Vikings Get Good News Ahead of Historic Offseason

The Minnesota Vikings‘ new regime has defined much of its tenure as a competitive rebuild while Kirk Cousins was on the cap sheet.

The roster had atrophied over the years as core veterans aged out and poor drafting and a lack of cap space allowed few fortifications to be made through free agency.

Those days are gone. The Vikings ate $28.5 million in dead cap to part ways with Cousins last offseason.

And now, they’re poised to have a historic offseason in the wake of the NFL’s salary cap announcement less than a month before free agency.

The NFL sent a league memo to teams on Wednesday, February 19, announcing the salary cap range for the 2025 season — between $277.5 million to $281.5 million per team.

The estimated range is more than clubs had been anticipating. In December, teams were budgeting for a salary cap of $265 million to $275 million. Regardless of where it lands, every club will have more than projected,” NFL.com’s Kevin Patra wrote.

The NFL’s salary cap continues to skyrocket at the right time for the Vikings who have cleaned up its cap situation over the years. With Wednesday’s news, Minnesota is projected to have in the ballpark of $65 million in cap space to spend ahead of free agency — the most in franchise history