{"id":95942,"date":"2024-02-25T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T14:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=95942"},"modified":"2024-02-25T14:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T14:36:20","slug":"justin-jeffersons-cost-to-vikings-just-went-up-due-to-new-x-factor-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nflquynh.aweu.info\/justin-jeffersons-cost-to-vikings-just-went-up-due-to-new-x-factor-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Jefferson\u2019s Cost to Vikings Just Went Up Due to New X Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0appear to have made an error in drawing out contract negotiations with wide receiver\u00a0Justin Jefferson.<\/p>\n

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Minnesota could have offered Jefferson an extension one year ago, and the franchise could have put a deal together at any point since. The Vikings and their All-Pro wideout may still to come to a multiyear agreement, but a contract that already had the potential to be the largest at the position in NFL history will now be even more expensive after the league announced a\u00a0$30 million bump\u00a0to the salary cap in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one fundamental truth about giving one of your own great players the contract he deserves is that the price will always go up if you wait. Always,\u201d\u00a0Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk wrote on Saturday, February 24. \u201cAs of Friday, with the salary cap shooting to $255.4 million per team, Jefferson\u2019s price goes up even higher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin Jefferson Now Even More Likely to Sign Historic Deal<\/h2>\n

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There is no guarantee that Jefferson is going to reset the receiver market whenever he does re-up, either with Minnesota or somewhere else down the line, but the chances have always been good.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0paid\u00a0Tyreek Hill\u00a0a salary totaling\u00a0$30 million annually\u00a0on a four-year extension two years ago. That figure remains the highest annual average salary any wideout has ever received from an NFL team.<\/p>\n

Davante Adams\u00a0signed a five-year contract worth\u00a0$140 million total\u00a0($28 million annually) with the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0the same offseason Hill got his big deal. That remains the highest total figure attached to a contract for an NFL wide receiver, though the full amount is not guaranteed ($65.71 million).<\/p>\n

Jefferson won\u2019t get a fully-guaranteed contract either, be it from the Vikings or elsewhere. However, he is going to ask for more than $30 million annually and will probably push for five years to make himself the highest-paid receiver in league history by any metric. And frankly, he deserves it.<\/p>\n

Jefferson is a three-time Pro Bowler and earned first-team All-Pro honors in 2022 when he led the NFL in receptions (128) and receiving yards (1,809). He has set record after record over his four-year career with the Vikings, amassing 392 catches for 5,899 yards and 30 TDs across 60 games played, per\u00a0Pro Football Reference. Jefferson hauled in 68 catches for 1,074 yards and 5 scores last season, despite missing seven games with a hamstring strain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Vikings Risk Alienating Justin Jefferson the Longer They Wait to Ink Contract Extension<\/h2>\n

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Jefferson posted all of that production on a four-year rookie contract that paid him just\u00a0$13.1 million\u00a0total. His salary jumps to $19.7 million in 2024 after Minnesota exercised its fifth-year option on that deal ahead of the 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Vikings don\u2019t have to extend Jefferson this offseason, or even the next. The team can use the franchise tag option to keep the wideout locked up through 2025, and could even do so again in 2026. However, Minnesota runs a serious risk of alienating Jefferson by proceeding in that manner and would risk losing the 24-year-old superstar in his mid\/late 20s by doing so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever he wanted before Friday, he surely wants more now,\u201d Florio wrote Saturday. \u201cAs explained after Jefferson visited with \u201cPFT Live\u201d at the Super Bowl, Jefferson has been very patient. At some point, his patience will run out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Florio added that the issue holding up a deal between Jefferson and the Vikings is the structure of the contract, specifically with regards to guaranteed money.<\/p>\n

The new regime in Minnesota, led by general manager\u00a0Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, has tried over the past two offseasons to avoid fully guaranteeing compensation beyond the first year of an agreement for any player aside from quarterback\u00a0Kirk Cousins. The franchise broke that trend with the extension of tight end\u00a0T.J. Hockenson\u00a0and will certainly have to do so again if it wants Jefferson to remain in Minneapolis for the long-term.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still unclear what will happen with Jefferson,\u201d Florio wrote. \u201cHere\u2019s what is clear. With each passing day, it\u2019s going to get more and more and more expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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