Vikings praised for tricky contract extension ahead of 2026 season

Contract extensions are always tricky. It's easy to pay a player too much, or too little. So, when the Minnesota Vikings extended offensive tackle Brian O'Neill with a four-year, $96 million deal, it got a lot of attention.Was it too much? Did the Vikings need to make that deal right now? Those were some of the obvious questions.Seth Walder of ESPN has a feature out on Friday about some of the biggest contract extensions during the NFL offseason. In the piece, he's "evaluating the decisions teams make, considering the player in question, the price and the rest of the team's roster, cap situation and time horizon to contention."Minnesota Vikings made a good deal with contract extensionFor the Vikings, Walder is a fan of their extension of O'Neill, noting that the player has "always performe