Amid all of the jubilation surrounding the brand new hires for the Minnesota Vikings, Kirk Cousins’ incredibly complicated contract situation remains the elephant in the room.
Will the Vikings trade him or sign him to an extension?
Those are the only likely scenarios left on the table for a team bracing for a $45 million cap hit in 2022. ESPN Vikings reporter Courtney Cronin isn’t willing to go all in definitively on one answer over the other. However, she did attach a percentage value to what she thinks the team will ultimately decide to do when it’s all said and done.
