Vikings Sniffing Around Another Backup Receiver

The Vikings, fresh off their coup of signing Bobby Wade, are aiming at signing another backup receiver. Aaron Moorehead, the Colts No. 4 receiver last season, will be in town on Tuesday to talk about a potential deal.

The optimistic view is that Moorehead would blossom with more playing time. The pessimistic view is that if Moorehead can only catch 23 passes in four years in the pass-happy Colts offense, how much production can he be expected to have in the Vikings offense.

It's true that Moorehead was never going to start on a team with Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne on the roster, but he was never better than the No. 5 receiver until this season, when he moved up to No. 3 after Brandon Stokley was injured. But even then, the Colts decided to go to more two tight end sets instead of using Moorehead, which explains why Moorehead had only eight catches all last season (three different Colts tight ends had more catches).

According to ESPN.com's Scouts Inc scouting report, Moorehead doesn't have the speed to beat teams deep, and he is slow coming out of his cuts, but he does have solid hands and runs decent routes.

In other words, signing Moorehead is more of a guy who can play special teams and play in some four-receiver sets, not someone who can be a starter.