Vikings/Barr talking restructure

[MaroonBells]

Jeremy Fowler

@JFowlerESPN

The Minnesota Vikings and LB Anthony Barr are working on a restructured contract that reduces his $12.3M salary but makes him a free agent in 2022, per sources. This helps Minnesota’s cap while getting Barr -- who had three years left on his deal – two years closer to free agency

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They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:
They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

Perhaps?  But suppose he walks next year and Wilson walks this year?  They could find themselves needing a LB next year.

Wilson played well enough last year.

He did not do all the imaginary things that Barr does but he also did not have a nose tackle up front.

Barr played with Joseph his entire career and gets to play with Pierce this year.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with keeping offensive linemen from getting to the next level though.

I hope it works out well.

Sounds like the Vikings are on their same path of running it back to see if they can somehow get lucky enough to not get their arses handed to them in the playoffs.

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@MarkSP18 said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:
They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

Perhaps?  But suppose he walks next year and Wilson walks this year?  They could find themselves needing a LB next year.

Wilson played well enough last year.

He did not do all the imaginary things that Barr does but he also did not have a nose tackle up front.

Barr played with Joseph his entire career and gets to play with Pierce this year.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with keeping offensive linemen from getting to the next level though.

I hope it works out well.

Sounds like the Vikings are on their same path of running it back to see if they can somehow get lucky enough to not get their arses handed to them in the playoffs.

You'll be surprised when you see what they do tomorrow/this week then. 

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@MarkSP18 said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:
They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

Perhaps?  But suppose he walks next year and Wilson walks this year?  They could find themselves needing a LB next year.

Wilson played well enough last year.

He did not do all the imaginary things that Barr does but he also did not have a nose tackle up front.

Barr played with Joseph his entire career and gets to play with Pierce this year.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with keeping offensive linemen from getting to the next level though.

I hope it works out well.

Sounds like the Vikings are on their same path of running it back to see if they can somehow get lucky enough to not get their arses handed to them in the playoffs.

You'll be surprised when you see what they do tomorrow/this week then. 

thuney?

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@MarkSP18 said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:
They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

Perhaps?  But suppose he walks next year and Wilson walks this year?  They could find themselves needing a LB next year.

Wilson played well enough last year.

He did not do all the imaginary things that Barr does but he also did not have a nose tackle up front.

Barr played with Joseph his entire career and gets to play with Pierce this year.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with keeping offensive linemen from getting to the next level though.

I hope it works out well.

Sounds like the Vikings are on their same path of running it back to see if they can somehow get lucky enough to not get their arses handed to them in the playoffs.

You'll be surprised when you see what they do tomorrow/this week then. 

Care to elaborate? 

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Geoff, can I just say that I love the excitement and fun your posts bring to the board B) B) Thanks for giving us the insight, analysis, and intrigue! It makes discussing and anticipating FA and the draft that much more fun!  =)  =)

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@MarkSP18 said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:
They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

Perhaps?  But suppose he walks next year and Wilson walks this year?  They could find themselves needing a LB next year.

Wilson played well enough last year.

He did not do all the imaginary things that Barr does but he also did not have a nose tackle up front.

Barr played with Joseph his entire career and gets to play with Pierce this year.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with keeping offensive linemen from getting to the next level though.

I hope it works out well.

Sounds like the Vikings are on their same path of running it back to see if they can somehow get lucky enough to not get their arses handed to them in the playoffs.

You'll be surprised when you see what they do tomorrow/this week then. 

I hope they do make some decent signings.  Doesn't mean I will be all giddy about the prospects.

So far, Zimmer has made the playoffs 3 times in 7 years and got whupped the last two playoff exits.

Last year was a disaster from a personnel standpoint.

Making the conscious decision to go with Elflein and Dozier/Collins/Samia is indefensible when you combine it with not drafting a guard until pick #253.

Making the conscious decision to go with all very young and inexperienced corners was also a very questionable decision in terms of competing for a title.

Trading a 2nd and spending 7M on Yannick without any assurance you could keep him was throwing more bad decisions at a feeble attempt to try and get to the playoffs.

There is not a whole lot to be excited about because they have not provided much.

Yet every year since 1969 I keep coming back for more.

I hope you are right and they finally can put something really good and sustainable together.

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:
They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

That is a big win for the Vikings, especially considering that Barr just came out and said that he was not going to accept any kind of restructure.

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@MaroonBells said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:
They supposedly got him to take a paycut of about $5M but he can earn $2M of it back via incentives. Its a smart move with the dead money in a trade/release being $7.2M. They are going to effectively save that, keep Barr on the roster, and no increase his future dead money. Huge win for the Vikings. 

That is a big win for the Vikings, especially considering that Barr just came out and said that he was not going to accept any kind of restructure.

The team had the leverage.  What was Barr going to get in the open market?   It's not like NFL teams are relying on social media articles about the secret Anthony Barr special sauce that no one else recognizes.  They see the same overpaid guy most of us do.