Vikings Cap Moves

[Lee 19]

So with the Nick Vigil deal hitting a snag, the Vikings are $11.1 million under the cap. On June 2, they get another $7.9 million of cap room to work with. So what are they waiting for? Goessling is reporting that the Vikings are telling agents that they can only do vet minimum deals at this point.

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Not sure, however Vigil’s numbers are already appearing on over the cap...
https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/minnesota-vikings/

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What’s taking them so long to sign another free agent?

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I can't *cough*Ravens*cough imagine why they need to *cough*LT*cough* hold so much money.

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They’re not going to trade for Brown. They would have to give him and O’Neill huge extensions. No one in the league can afford to pay 2 tackles that kind of money.

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@Lee 19 said:
They’re not going to trade for Brown. They would have to give him and O’Neill huge extensions. No one in the league can afford to pay 2 tackles that kind of money.

We could afford it.

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@Lee 19 said:
They’re not going to trade for Brown. They would have to give him and O’Neill huge extensions. No one in the league can afford to pay 2 tackles that kind of money.

I they really wanted to, the extensions could be structured to fit both under future caps.

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@Knucklehead said:

@Lee 19 said:
They’re not going to trade for Brown. They would have to give him and O’Neill huge extensions. No one in the league can afford to pay 2 tackles that kind of money.

I they really wanted to, the extensions could be structured to fit both under future caps.

Would be awesome to get Brown in the fold.  If we do then we have taken care of Tackle and DT in free agency.  Also, I would think the Peterson pick-up, would rule out a CB in the first round anyway.  

So that leaves us in a great position to move up to the 5 spot and draft Wilson/Fields whomever the brass thinks is better.  I love Wilson but I have been wrong once or twice but who's counting on a blog anyway

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Hunters camp has been really quiet lately. 

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@Lee 19 said:
They’re not going to trade for Brown. They would have to give him and O’Neill huge extensions. No one in the league can afford to pay 2 tackles that kind of money.

Brown, a LT, will likely get something similar to what LT Dion Dawkins got last year: 4 years, $60M, $11M cap hit in year one. 

O'Neill, a RT will likely get something just under that. I think a lot of Vikings fans overrate O'Neill. He's been good, but he hasn't been great yet. And he plays RT. I'll say 4 years, $48M, $9M cap hit year one. 

That's $20M between the two. Vikings are currently $21M under the cap in '22. And that's with Cousins enormous $45M cap hit and Hunter's $17M hit, both of which will be restructured. It also doesn't include the fact that the cap will go up significantly next season (which, granted, will boost the above contracts as well).

So yeah, we can afford both if we really want to.