Berrian described his offseason as having "been great," and said he took advantage of the lockout to get more rest than usual after returning home to California. In fact, he took off the first three months of the offseason. All indications are the lockout will end this week, perhaps as early as Monday, and Berrian said he will come to training camp with fresh legs.."I liked the motivational speech by Russell Wilson, especially hearing about the steps he takes daily to be successful," said Alfredo Gomez, a student from Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash. "I do some of those same things. [Wilson] gets up early every day.

"Chris has meant a great deal to the Vikings both on and off the field in his eight seasons here," Spielman said in a statement. "He contributed to many victories and we wish Chris and his family the best and thank him for his contributions to the Vikings organization. Out of respect to Chris, we decided to release hi