Hey, everybody, welcome to the very first emergency podcast of the free agency period.

The Minnesota Vikings have signed Aaron Jones to a two-year, $20 million contract with

$13 million guaranteed. So Aaron Jones

returns to the Vikings backfield. And here's what I want to do. I want to start this

emergency podcast with a little PSA. Every time you see a price for a player, there's going to be some sticker shock for two

reasons. Number one, that's how the marketplace works in a year where there's not a lot of very

good free agents. So we'll go over that, what their other options were with this situation.

The other thing, too, is that the salary cap just went up.

And so since the salary cap just went up, last year paying Aaron Jones $7 million

is not different than this year paying him $10 million.

So two years, $ million with 13 million guaranteed

is also essentially a one year contract because 13 million and fully guaranteed is more

like one year contract type of money. So if he does not play well next year and they need to

move off of him, that's not a lot to be able to move off of and deal

with in dead cap space. So it's essentially more of a one year contract unless he plays well.

And then it will be a two year contract for 10 million. I mean, immediately what I'm seeing on

social media in the comment section is it's too much money. It's much money for Aaron Jones well last year Aaron Jones was the ninth best running back in terms of

Russian yards in the league average 4.6 yards per carry caught 51 passes and played too much

I think we all would agree that Aaron Jones was on the field more than he

should have been last year was one of his highest usage seasons that he's ever had. But when you look

at in comparison in the free agent market for running backs, and I think that we can agree that

even though this is a really good class in the draft, that if you're planning

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