Last night, we passed along the news that the Minnesota Vikings were going to be bringing back linebacker Chad Greenway for an eleventh NFL season. According to the man himself, this go-around is going to be the last one.

Per numerous sources, including KFAN-FM in Minneapolis, Greenway has declared that the 2016-17 season will be his final one in the National Football League.

"This is going to be definitely my last ride for sure," Greenway said surely. "That's the way I wanted to go out, to be able to commit myself to Minnesota for one more year and just give it everything I have."

Greenway has spent his entire career with the Vikings since they selected him with the 17th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. He missed his entire rookie season after tearing his ACL covering a kickoff in a preseason game, but has been a stalwart at the linebacker position for the Vikings ever since. He hasn't ever really had an opportunity to leave the Vikings. . .he reached free agency following the 2010 season, but became just the second player in Vikings' history to receive the franchise player tag from the team.

We don't know what sort of role Greenway will have for the 2016 Vikings. He might be the favorite to reclaim his starting weakside linebacker position, but even as a starter in 2015 he didn't see nearly as many snaps as he had in years past. Still, it's nice to see someone like Greenway that has been a great Viking over the years getting one last season with the team.