A breakdown of the initial wave of free agency for the Minnesota Vikings:
Overall grade: A. It took two years of strategic planning for Minnesota to enter free agency with $53 million in salary-cap space. The Vikings set themselves up to be able to get any quarterback they wanted this offseason, and that's exactly what they did in offering Kirk Cousins -- 2018's top free agent -- an unprecedented fully-guaranteed contract. The Minnesota brass felt the franchise was a quarterback away from a Super Bowl and secured their man -- and then some -- with the acquisition of Cousins and defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson.