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Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com broke the report that Sidney Rice would be joining the Seattle Seahawks.

The signing of Sidney Rice came down to Minnesota and Seattle (Minnesota West).  Seattle appears to be handpicking Vikings to join Pete Carroll’s squad at the behest of former Viking OC Darrell Bevell.  This move reunites Rice with Tavaris Jackson and Darrell Bevell.

The financials on the deal are 5-years at $41 million with $18.5 guaranteed.  The deal also includes $3 million in escalators that are tied into Pro Bowl appearances.  The deal appears to be the going rate for a receiver of Rice’s caliber.

Rice has amassed 2,129 yards receiving and 18 TD’s over a four year span which includes 48 games played in.  Rice’s breakout season came in 2009 when he caught 83 balls for 1,312 and 8 TD’s in a season that saw the Vikings make it to the NFC Championship Game.

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ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Minnesota and Seattle are engaged in a bidding war for marquee free agent WR Sidney Rice. Given that the Seahawks have more cash to throw at Rice, not to mention a few familiar faces in offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and QB Tarvaris Jackson to welcome him to the Great Northwest, my money says that Seattlegets their man, assuming another team doesn’t step into the arena at the last minute. The addition of Rice to a talented group of targets including Mike Williams, Deon Butler, Golden Tate and TE John Carlson could mean offensive fireworks with savvy vet Matt Hasselbeck at the controls…oops. Scratch that. The ancient, fabled “Tarvleinhurst monster” has reportedly been unleashed upon an unsuspecting Qwest Field, and Rice will need every inch (and more) of his lengthy, 6-4 frame to save all of the wounded ducks in the vicinity. For a guy coming off of a serious hip injury, one has to admire Rice’s bravery in the face of such horrors.

The over/under on Rice’s first injury inSeattle currently sits at Week Five.

Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that the Redskins and Vikings have talked about a possible Donovan McNabb trade.  While this report doesn’t constitute an official trade it at least confirms an interest from a Minnesota perspective.

McNabb’s $12.5 million cap number for 2011 would certainly have to be re-worked before any deal could be consummated.  The only reasonable explanation from a Minnesota standpoint is that they don’t want to vie for McNabb’s services on a quarterback-hungry market and his trade value at this point is a 2015 7th and conditional slightly used game ball if he makes it through the 2011 season without throwing up.

Wow.  How the mighty have fallen.  We are talking about dumping Donovan McNabb for essentially nothing.  Despite Philly fan’s extreme hatred for McNabb, the guy has solid career numbers and it’s not like he’s Brett Favre-old.  The guy could finish his career with 40,000 yards and 250 passing TD’s.  That would put him in some rare air.  Those numbers would put him in the top 10 in passing yards and top 12 in passing TD’s for a career.  Not shabby for a guy looking to be cut from a team with John Beck and Rex Grossman left on the roster.