Will Fries signing with the Minnesota Vikings - 5 years, $88M
 

Minnesota strikes again - the Vikes apparently REALLY liked the Colts IOL. Or maybe it is Grigs revenge?!?


https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1899451511916171407

https://x.com/ZachHicks2/status/1899454785621053712

Holy shit... I wanted Fries back, but I did not see almost $18m/yr coming.

Same here, but you know there are some who will blame Ballard for being cheap, lol.

Especially for a guy coming off an injury

Vikings loading up on former Colts: Kelly, Fries, Isaiah Rodgers signed.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, I just look at $20m and think Nelson... But really, the market/cap keeps going up so it shouldn't be that shocking. Especially with the film he had.

Also, I probably had this delusion that he was our best kept secret. There are no secrets.

I wonder what the Colts offered.

I believe the contract currently checks in as the 11th highest AAV contract for Guards in the NFL...so 11th highest out of 64 starters.


Yeah, I saw fans of a lot of different teams hoping to sign Fries over the last two days.

That seems to be a little high, but close to market value. It just seemed to be a lot higher than the average RG price tag to me.

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That dominant playoff win in 1968 has convinced them that their players are what they need.




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$88,000,000.00!
Get your money, Will Fries!

Indeed. HUGE payday for a 7th Round Draft pick.

And by all accounts a good dude.

I’m happy for him.

Yeah, this sucks. I was hoping we'd get him back on a reasonable show me contract b/c of the injury. Good for him at cashing in big time.

We should re-sign Glow and draft an OG as well.

I'm concerned about this O-Line. Need veteran depth.

With the rumblings that were going around, I'd expected something like 4/64, but 5/88 was not something I thought I'd see. No reason to pay him at that price.

We didn't have veteran depth last year, went with Goncalves and Bortolini. But have to replicate that in the draft again. I fully agree, depth is a huge concern across the entire roster.

We have now resigned both French and Pinter, so there is some inside experience.

We could have used the extra cap space spent on bring in Jones over a cheaper back up (like Minshew) to have re-signed Kelly.

Here were a few of the teams in the Fries bidding war:


https://x.com/AlbertBreer/status/1899457782715232351

One reporter covering the Giants has stated that Fries' final decision was between the Vikings and Giants.

Besides money, the Giants could have offered a bit of a homecoming for Fries. He was born in Staten Island and grew up in Cranford, NJ - located relatively close to NYC.


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