Pass rusher Jonathan Greenard parlayed a career year in Houston into a $76 million payday with the Minnesota Vikings, according to multiple reports.
Minnesota also agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal with Dolphins linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel and a three-year contract with Texans linebacker Blake Cashman.
Greenard’s contract includes $42 million guaranteed, according to his agents, Robert Bailey and Drew Rosenhaus, who also shared the details of the Van Ginkel move.
Greenard had a career-best 12.5 sacks, 52 tackles and 22 quarterback hits during the 2023 season but general manager Nick Caserio opted to allow Greenard to test free agency.
The Vikings are expected to lose their own top pass rusher, Danielle Hunter, in a revamped defense under Brian Flores.
Flores was head coach of the Dolphins when Miami drafted Van Ginkel out of Wisconsin in the fifth round in 2019.
Van Ginkel turns 29 in June and had 17 sacks — 6.0 in 2023 — with 250 tackles and one interception in Miami.
Greenard, 26, was drafted in the third round in 2020 and posted 23 sacks, three forced fumbles and an interception in 49 regular-season games.
Caserio said at the NFL Scouting Combine “availability” was the biggest question with Greenard through four seasons as a pro. He missed 15 games in his first four years in the league.
Cashman, a native of Eden Prairie, Minn., who played at the University of Minnesota, is coming home for a three-year contract worth up to $25.5 million, the NFL Network reported with Cashman’s agent as a source.
Cashman, 27, started 13 of the 14 games he played last season for the Houston, totaling 106 tackles with nine tackles for loss, two sacks and one interception.
He has career totals of 181 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks playing 44 games (21 starts) for the New York Jets (2019-21) and Texans.
The Jets, who selected Cashman in the fifth round of the 2019 draft, traded him to the Texans in March 2022 for a 2023 sixth-round pick.
–Field Level Media
