The Green Bay Packers instantly became the favorite in the NFC North last week when they traded with Dallas for All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons and gifted him a $186 million contract worth an average of $46 million a year over four seasons.

Wonder whether the Minnesota Vikings at least made a phone call to the Cowboys about Parsons? It’s doubtful. That’s because the Vikings’ payroll this season is the highest in the NFL at $341 million. And the Vikings already have two pass rushers in Jonathan Greenard ($19 million this season) and Andrew Van Ginkel ($18 million this season).

It’s not that the Vikings wouldn’t have loved to have Parsons, but they simply wouldn’t have been able to fit him into their payroll.

The Vikings, though, did trade with Carolina for Adam Thielen. They needed a w

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