Update:
Tom Pelissero reports that the Vikings and LB Anthony Barr are finalizing a revised contract that will pay him $10 million in 2021, which is down from $12.3 million.
Beyond that, Barr gets $9.4 million fully guaranteed salary along with $500,000 in per-game roster bonuses and a $100,000 workout bonus. He can earn another $500,000 if he makes the Pro Bowl.
Barr will be a free agent in 2022.
According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, the Vikings and LB Anthony Barr are working on a restructured contract that would reduce his $12.3 million salary.
However, in return for reducing his salary, Barr would become a free agent in 2022, as opposed to 2024.
The Vikings will get some cap room with this move.
Barr suffered a season-ending pectoral tear a few weeks into the 2020 season that led to him spending most of the year on injured reserve.
Barr, 28, was taken with the No. 9 overall pick by the Vikings back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year $12,743,500 rookie contract and made a base salary of $2,157,750 for the 2017 season.
The Vikings elected to pick up his Barr’s fifth-year option, which paid him around $12.306 million for the 2018 season. He entered unrestricted free agency in 2019 and, after initially committing to the Jets, returned to the Vikings on a five-year, $67.5 million deal.
In 2020, Barr was limited to appearing in two games for the Vikings and recorded six tackles and no sacks.
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