The Vikings continued their offensive reshuffling on Friday, announcing the release of sixth-year wideout Jarius Wright (Twitter link). According to Mark Craig of the Star Tribune, part of the timing with the move is to allow the receiver time to find another team (Twitter link).
The move helps free up cap space to allow the Vikings to sign the likes of Kirk Cousins and Sheldon Richardson. Wright was due a $3.6 MM base salary in 2018, and the move frees up $2.64 MM in cap space. He will count $2.12 MM in dead money.
In 2017, the slot receiver notched 18 receptions for 198 yards and two touchdowns. He added another six catches for 107 yards in two postseason games. Drafted by the team in the fourth round in 2012, Wright logged 153 receptions for 2,039 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Wright was a solid contributor with the Vikings and earned a 75.1 grade from Pro Football Focus.
I swear all 18 of those receptions were converting on 3rd down. Always liked Jarius and I hope he finds a team that can utilize him more.
Woo Pig, Jarius. You’ll hook on elsewhere.
I always felt that he was underused, he’s not quite a WR2, but a very good WR3, he’s gonna make some team just that much better
I’m going to miss Jarius. He always seemed to make the big catch when needed. Time for Treadwell to nut up or he’s next.