This article is part of a series focusing on the Minnesota Vikings’ salary cap. For this series I’m going to break down how much each player on the team’s roster counts towards the cap as well as shine a light on his current contract.
Eric Kendricks ($5,514,375) #9
Kendricks is probably the team’s second-best defender. The Vikings got an absolute steal when they signed him to a 5-year contract worth $50 million in 2018.
His average annual salary of $10 million is 15th among NFL linebackers, yet Kendricks’ overall value, per OTC’s valuation chart, was $12,036,000, which tells you he’s outplaying his contract by a pretty wide margin.