Outside of the “will they or won’t they” discussion surrounding quarterback Kirk Cousins, the biggest topic of discussion of the offseason for the Minnesota Vikings is the contract status of wide receiver Justin Jefferson. Jefferson is entering the fifth-year option season of his rookie contract with a guaranteed salary of $19.7 million. That number is so high because, well, Justin Jefferson has been more productive than any wide receiver in NFL history through this stage of his career and has just been awesome in general.
While there has been significant hand wringing over why the Vikings and Jefferson haven’t gotten a deal done yet, one prominent football writer has suggested that maybe the Vikings shouldn’t worry about that at all.