Vikings reach 取引，協定s with DE Davenport, TE Oliver
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings ramped up their pass 急ぐ and run 封鎖するing on Monday by agreeing to 条件 with former New Orleans 防御の end Marcus Davenport and former Baltimore tight end Josh Oliver, によれば two different people with direct knowledge of each 取引，協定.
The people 確認するd the 協定s to The Associated 圧力（をかける） on 条件 of anonymity because 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 契約s can't be 完結するd until the new league year begins on Wednesday.
Davenport agreed to a one-year, $13 million 契約, the person with knowledge of his 取引，協定 said. Oliver agreed to a three-year, $21 million 契約 with $10.75 million in 保証（人）d money and attainable incentives that would 押し進める the total value to $24 million, the person with knowledge of his 取引，協定 said.
The 26-year-old Davenport was the 14th 全体にわたる 選ぶ in the 2018 草案 by the Saints, but he had trouble staying healthy. The 6-foot-6, 265-続けざまに猛撃する Davenport had a career-high nine 解雇（する）s in just 11 games in 2021, but he only had a half-解雇（する） last season. He spent the 2022 offseason 回復するing from shoulder 外科 and 多重の 手続きs on his pinky finger, which was 部分的に／不公平に amputated.
The 新規加入 of Davenport has put the status of 辛勝する／優位 rusher Za'Darius Smith その上の in 疑問. Smith had 10 解雇（する）s and made the プロの／賛成の Bowl in his Vikings debut in 2022, but he's carrying a salary cap 攻撃する，衝突する of more than $15.9 million.
Oliver was the highest-階級d tight end in run 封鎖するing in 2022 by プロの／賛成の Football 焦点（を合わせる）. The Vikings 階級d 26th in the NFL last season with an 普通の／平均（する） of 4.1 yards per 急ぐ and tied for 27th in total 急ぐing yards.
FILE - Baltimore Ravens tight end Josh Oliver looks on before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 8, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Minnesota Vikings ramped up their run 封鎖するing on Monday, March 13, 2023, by agreeing to 条件 with Oliver on a three-year, $21 million 契約, によれば a person with direct knowledge of the 取引，協定. (AP Photo/Emilee Chinn, とじ込み／提出する)
Oliver was a third-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 選ぶ by Jacksonville out of San Jose 明言する／公表する in 2019, but he played in only four games in two seasons for the Jaguars. He 苦しむd a 厳しい hamstring 傷害 in his first training （軍の）野営地，陣営 and, after a 簡潔な／要約する return, saw his 新人 season end with a 支援する 傷害.
The に引き続いて year, he broke a bone in his foot in （軍の）野営地，陣営 and was again placed on season-ending 負傷させるd reserve. The Jaguars 貿易（する）d him the next spring to the Ravens, for whom he had a 限られた／立憲的な 役割 in 14 games in 2021.
Oliver 繁栄するd as a run blocker last season, playing in all 17 games and 47% of the snaps on 罪／違反. He had 14 歓迎会s for 149 yards and two touchdowns.
The move was the first made by Minnesota after the market opened for formal 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 交渉s. The Vikings still needed to （疑いを）晴らす more than $7 million in salary cap 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s when Monday began, even after 解放（する）ing linebacker Eric Kendricks and wide receiver Adam Thielen last week. 会談 can take place over the first two days and 協定s in 原則 can be reached, but 契約s cannot be 調印するd until Wednesday.
The を取り引きする Oliver all but 保証するs the Vikings will not re-調印する tight end Irv Smith Jr., whose 傷害-限られた／立憲的な four years with Minnesota ended with him in a complementary 役割 to プロの／賛成の Bowl 取得／買収 T.J. Hockenson. Hockenson was sixth 全体にわたる in the プロの／賛成の Football 焦点（を合わせる） tight end 最高位のs for 2022, and Oliver was eighth. The Vikings also have Johnny Mundt under 契約 at tight end. He まず第一に／本来 is a run blocker 同様に.
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FILE - Cleveland Browns linebacker Tony Fields II (42) 取り組むs Baltimore Ravens tight end Josh Oliver (84) during an NFL football game on Dec. 17, 2022, in Cleveland. The Minnesota Vikings ramped up their run 封鎖するing on Monday, March 13, 2023, by agreeing to 条件 with Oliver on a three-year, $21 million 契約, によれば a person with 悲惨な ct knowledge of the 取引，協定. (AP Photo/Kirk Irwin, とじ込み／提出する)
