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"After talking to sources inside and outside the organization, the best way to think of the Vikings' current approach is an aggressive right-sizing of their roster finances. The Wilfs did not order a lower cash payroll this season, multiple sources confirmed. The NFL is not structured for teams to have indefinite annual spending at the rate the Vikings have in recent years, and essentially the Vikings decided that 2026 was the time to eat their vegetables.
"We had a plan that we devised together," Brzezinski said, "and I'm just really proud of the way everybody worked together, identifying some targets that we were able to reach agreements with. There's others we weren't, but I think I'm really most proud of the patience. ... Really grateful also for [Hockenson and Jones] reworking their contracts to find a middle ground. These were two players and two people that are really important to our football team and to [coach Kevin O'Connell] in our locker room.
"So I feel like we've navigated responsibly the future versus being competitive this year. And I feel like we're in a really good spot, but like we keep saying, there's a long way to go."
What are the Vikings doing? They're planning a run at the playoffs while resuscitating their financial outlook and adjusting, for at least one year, a quarterback plan that went awry."
- Kevin Seifert, ESPN
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Great to hear the Vikings are planning on giving Jordan Addison an extension ?
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with a nugget that the Vikings "have budgeted for" new deals for RT Brian O'Neill and WR Jordan Addison.
"That served as a reminder that teams don't just use cap space on free agency, but also -- and often more importantly -- on signing their existing players to contract extensions. [b]Right tackle Brian O'Neill and receiver Jordan Addison are among the upcoming deals the Vikings have budgeted for.[/b] It's also worth noting that Brzezinski described the Vikings' 2026 roster build as being "barely out of the gate here," implying there are other ways than free agency to make substantive roster improvements."
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