The Minnesota Vikings have the misfortune of playing in what many consider to be the best division in football, and the top dogs of the NFC North just got even more menacing now that the Detroit Lions locked up star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson on Wednesday.
Hutchinson agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $180 million, giving him a $45 million average annual value that trails only Micah Parsons among pass rushers in the NFL. If only the Vikings could draft and retain some of their top talent in the same way their rivals in Michigan have managed.