Vikings Have Made No Attempt To Sign Case Keenum To An Extension

Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reports that the Vikings have made no attempts to sign QB Case Keenum to an extension, even though he’s in the midst of an impressive season and has Minnesota in a great position to possibly secure home-field advantage in the playoffs.

Sources have told La Canfora that not have the Vikings not made Keenum an offer, but Keenum’s representatives have not made any inquiries, either.

Keenum will be an unrestricted free agent after the 2017 season and several rival executives have told La Canfora that they believe the Vikings may have to use the transition or franchise tag to keep him from test the open market.

La Canfora says that it could ultimately cost the Vikings over  $18 million per year to retain Keenum on a two-three bridge contract and his asking price will only increase based on how the team performs in the playoffs.

If Vikings OC Pat Shurmur ends up landing a head-coaching job, La Canfora believes he could try to take Keenum with him to his new team, considering the success they’ve had this year.

Minnesota will also have to decide on impending free agent quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Teddy Bridgewater.

Keenum, 29, wound up signing on with the Texans as an undrafted free agent out of Houston back in 2013. He spent two years with the Texans before he was claimed off of waivers by the Rams.

Keenum later returned to the Texans before being traded back to the Rams for a 2016 seventh-round pick. The Rams elected to use a first-round tender on Keenum last year that paid him $3.635 million for the 2016 season.

The Vikings signed Keenum to a one-year, $2 million contract this offseason, so he’ll be an unrestricted free agent again next year.

In 2017, Keenum has appeared in 14 games for the Vikings thrown for 3,358 yards while completing 67.3 percent of his passes to go along with 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He has also rushed for 160 yards and a touchdown.

Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 9 quarterback out of 39 qualifying players.

We have him featured in our Top 25 – 2018 NFL Free Agents list.