TheGoldSeat

The Minnesota Vikings today released veteran QB Brad Johnson. Reports also say that Fred “call me captain” Smoot and Jermaine “Wiggy” Wiggins are also on their way out. This is important because with these cuts along with other factors the following was written in the Star Tribune:

The Vikings’ salary cap space, widely reported at $12.4 million last month, will jump to nearly $30 million by tonight because of incentive calculations and other pre-market maneuvers. In addition to releasing Smoot and possibly Wiggins, the Vikings also are attempting to reach a contract extension with defensive end Darrion Scott — a restricted free agent — and would like to restructure the contract of tight end Jim Kleinsasser, whose base salary is $2.9 million for 2007. ”

We had a brief discussion about this a few weeks ago. when discussing the signing of a backup QB among other needs the Vikings have. While we’re in the midst of a snowstorm we can say that the NFL free agent market is getting HOT and the Vikings are set up to be a major player.