Everson Griffen to Sign Extension This Morning
As the Vikings continue to lock up their core long-term, Everson Griffen will be signing a massive extension upon reporting to training camp. He is the first of 3 that are likely to be extended.
I think they are trying to sign all of their "veteran leaders" now so that it will be easier when the young guys contracts come up in 2 or 3 years.
Barr, Kendricks, Hunter, and hopefully Waynes are all going to get paid
last time I checked Bradford qualifies as a veteran and a leader...
@"Viking Bob" said: last time I checked Bradford qualifies as a veteran and a leader...Bradford's contract status has been pretty well hashed. See the Teddy gets tolled articles in the Strib every couple of weeks.
@"greediron" said:More like every other day...@"Viking Bob" said: last time I checked Bradford qualifies as a veteran and a leader... Bradford's contract status has been pretty well hashed. See the Teddy gets tolled articles in the Strib every couple of weeks.
@"greediron" said:I agree that's it's probably Linval but he has 2 years of guaranteed money remaining. 2017&18. His cap hit stays basically unchanged and manageable, at roughly 6.5 million per. I'm just not sure it makes a ton of sense to pursue that extension 2 years from the finish line of his current deal.Not sure Barr or the Vikings are ready to extend. His value is low right now, he would probably bet on himself having a better year. And injuries have hampered him, so the Vikings might be wary.My reasons for throwing Barr's name into the mix is because of that 5th year option at 12 million plus. What if we extend him now and cut that 12 million dollar deal down a ways for next year? The 5th year option isn't guaranteed money for Barr in 2018, unless he gets injured, aka the Floyd Clause. So maybe we extend him now, guarantee him money and lower our cap hit at the same time?
@"NFL Draft Guru" said:It's been an easy job for him, hopefully these Vikings make his job hard.@"Vanguard83" said: I don't know S about front office, cap space, etc. but it seems like the Vikes do a pretty good job of keeping the guys they want without sacrificing the future. One man that works behind the scenes and doesn't get the credit he deserves - Brez
Great news regarding Griffen. Get X done, then it's on to Barr and Joseph. Brez is amazing at his job.
@"AllBS" said:@"greediron" said:I agree that's it's probably Linval but he has 2 years of guaranteed money remaining. 2017&18. His cap hit stays basically unchanged and manageable, at roughly 6.5 million per. I'm just not sure it makes a ton of sense to pursue that extension 2 years from the finish line of his current deal.Not sure Barr or the Vikings are ready to extend. His value is low right now, he would probably bet on himself having a better year. And injuries have hampered him, so the Vikings might be wary.My reasons for throwing Barr's name into the mix is because of that 5th year option at 12 million plus. What if we extend him now and cut that 12 million dollar deal down a ways for next year? The 5th year option isn't guaranteed money for Barr in 2018, unless he gets injured, aka the Floyd Clause. So maybe we extend him now, guarantee him money and lower our cap hit at the same time?
You make good points regarding the cap and money. Just not sure the Vikings are ready to commit and Barr would be selling low at this point.
Everson Griffen - DL - VikingsVikins signed RE Everson Griffen to a four-year, $58 million extension through 2022.
The deal contains $34 million guaranteed, and the $14.5 million per-year average in new money makes Griffen the third-highest-paid 4-3 end behind only Giants teammates Olivier Vernon and Jason Pierre-Paul. Griffen isn't a household name to the casual fan, but he's been wrecking quarterbacks ever since taking over as a full-time starter in 2014. Griffen is now under contract through his age-35 season.
Source: Ian Rapoport on Twitter Jul 26 - 12:50 PM
Told the holdup on the Rhodes deal is cash flow. Otherwise they're also working on an extension for Linval.
Otherwise the Vikings haven't extended rookie deals early so I don't think they'd do Hunter, Kendricks, or Diggs now to set a bad precedence.
@"BarrNone55" said: Where did all the previous posts go?
Page 1... this is page 2.
So does this extension kick in starting 2019, or are they voiding the current deal and starting the new one now? Glad he's sticking around.
Also just to note, the $38M in guarantees includes injury guarantees. The actual guarantees are in the mid to high 20's.
I would want to see the new contract since I don't think the Vikings typical contract structure is going to hold true on this deal. But to answer the question above, this is an additional 4 years that begin once Everson's current deal expires. The thing to remember is that they can stream the guaranteed money into the next two years.
So say for the sake of discussion, if Everson's deal is actually $26M guaranteed ($38M injury guarantees) with $58M in new money over 4 years. Depending on structure that could be extrememly team friendly eating up most of the guaranteed portion of the deal prior to 2019.
The thing to remember is that this allows the Vikings the flexibility to suppress his cap hit in 2019 (when rookies come due) while also avoiding guaranteed money in Griffen's deal after age 31. If you do the deal in 2019 you're looking at 2-3 years of guarantees which ties you to him through 32-33.
I remember fans thinking we overpaid for an unproven Griffen 4(?) years ago? That turned out to be a great bet by the front office. I'm glad we locked him up again. He's a great player and a great Viking. Love know that he's gonna be out there for some more years.
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