3. Minnesota will cut Riley Reiff
If Minnesota wants a chance at re-signing Harris or landing any free agents that could help this team, they need to make more decisions that will free up space in the salary cap.
A decent plan would be to cut Reiff. The Vikings save $8.8 million if they terminate Reiff’s contract, and it creates $4.4 million in dead money. I’m fine with re-signing Reiff to a smaller deal after that, but I don’t know if keeping him under contract as it is would be the best plan of action for Minnesota. Cutting Reiff doesn’t free up a ton of space, but it makes some difference. The Vikings will have to decide on Reiff’s future soon.