Key Highlights
- So, what is the Purple personnel department to do?
- Rob Brzezinski is now the acting GM and remains the working cap guy, and he hired Matt Thomas to help out, but the decisions ahead are difficult ones to avoid “getting expelled and flushing seven years (or more) down the drain” (another Animal House reference). AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementReports from ESPN surfaced this week that the first two cuts/trades are imminent: defensive tackle Javon Hargrave and running back Aaron Jones.
- Both are old (33 and 31, respectively and expensive ($21,453,382 and $14,550,000 in cap hits, respectively).
- That is a start, but there is plenty more to do.
- While the Vikings are known to be over the cap, potential trade partners, if they exist at all, will be more likely to wait until March 11, when teams have to be under the cap, and see which players are cut and become more affordable. There could be trades, but more likely cuts and/or renegotiated contracts.