The Minnesota Vikings were thin via experience in the cornerback room during 2020. It now appears that 2021 may be the swan song for its longest-tenured cornerback.
Vikings reporter Chris Tomasson with the Pioneer Press tweeted on Monday:
Salary-cap analyst Jason Fitzgerald said the fifth-year option for 2022 for #Vikings CB Mike Hughes would be roughly $9.7 million. The Vikings are not expected to pick up Hughes' fifth-year option by the deadline the first week of May.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) March 8, 2021
Hughes just turned 24 in February and is the longevity mainstay of all Vikings corners on the roster at the moment — if that can be believed.