Free Agency Preview & Kirk Cousins Contract

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With quite a few Vikings players becoming free agents, who should we be prioritizing to re-sign? Is the team facing any tough choices in regards to free agents?

Can you believe that free agency is already here? (Or that the Vikings 2021 season has already been over for more than two months).

But, as usual, the NFL’s cycle keeps on spinning, as we have now arrived at one of the most frenzied weeks of the offseason.

A quick recap of how free agency works.

The legal tampering period begins today at 11 a.m. (CT), and might have already started depending on what time you’re reading this. That window goes until 3 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, when the NFL’s New League Year begins.

At that time, teams can officially sign free agents they have negotiated with the past two days, and all teams must also be below the league’s set salary cap of $208.8 million (plus any money teams rolled over).

And oh yes, any potential trades that are in the works can now become official, too. (Wonder if there will be any of the latter around the league?)