Cactus Jack wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Will Fries just got a big time contract as well.
The Vikings haven’t had a good interior O Line since the Hutchinson/Birk era which is sadly 15 years ago.
So ya the Fries/Kelly upgrade is more than welcomed for me haha.
The Guard market is insane.
Will Fries- 5 years, $88m (Vikings)
Aaron Banks- 4 years, $77m (Packers)
Aaron Banks is an average starting Guard who got $19m per year. It's lunacy.
I wonder how Mekari stacks up
Cause from what I hear, he's average to below average, and we got him for 3 years 37.5, which is 12.5 per
Which is like, something of a theme with the Jags, is none of our OL are on value deals per se (other than Anton Harrison who's a rookie), but none of them are on huge deals either. The highest value contract we signed on the OL is Walker Little, at 3 years 40 million (26 guaranteed) which isn't nothing but it's only the 50th highest total (49th highest average), just under what Drew Dalman, a C, got from Chicago
Which means we're free to draft OL and not need them right away but be able to move on from the current guys if they are, and I think that's the plan right now. I wouldn't be surprised if we take Will Campbell at 5, but we can go in a bunch of directions there.