The Minnesota Vikings have one of the more interesting salary-cap situations in the NFL, in that they have their two biggest-name quarterbacks — for now, anyway — set to become free agents after this season.
That’s why general manager Rick Spielman felt the need to be so aggressive in terms of re-signing other key pieces of the team before it could deal with the looming question of who its quarterback will be after this season. Following a busy offseason signing outside free agents, the Vikings turned inward and locked up DE Everson Griffen, CB Xavier Rhodes and DT Linval Joseph to extensions over a two-week period.