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What are you expecting from FA this year? - purplefaithful - 03-02-2026
$43mm over the cap now
Aging roster
Some real needs on both side of the ball, qb, S, RB etc..
Outside of QB? I'm not feeling they have the stomach or urgency to go big. Not with 10 picks in the draft just a mos away.
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - AGRforever - 03-02-2026
(03-02-2026, 07:04 PM)purplefaithful Wrote: $43mm over the cap now
Aging roster
Some real needs on both side of the ball, qb, S, RB etc..
Outside of QB? I'm not feeling they have the stomach or urgency to go big. Not with 10 picks in the draft just an d be mos away.
I’d be surprised if we’re a player at all right out the gate. We need young upcoming talent not aging expensive FAs
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - medaille - 03-02-2026
I don't think cap is much of a concern. We've had one year of spending after the rebuild.
But I do think we need to get younger to find the future of our team. I think we'll do the same thing we've done every year, which is fill holes before the draft and draft on top of that. I don't anticipate a huge expenditure, probably because we spent so much in cash last year.
I think our splash players will be a center and a RB, both pretty moderate in the overall scheme of things.
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - Mattyman - 03-02-2026
Ripple effect from 4 years of drafts by kwesi has caught up to this roster.
I don't see the Vikings doing much.
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - Kentis - 03-03-2026
Competence would be nice…!
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - RS_Express - 03-03-2026
"I believe in nothing
Never really had to
In regard to your life
Rumours that are not true
Who's defending evil
Surely never I
Who would be the witness
Should you chance to die?"
Judging by recent history, whether or not they have been injured before, everyone we sign will blow something by halfway through TC. And if we make the playoffs, the survivors will all blow something else week 18.
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - StickierBuns - 03-03-2026
(03-03-2026, 01:28 AM)RS_Express Wrote: "I believe in nothing
Never really had to
In regard to your life
Rumours that are not true
Who's defending evil
Surely never I
Who would be the witness
Should you chance to die?"
Judging by recent history, whether or not they have been injured before, everyone we sign will blow something by halfway through TC. And if we make the playoffs, the survivors will all blow something else week 18.
That's the spirit!
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - IceRatz16 - 03-03-2026
(03-02-2026, 09:09 PM)medaille Wrote: I don't think cap is much of a concern. We've had one year of spending after the rebuild.
But I do think we need to get younger to find the future of our team. I think we'll do the same thing we've done every year, which is fill holes before the draft and draft on top of that. I don't anticipate a huge expenditure, probably because we spent so much in cash last year.
I think our splash players will be a center and a RB, both pretty moderate in the overall scheme of things.
^^^^ This
Kelly will retire or be let go. I still think Allen will be a June 1st cut too.
I'd add a DT and a CB or S to the list for depth.
I'd love to see a trade for Sexy Dexy or Jeffery Simmons and Breece Hall, Travis Eitienne or Kenneth Walker, but that may be more of a pipe dream for both.
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - MaroonBells - 03-03-2026
(03-02-2026, 09:09 PM)medaille Wrote: I don't think cap is much of a concern. We've had one year of spending after the rebuild.
But I do think we need to get younger to find the future of our team. I think we'll do the same thing we've done every year, which is fill holes before the draft and draft on top of that. I don't anticipate a huge expenditure, probably because we spent so much in cash last year.
I think our splash players will be a center and a RB, both pretty moderate in the overall scheme of things.
I agree with this. The Vikings are last in cap space right now, but they rank 4th in the NFL in the amount of restructurable money on their books. In other words, they can get well under the books easily without cutting players or adding void years to contracts. I think by the time the Vikings finish, they should have plenty of money to add a couple players.
Also agree the Vikings will target younger players this year. Hard to say what positions they'll be, but I'd love to cover our cheaper offensive needs in free agency so we can draft nothing but defense on day one and two.
RE: What are you expecting from FA this year? - Montana Tom - 03-03-2026
Just heard that Jonathan Greenard may be cap-space trade bait (or restructure) per Schefter.
He alone will account for $22.15 against the cap this next season.
I like Greenard a lot, but he played through an injury last season affecting his numbers.
Dallas Turner may be ready for his closeup.
But where's the depth behind Gink and Greenard if either gets hurt again (they will).