Commited: Vikings Reach Agreement With $41 Million Pro Bowler After Coach’s Comments

The Minnesota Vikings are taking proactive steps to retain one of their most important offensive players, running back Aaron Jones.

Signed to a one-year, $7 million contract that he signed with the Vikings in free agency during the 2024 offseason, Jones has reached an agreement with the organization that could help facilitate his return.

“The Vikings and RB Aaron Jones agreed to move the void date on his contract from this Monday until the final day before free agency,” ESPN’s Field Yates reported on X on February 15. “If Jones had not been extended by Monday, the team would have taken on $3.2M in dead money in 2025.

“This expands the window for Jones and Minnesota to continue to negotiate a new deal that would avoid that amount hitting the cap in full for 2025.”

“It doesn’t guarantee a new deal will be reached,” Yates said in the post, “but it buys time for both sides if there is interest in hammering one out before free agency.”

Jones, 30, set career-highs with 255 carries for 1,138 yards in 2024, crossing the goal line five times on the ground. He also added another 408 yards and 2TDs on 51 receptions. He is the first Vikings back to amass at least 1,500 yards from scrimmage since Dalvin Cook in 2020.

Jones, 30, set career-highs with 255 carries for 1,138 yards in 2024, crossing the goal line five times on the ground. He also added another 408 yards and 2TDs on 51 receptions. He is the first Vikings back to amass at least 1,500 yards from scrimmage since Dalvin Cook in 2020.