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The Vikings on Friday night reached agreement with offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie on a new, seven-year, $48.5 million contract, team and league sources confirmed.

The dominance of Dwight Freeney against Vikings offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie that helped separate the teams in a 31-28 Colts victory.

One week and 41 snaps into his NFL career, Minnesota Vikings first-round offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie has moved into the position that he was supposed to have assumed this summer, during training camp.

In the wake of a contract agreement last Friday that ended the 98-day holdout of Minnesota Vikings first-round draft choice Bryant McKinnie, there were reports the team might yet trade the former University of Miami offensive tackle at the end of this season.

Bryant McKinnie, the offensive tackle who was the Minnesota Vikings first-round draft pick, ended his holdout and agreed to contract terms with the team Friday.

With a Nov. 12 deadline nearing that would make him ineligible to play for the Vikings any point this year if he was still unsigned, first-round pick Bryant McKinnie appears close to a deal.

ESPN.com has learned that the San Diego Chargers reached an agreement in principle with first-round draft choice Quentin Jammer on Saturday afternoon.

Acting on behalf of unsigned first-round draft choices Ryan Sims and Bryant McKinnie, the NFL Players Association has filed a formal request for an inquiry into what it feels is collusion by the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings, ESPN.com learned.

With the continuing absence of first-round tackle Bryant McKinnie, the Minnesota Vikings will be forced to shuffle their offensive line.

Mike Williams and Bryant McKinnie are the top rated offensive lineman available in the NFL draft.