EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Starting just his fourth NFL season, Brian O’Neill has suddenly found himself as one of the senior members of Minnesota’s oft-fluctuating offensive line.
Soon he might be paid like it, too.
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Entering the final year of his rookie contract, O’Neill is likely the next player on the roster in line for an extension so the Vikings can keep him from reaching free agency.
He won’t come cheap. The increased necessity of reliable pass protection has elevated around the league the status and value of right tackles like O’Neill in a league where left tackles used to be the only position on the line that commanded the true megadeals.