The Minnesota Vikings made recent headlines by signing their best player and arguably the best wide receiver in the league in Justin Jefferson to a massive extension.
The extension goes for four years and is worth a whopping $140 million with $110 million guaranteed.
It is the largest contract for any non-quarterback in NFL history.
Fox Sports’s Colin Cowherd recently revealed four reasons on The Herd for exactly why Minnesota needed to pay the three-time All-Pro.
“J.J. McCarthy is gonna need help and Justin Jefferson attracts double coverage…The Vikings have an offensive coach…The NFC is probably the best offensive division in football…The sport is telling you they want receivers to excel,” Cowherd said.
“This was not always a position that I thought deserved to be highly compensated. It is now.”
— @ColinCowherd lists four reasons the Vikings had to pay Justin Jefferson pic.twitter.com/fLtzxH4kqY
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) June 3, 2024
The bottom line is that the Vikings got it done.
Jefferson is probably the best skill player to come through Minnesota since Adrian Peterson and the best wide receiver since Randy Moss.
He holds the NFL record for most receiving yards through a player’s first four NFL seasons.
The former national champion at LSU has recorded over 1,000 yards each season, including last year when he started just 9 games.
If Minnesota did not have Jefferson, they might not be seen as formidable threats each year.
Looking ahead to the 2024 season, rookie J.J. McCarthy, as Cowherd noted, is going to need all the help he can get in a division with contenders in the Lions and Packers.
The Bears might not be slouches either.
To lock up Jefferson for the future and to bring in former Pro Bowl back Aaron Jones earlier this offseason, along with already having a rising star in receiver Jordan Addison and Pro Bowl tight end T.J. Hockenson, Minnesota is in great shape for the foreseeable future.
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