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Vikings don’t pick up WR Patterson’s option
- Updated: May 2, 2016
The Cordarrelle Patterson era in Minnesota appears to be on its final days. Four days after the Vikings drafted Laquon Treadwell in the first round of the NFL draft, the Vikings passed on picking up Patterson’s fifth-year option, as ESPN and NFL Network both reported.
And that makes it difficult to envision a scenario that involves Patterson in Minnesota after the 2016 season.
Since the Vikings drafted Patterson in the first round of the 2013 draft, they’ve been rewarded with 80 receptions, 863 receiving yards, and five touchdowns through the air. Though he proved to be an electric returner (four kickoff return touchdowns in three years), Patterson clearly struggled to develop into a consistent, every-down receiver.
Before this past season, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer already indicated his lack of faith in Patterson’s development.
Zimmer asked if Patterson ran the wrong route on Shaun Hill’s INT “Probably, if you were a betting man.” #Vikings
— Master Tesfatsion (@MasterTes) August 23, 2015
Patterson proceeded to haul in two passes for 10 yards during the entire …
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