In typical Vikings fashion, the front office extended the contract of a homegrown talent without overly affecting this year’s salary cap.
Danielle Hunter’s mega five-year extension worth $72 million officially kicks in 2019, following the final year of his rookie deal this fall. He immediately pockets a $15 million signing bonus, which is what drops the team’s remaining cap number for this season by a prorated amount of $3,156,806, according to a summary of the contract obtained by the Star Tribune.
The Vikings have $14,061,115 remaining in cap space after Hunter’s new deal was factored into public NFLPA records.