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The first challenge for the Vikings' new GM? Solving the salary cap puzzle

After completing initial interviews with eight general manager candidates last week, the Vikings planned to bring Browns vice president of football operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Chiefs executive director of player personnel Ryan Poles to Minnesota for in-person interviews.

They plan to talk with Adofo-Mensah on Tuesday and Poles on Wednesday, possibly naming a successor to Rick Spielman soon after that. Then the new GM will get to work on the fundamental question facing the 2022 Vikings:

How will a team talented enough to make the Vikings' job one of the more desirable spots in the league satisfy ownership's expectation to remain "super-competitive" while dealing with the leftover costs of Spielman's last attempt to do so?