The Facts: Following 10 seasons and two Pro Bowl trips as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Rudolph has been released by the team. "Thank you Minnesota!! Although my time as a Viking has come to a close, my time as a MINNESOTAN is just getting started!" Rudolph said in an article on The Players' Tribune.

Diehards Line:Rudolph was set for the second season of a four-year, $36 million and set to make a base salary of $7.65 million. Cutting Rudolph will save the Vikings a bit more than $5 million in cap space and $8 million in case for 2021, Pelissero added. Taken in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Vikings, the 31-year-old Rudolph is now bound for free agency for the first time in his career. Irv Smith Jr. moves into the lead role at the position with Rudolph gone.