Vikings, Aaron Jones agree to move void date
The Vikings have a little more time to work out a way to avoid taking on dead money from running back Aaron Jones’s contract under their 2025 cap.
Jones signed a one-year deal with the team last year, but it included a void year to spread out the cap hit. The contract was set to void on Monday, but Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Vikings and Jones have agreed to push the void date back to March 11. That’s one day before the start of the new league year.
If Jones’s contract voids, there will be a dead cap hit of $3.2 million for the Vikings. Pushing the date back gives the two sides a chance to work on an extension that would keep the Vikings from incurring that charge.
Jones ran 255 times for 1,138 yards and five touchdowns in 2024 while catching 51 passes for 408 yards and another score.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/vikings-aaron-jones-agree-to-move-void-date-of-contract-to-just-before-free-agency
StickierBuns wrote:
Obviously they appear to want him back by doing this, which probably makes sense considering the RB FA market isn't exceptional and there's no guarantee with very limited draft picks they can secure a RBOTF. As others have mentioned, build a better O-line and Jones's production will rise. He's probably got just one more decent year in the gas tank.
He should be in the half the series and every 3rd down unless Ham is in. We need a punishing back to complement or just draft a complete back and be done.
Yeah, I think this means they'll probably work something out and Jones will be back for another year. But there is still no way the Vikings don't add a young, starting-caliber back in free agency, the draft or via trade.
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand." —Steven Wright
I always thought there was a lot of "feel goods" between Jones and Vikings org.
Most everyone would want him back, the only question is as RB1 or 2?
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Obviously they appear to want him back by doing this, which probably makes sense considering the RB FA market isn't exceptional and there's no guarantee with very limited draft picks they can secure a RBOTF. As others have mentioned, build a better O-line and Jones's production will rise. He's probably got just one more decent year in the gas tank.
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