4 ways the Vikings can make a trade work with the salary cap

The Vikings are without much wiggle room on the salary cap, but they do have ways to maneuver around it. Here are four that make sense

The Minnesota Vikings are in a position where they could be buyers at the trade deadline. Sitting at 5-1 with a quasi-3.5 game lead in the NFC North, the Vikings have excellent odds to take their first NFC North crown since 2017.

One of the ways the Vikings can improve their chances to make a run this season is by making a trade and improving the roster this year. We have explored in a few pieces so far about what the Vikings could or should do at the deadline, but there is a catch. The Vikings don’t have a lot of cap space.

There are ways around that, but they can be costly. We identified four ways for the Vikings could create cap space.

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