Back in 2017, the Minnesota Vikings paid a premium to add rookie quarterback Kyle Sloter to their practice squad. Sloter became available after the Denver Broncos waived him prior to the regular season and the Vikings offered to pay him three times the rate that is normally offered to guys on the practice squad (around $20,000 per week).
Sloter went on to spend the 2017 and 2018 seasons with Minnesota and heading into the 2019 offseason, it was believed by some that he would have a good opportunity to win the job as Kirk Cousins’ backup.