One of the greatest mysteries surrounding this offseason is how things will shake out one year following the new Collective Bargaining Agreement being put into place.
Kevin Seifert over at ESPN has just about figured it all out… or at least seems close.
The NFL salary cap is not expected to grow much from where it was last year, which was $120 million, and the highest number I have seen is $125 million.
According to Seifert, the Vikings currently have a cap total of $115.3 million, which doesn’t give them a whole lot of spending cash considering they are expected to have a large class of rookies in need of a contract.
The top tier free agents of 2012, such as Vincent Jackson or Carl Nicks, will not get the kind of money they are looking for from Minnesota unless the team figures out a way to clear up significant cap space. This could happen via releasing expensive veterans and/or restructuring contracts.
Either way, if the Vikings are going to make moves like that, we should start hearing about them pretty soon. Keep an eye on Steve Hutchinson and Kevin Williams.
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I think Hutchinson is gone. That should save quite a chunk. I think some contracts will be restructured to turn some salary into pro rated bonuses. It's a good thing the Vikes have one of, if not the best cap master around.
Players who must go or
Jared Allen DE $8,979,438 Keep
Adrian Peterson RB $10,720,000 Keep (bad contract)
Steve Hutchinson G $6,680,000 Bye Bye Steveo
Antoine Winfield CB $7,550,000 Keep
E.J. Henderson LB $4,700,000 Keep ( half price or go EJ)
Kevin Williams DT $6,000,000 Keep
Visanthe Shiancoe TE $3,100,000 Bye Bye Shankdizzle
Cedric Griffin CB $3,350,000 Keep
Percy Harvin WR $655,000 Keep
Anthony Herrera G $2,650,000 Bye Bye Tony
Charlie Johnson T $1,000,000 Keep
Greg Camarillo WR $1,700,000 Cut
Christian Ponder QB $375,000 Keep
Husain Abdullah S $1,835,000 Fasting
Chris Kluwe P $1,180,000 Freds hates Klue
Toby Gerhart RB $405,000 Keep
Erin Henderson LB $1,200,000 Ha Ha Ha...LOL, LMFAO
Chris Cook CB $405,000 Keep (in jail)
Tyrell Johnson S $555,000 NO
Phillip Loadholt T $480,000 Keep
Xaiver Adibi LB $555,000 Who the hell is this?
Asher Allen CB $480,000 No way...no stinkin' way
Letroy Guion DT $555,000 Keep
John Sullivan C $555,000 This number sure isn't right
Lorenzo Booker RB $555,000 Bye
Everson Griffen DE $405,000 Keep, sit Robinson
Jamarca Sanford S $480,000 Hell no
Kenny Onatolu LB $480,000 Keep
Jasper Brinkley LB $480,000 Keep
Joe Webb QB $405,000 Double his pay!!
Patrick Brown T $405,000 Who?
Marcus Sherels CB $330,000 No, this should end now.
Ryan Perrilloux Brian who??
There we are now under the cap.
You are working from bad (or at least outdated) numbers, Freds. Here is the best, most accurate, most up-to-date list around: http://rotoworld.com/teams/contracts/nfl/min/vikings
It was still fun to read, though!
Haha Freds is on a roll tonight. Speilman better watch out or Freds will get his job. The only one I would question is keeping Cedrik Griffen at $3,350,000.
This just goes to show what a horrible position the old regime got us in. It's amazing such a terrible team can be so close to the cap.