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purplefaithful
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Looking at both sides of the Greenard-Vikings split, here are two painful cases in point to prove why Greenard was right to ask for more money and why interim GM Rob Brzezinski was perhaps right to say the team couldn't comply:

1.Defensive tackle Jonathan Allen is costing the Vikings $12.7 million in dead money.

  • That’s $2.9 million more than the Bengals are paying Allen to actually play for them this season.

2. Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave is costing the Vikings $10.5 million in dead money.

  • That’s $2.8 million more than the Packers are paying Hargrave to actually play for them this season.


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edited Apr 25, 2026 12:55 PM

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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WA
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Kyler Murray kinda offsets those numbers luckily.

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#2 · Apr 25, 1:03 PM
Kentis
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Dead Money

Name

Cap Number

Jonathan Allen

$12,666,666

Javon Hargrave

$10,497,500

Jonathan Greenard

$9,900,000

Harrison Phillips

$3,526,389

Ryan Kelly

$3,367,500

Harrison Smith

$3,000,000

Garrett Bradbury

$1,628,000

Mekhi Blackmon

$214,378

Kobe King

$164,301

TOTAL

$45,046,407


Here’s the complete list. Thanks Kwazy…! 😱

edited Apr 25, 2026 1:15 PM
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MaroonBells
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Those two were busts all day long. Makes you wonder who made those decisions. We know Kwesi signed off on them. But I find it incredibly hard to believe he went rogue on those decisions without consulting Flores, which seems to be what everyone wants to believe. Who knows, maybe it's true.

At any rate, Vikings rank 11th in the NFL in most dead money, and is about a fourth the amount of dead cap carried by the team with the most.

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't." - Tom Waits

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NorseFeathers
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purplefaithful wrote:

1.Defensive tackle Jonathan Allen is costing the Vikings $12.7 million in dead money. That’s $2.9 million more than the Bengals are paying Allen to actually play for them this season.2. Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave is costing the Vikings $10.5 million in dead money. That’s $2.8 million more than the Packers are paying Hargrave to actually play for them this season.Strib

Hopefully Caleb Banks ($3.9m 2026 cap number) and Big Citrus ($1.3m 2026 cap number) can make up for the Allen and Hargrave dead cap hits.

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#5 · Apr 25, 1:41 PM
purplefaithful
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MaroonBells wrote:

Those two were busts all day long. Makes you wonder who made those decisions. We know Kwesi signed off on them. But I find it incredibly hard to believe he went rogue on those decisions without consulting Flores, which seems to be what everyone wants to believe. Who knows, maybe it's true.
At any rate, Vikings rank 11th in the NFL in most dead money, and is about a fourth the amount of dead cap carried by the team with the most.

I was questioning the same thing, who the hell signed off on those 2?

I cant help but wonder if there was some (a lot?) of discontent on their part and how BFlo wanted to use them?

Anyways, water under the bridge now - best to cut bait fast.

edited Apr 25, 2026 3:20 PM

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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