After free agent deals, Vikings still have nearly $18 million in salary cap space

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As the Vikings welcome prospects to their new facility in Eagan on Tuesday for the start of their top-30 event, their attention has mostly shifted from free agency to the draft, which begins three weeks from Thursday night. Their addition of former Bears receiver Kendall Wright this week, though, shows they’re still in the market for veterans who might fill a niche on their roster. And they’ve still got the cap room to pull off a few more moves.
After the addition of Wright — whose 2018 deal is worth $1 million — the Vikings have $17.995 million left in cap space, according to NFLPA records. That gives them plenty of room to sign their draft picks, add another player or two and still roll some space into next season, when they’ll need room to give new deals to players like wide receiver Stefon Diggs, defensive end Danielle Hunter and linebackers Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks.
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Might as well trade for Gronk with all that space.

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Hail Brez!

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Closer to $16.3M once you account for draft picks. 

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Spend it all.  I can give them my paypal account if they need a place to send it. 

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Brez is a freaking genius.

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When it comes to resigning the young guys its not going to seem like enough.

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@Poiple said:
When it comes to resigning the young guys its not going to seem like enough.

even if the get Barr under a better deal for this year to increase the carry over cap space I doubt we will be thinking about ways to spend this cap surplus 18 months from now.

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@JimmyinSD said:

@Poiple said:
When it comes to resigning the young guys its not going to seem like enough.

even if the get Barr under a better deal for this year to increase the carry over cap space I doubt we will be thinking about ways to spend this cap surplus 18 months from now.

Reading the tea leaves I am guessing that they do ass you suggest with Barr and I think they try to get Diggs nailed down before he has a big season with Cousins.

It doesnt take much to guess that they will try to hang on to Zimmer’s favorite pieces of his defense.  I expect that another year of maturity for young guys emerging and new draft picks will dictate who else gets paydays or released.  Just the way of things in FA.

The easy forcasting is disappointments like Treadwell will be gone.  Wright might fill that spot but I think they still need another pass catcher to spread the ball around to. It will be interesting to see how they fill the need.  Id like to see a TE pass catcher (I’d like that SD kid) but I doubt they see it as an immediate need.  
It just gets more interesting

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@Poiple said:

@JimmyinSD said:

@Poiple said:
When it comes to resigning the young guys its not going to seem like enough.

even if the get Barr under a better deal for this year to increase the carry over cap space I doubt we will be thinking about ways to spend this cap surplus 18 months from now.

Reading the tea leaves I am guessing that they do ass you suggest with Barr and I think they try to get Diggs nailed down before he has a big season with Cousins.

It doesnt take much to guess that they will try to hang on to Zimmer’s favorite pieces of his defense.  I expect that another year of maturity for young guys emerging and new draft picks will dictate who else gets paydays or released.  Just the way of things in FA.

The easy forcasting is disappointments like Treadwell will be gone.  Wright might fill that spot but I think they still need another pass catcher to spread the ball around to. It will be interesting to see how they fill the need.  Id like to see a TE pass catcher (I’d like that SD kid) but I doubt they see it as an immediate need.  
It just gets more interesting

neither AT, Diggs, or Wright fill the role the Treadwell was supposed to fill.   We need a big physical presence at WR to be able to get off press coverages and be that security blanket in tight situations that a QB needs.  Quicks are good in open spaces,  but when you get into the redzone its hard to beat a big physical guy that can out muscle, and out jump the defenders.