Finally!

The Minnesota Vikings finally signed one of their 11 draft picks when they agreed to terms with receiver Rodney Adams. A fifth-round pick out of the University of South Florida, Adams will compete this summer for a spot in the Vikings receiver rotation. His best chance for playing time might be in returning kicks where he be first up to replace the departed Cordarrelle Patterson.

It's been nearly a month since the last pick of the 2017 NFL draft was called. In the past couple years the Vikings had signed all, or nearly all, of their draft picks before the draft was a week old. The scripted rookie pay scale of the new CBA has made these first contracts a breeze. Some teams have had their entire 2017 class signed for weeks. The Vikings used to be one of those teams. This year has been a whole other story. The reason for the signing delay is that the NFL Players Association has some issues with the language of the rookie contracts that the Vikings have been presenting to their rookies and their agents. The NFLPA considers that language as running afoul of the CBA and they have been advising the Vikings rookies to not sign the contracts being presented to them. Hopefully yesterday's signing of Rodney Adams is an indication that these contract issues have been resolved.

And, Rodney Adams wasn't the only Vikings draft pick to sign yesterday. Soon after that signing was exploded across the air waves it was reported that defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo had also signed his rookie contract. A seventh-round pick out of Northwestern, Odenigbo joins a very deep Vikings defensive line group. Nine more rookies signings to go. It's a start.