Why the Vikings that Justin Jefferson expanded were a no-brainer despite the long wait (2024)

Eagan, Minn.- The weirdest who happened on the way toJustin Jefferson's Four -year -od, $ 140 million contract extension ($ 110 million guaranteed) withMinnesota VikingsThat he accepted on Monday: it took more than a year to negotiate and was complicated, so an absurd level of public discussion about wisdom arose by completely signing him.

Jefferson is not a Quarterback but wants quarterback -money, as a popular chorus went.

There was much more.

It took two months to return from a hamstring injury last season when the Vikings recorded a much better record without him (5-2) than with him (2-8).

The design seems to give a handful of elite -level recipients every year.

It is not necessary to pay a premium salary to a broad recipient if there is no proven quarterback according to the security schedule.

He has made a number of iconic catches and Yardage hit a historical level, but also peopleJulio JonesInDeAndre HopkinsBefore their career stopped.

So let's be clear once and for all about what happened here.

The Vikings locked the most important years of a player who has produced the best opening of a career for everyone in his position in the history of the pro football.From 98.3 meters per day.vecht is the highest in the NFL story -for every career period.

There is of course a project level in this statement.team to make this effort than when the quarterback - ultimately # 10 general choiceJ.J.McCarthy, In the case of Vikings - a Rookie contract with a controlled salary has at least the following three seasons.

In Minnesota there is an understandable level of scar tissue of incorrectly placed faith in broad recipients.Randy MossPlayed from a job at the age of 27 and was traded in 2005.The same happened withPercy Harvinin 2013 at the age of 25 and laterStefon DiggsBy 2020 at the age of 27.

But the only communities they have with Jefferson are that they play the same position and are set up in the first round with the exception of Diggs.Level and consistency is undoubtedly.He supported Quarterback returnKirk Neven and NichtersBut stayed away from pushing the front office of the team on its final decision.

The nearest Jefferson has come to wear Diva's behavior during interviews, which he will one day be attributed to an approval agreement.Social substance.There is no reason to assume that his departure would have been the addition of deduction, even if he explains the resistance of design elections, he could have been picked up if the Vikings had pursued a trade.

With this deal, however, Jefferson has now gone from a promising star to franchise -corner stones.Sam DarnoldFor McCarthy they will not only rely on Jefferson for production on the field, but also to put a course in the dressing room.

Of course there is no reason to believe that Jefferson is not ready.

"I go behind 'Jets'," Jefferson wrote in the text according to McCarthy.

Expansion of Jefferson's contract was an expensive but easy decision.