After the Vikings invested $11 million in Matt Kalil last spring, head coach Mike Zimmer liked the early preseason returns from tweaked footwork in pass protection sets.
Then Kalil injured his hip in practice, starting the left tackle down a path leading to surgery and 14 games on injured reserve. So the hefty bet fell flat as the Vikings tried to make one more evaluation on Kalil as a long-term solution.
Now, the Vikings have a hole at left tackle with no heir apparent on the current 2017 roster. So where does that leave Kalil, a pending free agent, and the Vikings?