McKinnie signs seven-year extension

The Vikings have agreed to terms with left tackle Bryant McKinnie on a seven-year, $48.5 million contract extension that includes a league-record $18.1 million in guaranteed money for an offensive lineman, according to a person close to the situation.
But per league rules, McKinnie's $900,000 base salary this season was guaranteed this week, and he will be guaranteed another $17.25 million.
The deal was delicate because all-pro guard Steve Hutchinson signed a seven-year, $49 million contract that stipulated that he had to be the Vikings' highest paid lineman. But the Vikings and McKinnie's agent, Ben Dogra of CAA, got around that by making McKinnie's deal worth $48.5 million over seven years.