The recent status of Kyle Rudolph has been a big talking point for the Minnesota Vikings ever since they drafted tight end Irv Smith Jr. in the second round of last month’s NFL Draft. As the Vikings are turning over the couch to try to find salary cap space, the team went to Rudolph to try to restructure or extend his contract to create relief needed to sign its draft class.
Those talks haven’t gone well as Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reported that Rudolph and his agent Brian Murphy had broken off extension talks despite the team offering a five-year contract extension this offseason.