Talks begin for new Birk deal

**singersp** · 02-24-2007, 08:21 AM

Posted on Sat, Feb. 24, 200

[size=13pt]Talks begin for new Birk deal[/size]

BY SEAN JENSEN
Pioneer Press

"Matt wants to finish his career as a Viking, and he's instructed me to do what I can to make that happen," his agent, Joe Linta, said Friday.

**VikesfaninWis** · 02-24-2007, 09:00 AM

The best way to have the line play well together is to have all the players stick around for a while.. Birk proved last season that he came back perfectly healthy from the sports
hernia surgeries that he had previously.. It will also at cap room for the Vikings this year, good move on both parts imo..