The former Denver guard, as he happily began the integration process with the Vikings on Wednesday, acknowledged some regret he let the process play out that long.
“I think that I was holding my worth earlier in the process, and maybe I should’ve called teams earlier and said, ‘Hey, I’ll take less than what you guys actually think,’” Risner said, rattling off a list of potential contributing factors including his asking price, his performance last season, the market for his position and his well-publicized shove of a teammate during an argument on a dysfunctional Broncos sideline.Risner, who signed a one-year contract worth up to $4 million with $2.25 million guaranteed, visited the Vikings during training camp. What if he’d taken their offer then?
I could be in the playbook right now and know my teammates and stuff like that,” Risner said. “I think some things in life you don’t have the answer to, so I’ve just got to put my head down and go to work and hopefully change that for next season.”
Now the 2019 second-round draft pick has found himself in catch-up.
