Five takeaways from Vikings GM Rick Spielman’s press conference Wednesday

Minnesota Vikings GM Rick Spielman addressed the Danielle Hunter situation, the linebacker problem, Kirk Cousins ahead of 2021 free agency.

Vikings GM Rick Spielman discussed everything offseason with reporters recently. Minnesota has big decisions to make in 2021 free agency and the NFL draft coming up.

Choices of who to keep and who to let go will be difficult. The team already released tight end Kyle Rudolph, but with the way the salary cap is likely looking, it will probably have to make more cutbacks.

Sometimes it’s hard to gauge what is actually going to play out this offseason if you’re going off of what front office people around the league are saying in press conferences. That said, it can be interesting to parse through what general managers and others are willing to say publicly.

Here are some key points Spielman made to the media on Wednesday: