workouts, but the Vikings don't seem to be budging on their initial refusal to give him a new deal. Shopping a high-profile receiver like Harvin could net the Vikings a lot of talent in return, but will he really end up leaving Minnesota?
- Ryan98478: "The Vikings and Jets should try to come to some sort of agreement on a Harvin for Revis trade. Let's be honest here, both need what the other have anyway, and neither will get great value with picks."
- Factoids R Us: "Percy is a nice player. I dont see him at the level of a Fitzgerald or Megatron though. As great as those 2 players are, I think they are even overpaid from a cap perspective. $121M cap..paying a WR $19M and a QB in the nighborhood of $15M just deteriorates what you can do around them."
- ugotmanbearpigd852: "Hard to be a top WR while your injured. As a minny fan I believe paying him anything remotely close to Megatrons deal is ridiculous."
- Orizzle187: "Ironic that teams want players to honor contracts. If he wasn't performing to their standards they would cut him."
- snivelr: "Sorry, But there isn't a wide receiver out there that I would commit 120 million to. You can easily get 3 decent receivers for less and still make the playoffs."
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Elite talent?

When healthy, Harvin is a top-flight receiver, but does he really deserve to be paid on the level of Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald?
Percy Harvin has made it clear that he's unhappy with the Vikings, but they're refusing to trade him just yet. Should they cut ties?
- andersonah24: "Percy Harvin needs to step up and stop crying and being injured. He wants a trade then let him go."
- Johnny Ringo2: "When did Percy Harvin become a star player?? He can't take a hit, he can't block, and he won't go over the middle. He's a less physical, less talented Reggie Bush."
- hawkeyefan1821: "He's not even that good. The reason they don't wanna trade him is because his value to other teams is not high but because the Vikings have nothing at WR he has a some value to them"
- SouthWestYankee: "IMO I'd sit him for the remaining 2 years on his contract, and then try to trade, or release him."
- MrClean513: "His 'injury history' is missing 3 games in 3 years, missing none last year. He has said it is not about money. It is about playing time and winning."
- Chris06797: "He makes too much money to complain and frankly he is overvaluing his worth by making trade demands."
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Remember when the NFL really wanted to cut down on the number of kickoff returns this season? Yeeeeaahhh ... about that ... it doesn't really seem to be working. We're not sure about the total number of returns compared to last year, but returners are almost making a point of taking kickoffs out of the end zone, even if they're all the way at the back. Randall Cobb already tied the longest return ever on Thursday, and players like Ted Ginn and Percy Harvin both have returns of more than 100 yards already. Did the NFL's efforts fail?
- "A lot has to happen downfield for Ginn to break those things and so it was an entire special teams effort." -- SN commenter BCook122
- "Percy Harvin nearly gave me a heart attack! " -- SN commenter bolt_struck
Start of a trend?

We could be seeing more and more returners take kicks out of the end zone this season. Or it could just be a single-game fluke, and there could be fewer and fewer returners taking a chance.
Anecdotal evidence?

We haven't seen any advanced stats yet suggesting that receivers are taking more risks, but it sure seems that way. Do you agree, or are our eyes deceiving us?
Which returner?

Randall Cobb tied a return record, but both Ted Ginn and Percy Harvin have more established résumés. Considered purely as returners, it might be a difficult choice between the three of them.
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