While the four-year extension Adam Thielen signed on Monday puts plenty of cash in the wide receiver's bank account this year — $14.3 million, to be exact — it also keeps the Vikings' salary cap situation in check.
According to a source with access to NFLPA salary data, Thielen's cap hit is $8.105 million for 2019, just $5,000 more than the $8.1 million figure he was scheduled to carry this year on his old deal. In addition to a $9 million signing bonus, he gets a $4.3 million roster bonus this year, and a league-minimum $805,000 base salary.