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Will Glenn Holt represent Minnesota's 2009 attempt to lock down its kickoff return job? That's probably the most optimistic way of viewing Holt's contract agreement, which the Vikings officially announced Thursday by designating Holt as a wide receiver/kickoff returner.
The Vikings haven't settled on a returner during the first three years of coach Brad Childress' tenure, instead instituting a rotation based on which player figured most prominently in the game plan that particular week. That player handled kickoff returns and the alternatives were generally inactive for the game. Over that span, the Vikings used seven different players as their primary kick returners.
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(A similar routine has taken place at punt returner, where the Vikings finished last season using a rotation of starting receivers Bobby Wade and Bernard Berrian. Holt, however, doesn't return punts. Oh well. Rome wasn't built in a day. Or even in four years.)
Holt averaged 24.3 yards per return in three years with Cincinnati, including a 100-yard return in 2007. After the release of Maurice Hicks last month, Holt could get the first chance to be the Vikings' primary kickoff return in 2009. Being in uniform is likely to be his biggest obstacle.
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