Five Minnesota Vikings 2018 NFL Draft picks sign their rookie contracts

Five members of the Minnesota Vikings 2018 NFL Draft class have signed their rookie contracts, leaving three individuals remaining to ink the deals.

There are steps that need to be taken in order to get rookies on the field following their selection during the NFL Draft. Teams like the Minnesota Vikings need to develop and evaluate those players but also need to get them under contract before any of that can happen.

Thanks to a simplified version of the league’s collective bargaining agreement, signing these players is easier than it has ever been and holdouts are something that very rarely happens anymore.

Minnesota has already inked deals with five of the eight members from their 2018 NFL…