Vikings' Keenum loves Minnesota, has yet to contemplate free agency
The Minnesota Vikings head toward free agency with all three of their quarterbacks possessing an expiring contract.
The one they leaned on most en route to the NFC Championship Game in Case Keenum is likely due for the biggest raise after he played the 2017 season on a one-year, $2-million contract.
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Keenum says he hasn't thought too much thought about his upcoming, life-altering free-agency decision, and spoke highly of the organization and state that allowed him to have a career year at the age of 29.
"I love this team, I love these guys, love the coaching staff. I love this whole organization; the Wilfs are awesome," Keenum said, according to Derek Wetmore of 1500 ESPN.
"The day I signed, I got a call from the owner welcoming me to the team. They don’t have to do that, that’s really cool ... The attitude and the character and just the culture they have around here is awesome. Not to mention Minnesota itself, man, the people here have been great."
Keenum was signed by the Vikings with the expectation of serving as the backup to Sam Bradford, but started all but one game after replacing an injured Bradford in Week 2.
The Vikings will have the potential to lock up Keenum for the 2018 season with the franchise tag, a deal that would pay him roughly 10 times what he made this year.
Teddy Bridgewater, the team's first-round pick in the 2014 draft, began the season on the physically unable to perform list, but was activated in early November and made a brief appearance in a Week 15 blowout victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.