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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/24/2025 9:41:16 AM

Bill Johanesen

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Metellus signed a three-year contract extension in 2023 that will void after this season. This spring, he sat out 7-on-7 drills, which were the most intense periods of the Vikings' practice plan.

Big deal. He's under contract and reported to camp. If he was so exemplary, he would not have missed the spring drills.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/24/2025 10:28:43 AM

Jeff Jesser

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The problem with Metellus is where do you start with negotiations? What 'position' does play? Do you pay him like a safety? A corner? A LB? ect.....

If his agent is smart (and i'm they are) they're looking at the highest average of those positions since he plays them all, at times.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/24/2025 12:45:11 PM

Bill Johanesen

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

The problem with Metellus is where do you start with negotiations? What 'position' does play? Do you pay him like a safety? A corner? A LB? ect.....

If his agent is smart (and i'm they are) they're looking at the highest average of those positions since he plays them all, at times.

His best bet is to follow Flores.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/24/2025 4:17:58 PM

Bill Jandro

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

The problem with Metellus is where do you start with negotiations? What 'position' does play? Do you pay him like a safety? A corner? A LB? ect.....

If his agent is smart (and i'm they are) they're looking at the highest average of those positions since he plays them all, at times.

About the only comp whom also is moved around in multiple spots is Jeremy Chinn of the Raiders. He signed for roughly 8ml per last season I believe.

I think a new Mettallus contract will be in th 10-12ml per range.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/25/2025 10:02:45 AM

Phil Riewer

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I've been hearing good things about UDFA CB Zemaiah Vaughn(Utah).

Maybe that's why we haven't pulled the trigger on some of these available CBs.

It will be a slow process or I should say multi-year....last year adding Van Ginkel, Cashman, and Grenard helped a ton (All three LB are very good against the pass).
This year adding Allen and Hargrave and solidifying the middle and adding a CB piece may be all they can do this offseason after all the pieces added to the OLine which is still a ton.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/26/2025 9:10:32 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

quote:

ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

The problem with Metellus is where do you start with negotiations? What 'position' does play? Do you pay him like a safety? A corner? A LB? ect.....

If his agent is smart (and i'm they are) they're looking at the highest average of those positions since he plays them all, at times.

His best bet is to follow Flores.

I agree with this...no other team pays him more than his present contract...i hope that we keep him, but you can't pay everyone...extending van ginkel, and already being 59mm over the 2026 makes it difficult....

if you look at our 2026 contract situation, it's not that easy to extend/rework our way into a positive cap number....

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/26/2025 3:06:18 PM

Chris Olson

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Well, Metellus got paid...3 yr/36 mil extension, I think I read

Good for him!

And, I think, good for the Vikings

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/26/2025 5:47:46 PM

Bill Johanesen

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Well, Metellus got paid...3 yr/36 mil extension, I think I read

Good for him!

And, I think, good for the Vikings

With incentives that potentially bump it to $42 million. The spending spree continues.

Players like Hargrave and Allen won't likely see the last year of their contracts. Fries contract is absurd. Kelly might be a one-year rental.

JJM better be all that.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/26/2025 9:15:49 PM

ratoppenheimer

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"I'm here, baby," Metellus said to kick off a news conference.

"The Vikings have now committed nearly $350 million in cash to their 2025 roster, capitalizing on the rookie contract of quarterback J.J. McCarthy to acquire a dozen veterans either through free agency or trade. They also re-signed running back Aaron Jones Sr., cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. and safety Harrison Smith, and extended the existing contract of linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel."...ESPN

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/28/2025 2:42:50 PM

Phil Riewer

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Wilkins?

That would be one dominating DLine.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/28/2025 3:53:40 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Wilkins?

That would be one dominating DLine.

Missed most of last season and it sounds like he isn't close to being able to play:

HENDERSON, Nev. -- The Las Vegas Raiders have informed defensive tackle Christian Wilkins that he has been released, the team said Thursday.

Wilkins will be released with the designation of terminated vested veteran, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Wilkins has been recovering from a Jones fracture, which he suffered in his left foot last October. Because of how Wilkins has treated the rehab from his injury, the Raiders voided the remaining $35.2 million of guaranteed money left on his contract on June 4, sources said.

The belief was that Wilkins needed another surgery on his foot; he balked at getting it, sources told ESPN. The Raiders then voided the guaranteed money left on his deal due to "failure to maintain his physical condition to play."

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/29/2025 8:22:18 AM

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If Wilkins got a second surgery it would still be Nov/Dec for recovery. It'd be 13-14 months since actual football activity. Clearly it would take a bit of time for him to get back in to football shape depending on how much time he has spent in the buffet line.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 7/29/2025 10:40:40 AM

Mark Anderson

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If Wilkins got a second surgery it would still be Nov/Dec for recovery. It'd be 13-14 months since actual football activity. Clearly it would take a bit of time for him to get back in to football shape depending on how much time he has spent in the buffet line.

Sign him. Put him on IR with the option to return.

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