Free agent center Garrett Bradbury is returning to the Minnesota Vikings.
Ian Rapoport, who reports for NFL Network, says it’s a three-year deal worth $15.75 million.
Bradbury re-signing as a free agent means Minnesota keeps the middle of their offensive line intact. In fact, the 2023 offensive line could be the same as the 2022 line, featuring tackles Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill, left guard Ezra Cleveland and right guard Ed Ingram.
Minnesota also beefed up its blocking by signing one of the best blocking tight ends in the league, Josh Oliver. More on him here.
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Minnesota Vikings free agent center Garrett Bradbury has reportedly narrowed his list of suitors to two teams.
On SKOR North’s Mackey & Judd Tuesday morning, Judd Zulgad said he received a text message from Minnesota sports insider Darren Wolfson about Bradbury.
Zulgad said: “Garrett Bradbury, according to [Wolfson], is down to two teams in his free agency quest. The Vikings are one. We don’t know the second team. There’s some speculation it might be Seattle, but that’s complete speculation.”
You can watch that part back beginning at the 27:54 mark of the video below.
According to OverTheCap, the Vikings were approximately $9.9 million over the cap before reports of the team converting part of Kirk Cousins’s contract to create $16 million in cap space. They need to be cap compliant by Wednesday when the NFL’s new league year begins.
How much is Bradbury going to get as a free agent? Well, the Titans gave Andre Dillard, who only started nine games in three years after being drafted 22nd overall in 2019 – three picks after the Vikings took Bradbury – a three-year, $29 million deal.
Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press, meanwhile, is reporting that the Vikings could re-sign backup center Austin Schlottmann. He also said Bradbury could return.
The Vikings are looking into the possibility of re-signing free-agent center Austin Schlottmann but it remains to be seen what happens. The Vikings must address their center spot and starter Garrett Bradbury is a free agent they could re-sign.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) March 14, 2023
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