When general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah took over for Rick Spielman, the health of the salary cap wasn’t very good. There were bad contracts everywhere and it was Adofo-Mensah’s job to fix it.
Over the last 18 months, the Minnesota Vikings have done a great job in maneuvering to set themselves up for the future while staying competitive now. Unfortunately, it means you have to take on some dead salary cap to achieve that.
Buy Vikings TicketsAfter the Vikings signed T.J. Hockenson to his extension, it gave the Vikings much-needed salary cap relief. What is the health of the salary cap this season and beyond? Over The Cap has all the data we need to take a look.
2023
Salary cap space: $3,486,128 across 54 players
Dead cap: $39,715,734 across 18 players
2024
Salary cap space: $47,557,572 across 40 players
Dead cap: $3,101,273 across 2 players
2025
Salary cap space: $167,601,862 across 30 players
Dead cap: $0
2026
Salary cap space: $254,240,109 across 13 players
Dead cap: $0
