3 Vikings restructures that could give them salary cap space to help secure multiple high profile free agents

EDGE Jonathan Greenard

Cap Hit: $22,300,000
Base Salary: $18,390,000
Salary Cap Savings: $14,950,000

Greenard is on the second year of a four year, $76 million deal and he has two void years built into it. That helps the Vikings if they want to restructure the deal because they can maneuver across five seasons. The two biggest qualifications you need when it comes to restructures are:

• Large amount to restructure
• Plans to keep them long-term

Greenard fits both to a T. Adding nearly $15 million to their cap space could bring in a player the level of Charvarius Ward or D.J. Reed.

RT Brian O'Neill

Cap Hit: $26,019,114
Base Salary: $17,400,000
Salary Cap Savings: $8,100,000

O'Neill is a talented player who only has two years left on his contract, which makes things a little more complicated. If you were to restructure O'Neill without adding any void years onto the deal, you would save $8.1 million, but that would bring his cap hit in 2026 up to $31,203,892. That's a lot of money for one year, and something that Adofo-Mensah likely doesn't want to do.

What might make more sense for O'Neill is an extension. He is about to enter his age 30 season and has no more guaranteed money left on his contract. It could behoove O'Neill to sign an extension so he gets more guaranteed.

TE T.J. Hockenson

Cap Hit: $16,649,118
Base Salary: $10,900,000
Salary Cap Savings: $8,475,000

Hockenson is on the second year of a four-year, $66 million contract with 2025 being the first year of a large cap hit. He wasn't going to be inexpensive on the salary cap forever and the Vikings now have to pay the piper.

The Vikings have a plan to keep Hockenson long-term and he does have a void year built into his contract. Doing so wouldn't be too impactful over the next four years, but it would help bring in another talented player to help the Vikings win in 2025.