Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah sized up the top-heavy roster and salary-cap mess that he inherited from the previous regime and arrived at the conclusion that his initial blueprint should be labeled a "competitive rebuild."
That was a new one in the sports executive lexicon. The idea sounds counterintuitive at first blush, like the phrase crash landing.
Upon further thought, competitive rebuild sounds an awful lot like Bill Guerin's plan to extricate the Wild from the albatross buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter while remaining relevant as a playoff contender.
