The Minnesota Vikings informed running back Alexander Mattison of his release on Thursday. The initial numbers showed that he would cost $4 million in dead money on the salary cap.
According to multiple sources including Over The Cap’s Jason Fitzgerald, Mattison’s $2.75 million in guaranteed salary for 2024 wasn’t fully guaranteed like initially thought. That money was set to fully guarantee on March 15th, the third day of the league year.
This sets the Vikings up in a better spot than initially thought. They will sit about $39 million under the salary cap before they choose to make any other moves to create salary cap space.
