When the Minnesota Vikings hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, it was a big gamble by the team’s ownership. They had just said goodbye to the successful but explosive partnership between Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman and weren’t interested in a long-term rebuild.

The Minnesota Vikings believe in the vision general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has for the organization's future. The team handed Adofo-Mensah a multiyear contract extension Friday after the team made the playoffs in two of his three seasons at the helm, it announced.