The Minnesota Vikings offseason program starts on Monday, April 17th and the first domino has fallen. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, star edge Danielle Hunter is not expected to attend voluntary workouts.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Hunter wants a new contract and his cash coming in this year is only $4.9 million, massively under market value for a player of his caliber. According to Over The Cap, his salary cap hit is $13.12 million and the Vikings don’t have a lot of cap space to maneuver.
There has been some speculation that Hunter could be used as a piece in a trade. While anything is possible, look for the Vikings to try and work something out with Hunter on the contract front.