He just wants a respectable deal to play under for the years to come, and right now we are not at that point with Minnesota. With the right to match, the urgency isn't there, and that is understandable from a business aspect.

There has been very little progress made on a deal before free agency. Of course, the lack of a (collective bargaining agreement) and the Vikings' right to match has played a role. Nevertheless, I am not optimistic at this point that we will reach an agreement before the start of free agency with the Vikings.

It's a big, nice venue. Really exciting to play in. I'm just
interested in seeing how loud we can get it,

I believe right now we have too many hotels in the city that are competing with one another. We need to find a way to fill those rooms.

In the beginning, the only benefit it really had was the right to upgrade. But since [Microsoft] has added so many new benefits over the years, many more people are looking at it now.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.