Vikings sign LB Pope: The Minnesota Vikings signed LB Derrick Pope, a 5-year NFL veteran who entered the league as a 7th-round draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in 2004, Friday. Pope started a career-high nine games and posted 57 tackles in 2007, ranking fourth on the Dolphins. A consistent special teams performer throughout his career, Pope has started 14 games at LB. He snared a pair of interceptions in back-to-back games in 2007, picking off Carson Palmer vs. Cincinnati and Tom Brady at New England. Pope scored a TD on a fumble recovery at San Francisco as a rookie and notched a pair of sacks during his rookie year. (Updated 03/14/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 7/26/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Even with Pope going to the Vikings, he still has minimal Fantasy value. He might be used mostly on special teams and as a backup LB depending on injury. (Updated 03/14/2008).
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Vikings sign LB Pope: The Minnesota Vikings signed LB Derrick Pope, a 5-year NFL veteran who entered the league as a 7th-round draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in 2004, Friday. Pope started a career-high nine games and posted 57 tackles in 2007, ranking fourth on the Dolphins. A consistent special teams performer throughout his career, Pope has started 14 games at LB. He snared a pair of interceptions in back-to-back games in 2007, picking off Carson Palmer vs. Cincinnati and Tom Brady at New England. Pope scored a TD on a fumble recovery at San Francisco as a rookie and notched a pair of sacks during his rookie year. (Updated 03/14/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 7/26/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Even with Pope going to the Vikings, he still has minimal Fantasy value. He might be used mostly on special teams and as a backup LB depending on injury. (Updated 03/14/2008).
No information available at this time.
Last Seven Games
Date
Opp.
TD
Sacks
Int
FF
11/18
PHI
0
0
0
0
11/26
PIT
0
0
0
0
12/02
NYJ
0
0
0
0
12/09
BUF
0
0
0
0
12/16
BAL
0
0
0
0
12/23
NE
0
0
1
0
12/30
CIN
0
0
1
0
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Defensive Stats
Year
Team
G
Total
Tkl
Ast
Sacks
Int
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD
Pass Def
2004
Miami Dolphins
16
43
28.0
15
2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
2005
Miami Dolphins
12
28
22.0
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
2006
Miami Dolphins
11
12
9.0
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
2007
Miami Dolphins
16
64
43.0
21
0
2
0
0.0
0
0
3
TOTAL
55
147
102.0
45
2
2
0
0.0
0
0
3
Fumbles
Year
Team
G
Fum
Lost
Fum Forced
Own Rec
Opp Rec
Yds
Tot Rec
TD
2004
Miami Dolphins
16
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2005
Miami Dolphins
12
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2006
Miami Dolphins
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007
Miami Dolphins
16
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
TOTAL
55
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
1
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