Vikings re-sign Treadwell for depth; Beebe to IR

The Minnesota Vikings re-contracted recipient Laquon Treadwell four weeks after separating from the previous first round, the team said Tuesday.

The change reflects the concerns of the Vikings about their great recipient depth after Chad Beebe was placed on the injured reserve on Tuesday. He suffered on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders between 34 and 14 ligament tears in the ankle and should undergo no surgery according to a league source.

Recipient Josh Doctson was placed in an injured reserve at the beginning of the season.

These injuries had reduced Minnesota to three healthy recipients – Adam Thielen, Stefon Diggs and Olabisi Johnson.

Minnesota, now facing Chad Beebe’s annual injury of an ankle sprain, are thinner than thin at the receiver position, a severely disappointing situation that really should have been avoided. After newly signed wideout Josh Doctson fell quickly to the injury bug and was placed almost immediately on IR, the Vikings saw nothing but inexperience (and in Beebe’s case, complete physical undependability), in their depth.

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The Vikings worked out a few NFL receivers last week, including former Eagles receiver Jordan Matthews, former Jets WR Deontay Burnett, and Bears WR Tanner Gentry, but let all leave the facility without contracts.

For now, they’ve re-found their man moving forward.  Which may be a week, a month, or the entire season.

The Vikings were already culpable for the guaranteed portion of Treadwell’s 2019 salary ($1.15 million) and were set to incur a total of $2,506,360 in dead cap money.

Treadwell was a 2016 first-round pick by the Vikings and spent the last three years with the team before being released this summer. He was let go despite having his salary guaranteed for the 2019 season, so the Vikings were already paying him and will now try to get something for that money. If history is a guide, they won’t be getting much. Treadwell only caught 56 passes over the last three seasons and the Vikings have thrown the fewest passes in the league through three games.

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