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Pope adds depth at linebacker, special teams

Daily Norseman found this 3/15/2008 on startribune.com

The Vikings couldn't offer Derrick Pope a starting job, but that didn't stop the linebacker from signing with them after making only one free-agent visit."I was so impressed with the organization that I decided, 'Let's do it,'" Pope said Friday after agreeing to a one-year contract. "I felt like I fit in good with the schemes and things they do defensively and special-teams wise." Pope, 25, is ...