Alright, alright, alright.
One day before the NFL’s regular season opener, the Vikings locked up a key member of the offensive line.
Brian O’Neill signed a 5-year extension worth $92.5 million on Wednesday. With an average salary of $18.5M per year, O’Neill becomes the second-highest-paid right tackle in the league. Only Ryan Ramczyk of the New Orleans Saints ($19.2M) averages more.
While we still don’t know how the deal is structured, this is a win for O’Neill. Multiple salary cap experts had predicted a deal in the $15-18M range. That number seemingly increased with recent RT extensions around the league (Ramczyk, Braden Smith, Taylor Moton).