Eric Kendricks has been

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

I'd imagine this is 5 years in addition to the final year of his contract if the Vikings contract precedence holds true. They'll want to use his final year on the current deal amortize some of the new contracts signing bonus. That also leaves you with the final year of the deal bearing no dead money which is huge. Depending on how quickly the Vikings want to get out of the dead money portion of the deal his annual cap hits could be around $6-8M through 2020 and then increase after that between 2021-23 when some other contracts come off the books. 

Oh, but on the terms agreed to I think this is a good deal for the Vikings. I had Kendricks pegged at $10.5M/yr. 

10 mil a year looks like a bargain for a center piece of the defense considering what offensive players are getting.

I like it.  He has such great range and pretty good in coverage.

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Yea glad we extended Kendricks he was the highest on my priority list of Defensive players like Hunter, Barr and even Waynes.

Hope see something done with Hunter next.

Barr, I would no be shocked to not have anything done with and let him play this year at the 12 5th year.  

Waynes we have to make a 5th option decision right after the draft.  

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Good  deal  one  down 4 to go

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Great job Vikes.   Keep it going!

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@greediron said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

I'd imagine this is 5 years in addition to the final year of his contract if the Vikings contract precedence holds true. They'll want to use his final year on the current deal amortize some of the new contracts signing bonus. That also leaves you with the final year of the deal bearing no dead money which is huge. Depending on how quickly the Vikings want to get out of the dead money portion of the deal his annual cap hits could be around $6-8M through 2020 and then increase after that between 2021-23 when some other contracts come off the books. 

Oh, but on the terms agreed to I think this is a good deal for the Vikings. I had Kendricks pegged at $10.5M/yr. 

10 mil a year looks like a bargain for a center piece of the defense considering what offensive players are getting.

I like it.  He has such great range and pretty good in coverage.

That was my first thought as well. With the cap rising nearly every year and these contracts escalating right with it, there's a good chance that in a year or two we'll look at his contract like we do the Thielen contract. A damn bargain. 

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@Viking1987 said:
Good  deal  one  down 4 to go

Barr, Hunter, Diggs...who is the 4th?

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@Jor-El said:

@Viking1987 said:
Good  deal  one  down 4 to go

Barr, Hunter, Diggs...who is the 4th?

Sheldon Richardson

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@JimmyinSD said:

@Jor-El said:

@JimmyinSD said:
Nice.   Guru,  how does this compare to what you were thinking when you said that the team could afford Cousins at 26 million?  ( you had some numbers penciled in for our imminent free agents.

But we don't yet know how Kendricks' deal is structured. It is probably more complex than $10M each year, so how can we say if it "fits"?

Guru has a way of knowing such things.... he will respond when he does.

https://twitter.com/Nichols_NFL/status/9...9505885184

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Awesome news.  I was really hoping they'd get a deal done with Kendricks.  One of upcoming pieces falls into place...nice.

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Great signing...Barr should be next solely based on knocking out rodgers...