{"id":508254,"date":"2026-03-07T00:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508254\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:58:12","slug":"vikings-restructure-contracts-of-justin-jefferson-christian-darrisaw-byron-murphy-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508254\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings restructure contracts of Justin Jefferson, Christian Darrisaw, Byron Murphy: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Justin Jefferson was set to cost nearly $39 million against the Vikings’ salary cap in 2026 before this restructuring. David Berding \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

March 6, 2026Updated 4:01 pm EST<\/p>\n

The Minnesota Vikings are restructuring the contracts of wide receiver Justin Jefferson, left tackle Christian Darrisaw and cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. to clear salary-cap space for 2026, according to team sources.<\/p>\n

Jefferson, Darrisaw and Murphy all signed long-term deals in recent years. These moves offer cap flexibility.<\/p>\n

Minnesota entered this offseason facing a significant cap deficit. Before releases and these restructures, the Vikings were facing about a $46.6 million hurdle, according to Over the Cap.<\/p>\n

Interim general manager Rob Brzezinski\u2019s salary-cap expertise<\/a> offers a benefit in this situation. As part of the cap crunch, the Vikings are also expected to release the following players: center Ryan Kelly, running back Aaron Jones<\/a>, defensive tackle Javon Hargrave and defensive tackle Jonathan Allen.<\/p>\n

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Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Jefferson was set to cost nearly $39 million against the Vikings’ salary cap in 2026 before this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,8851,398,396,397,349,99],"class_list":["post-508254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}