EAGAN, Minn. - Kyle Rudolph and the Minnesota Vikings may be inching closer to a resolution over the tight end's contract situation.
On the second day of organized team activities, Rudolph confirmed a report from Pro Football Talk that claimed the Vikings offered the Pro Bowl tight end a five-year extension. The report said the deal would give Rudolph "a new-money average among the highest paid tight ends in the league."
The extension is also expected to lower Rudolph's cap hit, which sits at $7.625 million for 2019. The Vikings currently have $1,255,486 in salary cap space after signing first-round pick Garrett Bradbury last week and will eventually need to dip into that money to pay their practice squad.