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If Vikings quarterback Case Keenum continues to play the way he has, he’ll be in for a big payday with his next contract.
Keenum, 29, playing for $2 million this season, can become a free agent after the season. It’s a sure bet, however, that the Vikings won’t allow him to hit the open market.
Assuming he finishes the season performing like he has in leading the Vikings to seven straight victories, Keenum probably can expect a two- or three-year contract worth about $15 million annually.
Vikings fans, at least at this juncture, would revolt if the team were not to re-sign Keenum, who has basically saved the season after starter Sam Bradford’sdisabling knee injury and Teddy Bridgewater’s long recovery from knee surgery.
Although Bridgewater, 25, now is on the active roster, the Vikings honestly still don’t know how he’ll perform after a 15-month absence from game action.
For caution’s sake, though, the Vikings still have five games remaining in the regular season, and that’s why the team — and Keenum — are expected to wait until the end rather than consider a new deal now.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/25/walters-vikings-case-keenum-on-track-to-become-very-rich/
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