Long underpaid and somewhat underappreciated, veteran Minnesota Vikings pass rusher Danielle Hunter got a major pay increase early in training camp that will give him a minimum of $17 million this season with an additional $3 million available with incentives. He was going to earn under $5 million previously until this recent renegotiation.
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Danielle Hunter, EDGE | Minnesota Vikings
Hunter, who turns 29 later this month, is off to a career-best start with eight sacks in his first eight games.
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Known in personnel circles for his size, strength, and speed, the ninth-year edge rusher could really help a team that is looking to make a deep playoff run. And as a league source told us recently, Hunter’s ability to play in multiple defensive schemes (has played with 4-3 and 3-4 defensive alignments in his career) should give teams interested in him the belief that he could contribute right away.
While Minnesota is currently just one game out of an NFC Wild Card spot, there’s a strong belief in personnel circles that the Vikings don’t have a realistic chance to make the playoffs this season, and the reality is that this is a team that’s in transition and needs to rebuild in some areas.