Sam Darnold, Stephon Gilmore had their contracts voided

[Kentis]

Sam Darnold, Stephon Gilmore had their contracts voided yesterday, February 17th.

This means that the void years included in their contracts escalate to the 2025 cap. That means 5M for Darnold, 4.2M for Murphy, and 2.33M for Gilmore all count as dead money and would be part of any new contract in 2025. Based on this, I do not see a franchise tag of Murphy but could see an extension although you would have hoped they could have reached an agreement before his contract voided.
My guess is they really want to tag and trade Darnold and the price to keep Murphy has gone too high and Kwesi has said he has “walk away” prices.

Harrison Smith’s deadline to terminate his contract is March 15th. If the team does not terminate his deal, his 25M salary for 2026 becomes guaranteed. I am going to go out on a limb and say that is not going to happen. If he wants to continue playing then I could see them working something out for another season. Maybe 5-7M?

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2025/2/18/...mryn-bynum

[supafreak84]

The Vikings have pushed back the void dates on the contracts of Aaron Jones and Byron Murphy until the day before free agency, which means neither player can be franchise tagged

[Kentis]

The Vikings have pushed back the void dates on the contracts of Aaron Jones and Byron Murphy until the day before free agency, which means neither player can be franchise tagged

Hadn’t heard about Murphy,(obviously neither had the author  ) they must think they can retain him without the tag now?

[JustInTime]

O’Neil and probably Hock will get restructured to gain cap space lost by these moves. Cut Ingram for more space.