The Minnesota Vikings are looking to extend superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson and things got a little more difficult on Wednesday. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the San Francisco 49ers signed edge rusher Nick Bosa to a five-year, $170 million extension with $122.5 million guaranteed.
That extension gives Bosa an average of $34 million per season, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the National Football League.
Buy Vikings TicketsThe path to getting an extension done with Jefferson is more difficult because of Bosa’s contract. The most money for a wide receiver is with Tyreek Hill at $30 million per season. The last year of that contract is unlikely to be played out at it’s current number. Davante Adams got $28.5 million per season the same offseason.
Those numbers were already expected to be surpassed, but exceeding Bosa’s $34 million will be an expensive and unprecedented contract for a wide receiver.
General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah will have a tough negotiation get even tougher with this contract.
