Jefferson's lucrative four-year, $140 million contract extension aligns with the duration of McCarthy's rookie deal. Minnesota has the runway to exploit the benefits of building around a rookie ...

Sam Darnold’s second straight Jets-esque performance in a primetime game, this one ending the Vikings’ season Monday night in the 27-9 wild-card loss to the Rams, has perhaps helped solidify ...

And for the NFL season’s first 17 weeks, Minnesota’s decision to sign Sam Darnold to a one-year, $10 million contract last spring looked like one of the league’s best bargains. Originally ...

Quarterback Sam Darnold will likely be the next NFL quarterback to make a lot of money in free agency. The Minnesota Vikings have a tough decision to make in the months ahead after their lopsided ...

Sam Darnold’s horrific stretch over the final two weeks of the Vikings’ season won’t have a detrimental impact on his future bottom line. That’s according to Bleacher Report’s James ...

Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell appeared to slam the door shut on Sam Darnold returning to the team following their playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. Darnold was ...

Brian Flores' swaggering defense was humbled. Most disappointing, and perhaps most impactful, fairy tale quarterback Sam Darnold lost his magic at exactly the wrong time. Darnold joins a storied ...

Once perceived as a journeyman quarterback, Sam Darnold has found a home in Minnesota. Or has he? Darnold’s future as a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings could hinge on his performance in the ...

Sam Darnold picked the right time to have a career year. But in the coming weeks, that's likely to create unique dilemmas for both the 27-year-old quarterback and the Minnesota Vikings.

Sam Darnold and the Minnesota Vikings' season was lost on Monday night. So too with it might have been a lucrative offseason for Darnold following 17 weeks' worth of a feel-good story. Darnold was ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- At the dawn of the new year, Sam Darnold was a folk hero in Minnesota. Not only did the quarterback -- no longer locally branded a reclamation project, but rather a full-blown ...

Once perceived as a journeyman quarterback, Sam Darnold has found a home in Minnesota. Or has he? Darnold’s future as a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings could hinge on his performance in ...