03-13-2019, 02:51 PM
Vikings have submitted restructure offer to Everson Griffen
Everson Griffen
is seeing his name being brought up as a possible cap casualty as the
Minnesota Vikings look for ways to free up salary cap space for the 2019
offseason. Those rumors are not unfounded, as it appears the front
office is drawing a bit of a line in the sand about the future of the
veteran defensive end.
Multiple media reports on Tuesday have stated that the Vikings have
submitted an offer to restructure his deal in the aftermath of the Anthony Barr contract, which is set to pay the linebacker $13.5 million per season. ESPN's Courtney Cronin gives a detailed explanation below.
"It's been quiet on the Everson Griffen
front (on Tuesday), but that doesn't mean there isn't work going on
behind the scenes. I'm told that Griffen and his representation have
been approached with the terms of a restructure from the Vikings and
that the defensive end has expressed a desire to remain in Minnesota,
but doing so will probably have to come via different terms than the way
his contract is currently structured with $10.9 million of his base
salary set to become fully guaranteed on Friday. As of right now, the
ball is in Griffen's court as to whether he wants to accept the new
terms the Vikings laid forth or aim to continue his career elsewhere.
It's possible that these talks could continue on past the 3 p.m. start
of the new league year on Wednesday. Theoretically, the Vikings could
structure Anthony Barr's new deal to fit under the cap in 2019 to buy
them time to work through talks with Griffen, but in the end, whether
the DE takes a restructure is likely going to determine his future in
Minnesota."
Griffen, a fourth-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, is entering
his 10th season in the NFL, all with the Vikings. During that time, he
has racked up 66.5 career sacks in 73 career starts (132 games played).
However, last season was a bit of a struggle for the veteran pass
rusher, as he missed five games to tend to a mental health issue and
posted his lowest sack total since the 2013 season with 5.5 sacks on the
year.
He signed a contract extension with the team during training
camp in 2017 that came in at four-years, $58 million through the 2022
season. Should the Vikings decide to release or trade him, it would free
up $10.5 million in cap room with a dead cap hit of $1.2 million.
The NFL is a business, and sometimes a harsh one despite
the good faith in which contracts are signed. The Vikings would likely
love to have Griffen back on some sort of renegotiated deal, but given
his production, point in his career and the price tag, not everything
currently matches up and it does appear that he at least has lost a
little bit of a step. They have a tough decision to make in terms of
what his worth to the franchise is and it would not be a shock to see
them start to tune down his role as they did with Brian Robison, but it would be really hard to justify keeping him around at almost $11 million.
Everson Griffen
is seeing his name being brought up as a possible cap casualty as the
Minnesota Vikings look for ways to free up salary cap space for the 2019
offseason. Those rumors are not unfounded, as it appears the front
office is drawing a bit of a line in the sand about the future of the
veteran defensive end.
Multiple media reports on Tuesday have stated that the Vikings have
submitted an offer to restructure his deal in the aftermath of the Anthony Barr contract, which is set to pay the linebacker $13.5 million per season. ESPN's Courtney Cronin gives a detailed explanation below.
"It's been quiet on the Everson Griffen
front (on Tuesday), but that doesn't mean there isn't work going on
behind the scenes. I'm told that Griffen and his representation have
been approached with the terms of a restructure from the Vikings and
that the defensive end has expressed a desire to remain in Minnesota,
but doing so will probably have to come via different terms than the way
his contract is currently structured with $10.9 million of his base
salary set to become fully guaranteed on Friday. As of right now, the
ball is in Griffen's court as to whether he wants to accept the new
terms the Vikings laid forth or aim to continue his career elsewhere.
It's possible that these talks could continue on past the 3 p.m. start
of the new league year on Wednesday. Theoretically, the Vikings could
structure Anthony Barr's new deal to fit under the cap in 2019 to buy
them time to work through talks with Griffen, but in the end, whether
the DE takes a restructure is likely going to determine his future in
Minnesota."
Griffen, a fourth-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, is entering
his 10th season in the NFL, all with the Vikings. During that time, he
has racked up 66.5 career sacks in 73 career starts (132 games played).
However, last season was a bit of a struggle for the veteran pass
rusher, as he missed five games to tend to a mental health issue and
posted his lowest sack total since the 2013 season with 5.5 sacks on the
year.
He signed a contract extension with the team during training
camp in 2017 that came in at four-years, $58 million through the 2022
season. Should the Vikings decide to release or trade him, it would free
up $10.5 million in cap room with a dead cap hit of $1.2 million.
The NFL is a business, and sometimes a harsh one despite
the good faith in which contracts are signed. The Vikings would likely
love to have Griffen back on some sort of renegotiated deal, but given
his production, point in his career and the price tag, not everything
currently matches up and it does appear that he at least has lost a
little bit of a step. They have a tough decision to make in terms of
what his worth to the franchise is and it would not be a shock to see
them start to tune down his role as they did with Brian Robison, but it would be really hard to justify keeping him around at almost $11 million.
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