The Vikings went with continuity on special teams this past season. Kicker Dan Bailey, long snapper Austin Cutting and punter/holder Britton Colquitt all stayed with the team.
Cutting was waived during the season. The team released Bailey this week. Colquitt, the last player of the three still on the roster, appears to be coming back, at least.
Vikings general manager Rick Spielman said on KFAN that the team restructured with Colquitt (H/T Ben Goessling of the Star Tribune). The move marks yet another cap-saving measure for the team this offseason.
Colquitt will be playing for the veteran minimum of $1.075 million, saving Minnesota almost $1.3 million in cap space for 2021, per Goessling. With that decision, the Vikings will have around $10 million in 2021 cap space. They’ve come a long way from when this season’s base cap was first announced.
Besides Bailey, the Vikings have released key contributors like TE Kyle Rudolph and LT Riley Reiff after the season was over. Now, Minnesota is the only team in the NFC North that has positive cap space, according to Over The Cap.
