Usually when a Minnesota Vikings offseason kicks off, fans and pundits stare at the salary cap and try to determine how the franchise will get out of the red.
In the last eight or so, Minnesota began offseasons with scarce available cap space or over the cap — and needing to restructure contracts just to have money for newcomers and rookies.
The Sneaky Good Aspect of the Vikings’ Offseason
But this go-round is different. Thanks to general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s salary cap management, it’s a new day for the Vikings where pinching pennies and scouring the market for bargain-bin free agents isn’t necessarily required.