By Chris Tomasson

Pioneer Press

Matt Cassel expressed some disappointment last season about not getting more of a chance to be Minnesota’s starting quarterback.

Now he can find out if the Vikings really want him.

According to multiple reports Wednesday, Cassel will void his contract for 2014 and become a free agent. That doesn’t necessarily mean Cassel’s time with the Vikings is done, but they would have to offer suitable money and some assurances to get him back.

Cassel, 31, has until Friday to void a contract that would have paid him $3.7 million for next season. The Vikings also had an option they could enact next month to release him or guarantee him at least $500,000 of his contract for 2014.

Cassel now can test the open market and can see how a Minnesota deal might stack up.

The nine-year veteran was the last man standing in Minnesota’s quarterback chaos last season, starting the last four games and six overall in a 5-10-1 season. Christian Ponder, now the only Vikings’ quarterback under contract for next season, got nine starts and Josh Freeman one.

Coach Leslie Frazier was fired after the season and replaced by Mike Zimmer, who installed Norv Turner as his offensive coordinator.

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