NFC North Daily: Hot Links for May 10th, 2012

Hope this finds you all well—I am sorry to have left you linkless yesterday, but I got laid out with some sort of stomach bug on top of severe back pain.

I did get a few stories out, and we're back to normal (or what passes for it) today.

So let's take a look around the division.

Minnesota Vikings

Dan Wiederer of the Star Tribune posted some footage yesterday which will make Vikings fans giddy: Adrian Peterson is running! Of course we need to keep our heads—he's still a long way from contact—but his determination is pretty impressive.

Judd Zulgad has a variety of topics covered today in his Vikings notebook including the release of Ryan Longwell and Adrian Peterson's reaction to the punishment in the Saints' Bounty Scandal.

Green Bay Packers

ESPN has a statement from former Saints and current Packers defensive end Anthony Hargrove on the release of "The Declaration." Suffice to say, he's ticked off.

He should be. After the way Jeremy Shockey was treated when Warren Sapp incorrectly outed him as the whistleblower, the NFL knew better.

The Packers have already said goodbye to Nick Collins—now another long time Packer might be gone, as Donald Driver's future with the team is in doubt, according to Pete Dougherty.

Chicago Bears

ESPNChicago is reporting that the Bears have now signed four of their six draft picks as of Wednesday. Just Shea McClellin and Brandon Hardin to go.

Speaking of first-round pick McClellin, Sean Jensen has a profile on the defensive end in the Sun-Times.

Detroit Lions

Kyle Austin at MLive.com says that offensive tackle Jason Fox might be buried on the depth chart, but he's willing to do what it takes to help the team. 

Finally, Josh Slagter talks about the possibility of rookie wide receiver Ryan Broyles stealing snaps from Nate Burleson.