Contract details emerge for CB Byron Murphy Jr. and it proves again why the Vikings have a great general manager in Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most active teams in free agency during the first 24 hours of the legal tampering period. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has brought in or agreed to terms on six new free agents and one re-signing: CB Isaiah Rodgers: 2 years, $15 millionS Bubba Bolden: UndisclosedC Ryan Kelly: […]
The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most active teams in free agency during the first 24 hours of the legal tampering period. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has brought in or agreed to terms on six new free agents and one re-signing:
- CB Isaiah Rodgers: 2 years, $15 million
- S Bubba Bolden: Undisclosed
- C Ryan Kelly: 2 years, $18 million
- CB Byron Murphy Jr.: 3 years, $66 million
- DT Jonathan Allen: 3 years, $60 million
- DT Javon Hargrave: Undisclosed
- RG Will Fries: 5 years, $88 million
Not a bad start to free agency. There is a lot of money on the board there, but it's more about how that is structured and what the guarantees are over the total money.
Byron Murphy's contract structure proves Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's brilliance
The biggest contract the Vikings signed over the last 24 hours came with an extension for Byron Murphy Jr. It was initially framed to be $22 million per season, but it's less than that.
Having that number max out at $66 million with bonus incentives makes a lot of sense, but getting up to $4 million in bonuses per season is going to be a tough ask, so the deal is essentially for $18 million per season.
That number puts him in the ballpark with the other free agency signings of Charvarius Ward (Indianapolis Colts), Carlton Davis (New England Patriots), and D.J. Reed (Detroit Lions). It also makes it a lot more palatable in terms of the salary cap.
The total structure of the contract in terms of signing bonus and salary cap hits have been released by The Star Tribune's Ben Goessling and it's even better than initially thought.
While the Vikings had a lot of money to spend — and they certainly did — the structure always matters and that's where they thrive.
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