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UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#1 » by hermes » Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:37 pm

i'm not sure when the last cuts are supposed to be but here is the latest prediction from espn
http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vikin ... api_public

QUARTERBACKS (3)
Matt Cassel
Teddy Bridgewater
Christian Ponder

RUNNING BACKS (4)
Adrian Peterson
Matt Asiata
Jerick McKinnon
Jerome Felton

WIDE RECEIVERS (6)
Greg Jennings
Cordarrelle Patterson
Jerome Simpson
Jarius Wright
Adam Thielen
Rodney Smith

TIGHT ENDS (3)
Kyle Rudolph
Rhett Ellison
Allen Reisner

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (8)
Matt Kalil
Charlie Johnson
John Sullivan
Brandon Fusco
Phil Loadholt
Joe Berger
David Yankey
Vlad Ducasse

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (8)
Everson Griffen
Sharrif Floyd
Linval Joseph
Brian Robison
Corey Wootton
Fred Evans
Tom Johnson
Scott Crichton

LINEBACKERS (7)
Anthony Barr
Jasper Brinkley
Chad Greenway
Gerald Hodges
Audie Cole
Michael Mauti
Larry Dean

DEFENSIVE BACKS (11)
Xavier Rhodes
Captain Munnerlyn
Josh Robinson
Shaun Prater
Marcus Sherels
Jabari Price
Harrison Smith
Andrew Sendejo
Robert Blanton
Kurt Coleman
Chris Crocker

SPECIALISTS (3)
Blair Walsh
Jeff Locke
Cullen Loeffler
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Re: predict the final roster 

Post#2 » by hermes » Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:41 pm

i mostly agree, i think there will be another d-lineman (shamar stephen?), and that would probably mean one less d-back. i know we were back in the secondary last year and its unsettled now but 11 seems like a lot

only other thing is that i, like others on here, like banyard a little more than asiata - but i think that is a long shot for joe to make that jump - is there a chance felton doesn't make it and banyard does?
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Post#3 » by hermes » Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:50 pm

oh and simpson's official suspension is for three games (he won't count against the roster during that time)
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Re: predict the final roster 

Post#4 » by Worm Guts » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:45 pm

Chase Ford is interesting, he looked pretty decent last year when Rudolph went out. Of course keeping him might mean cutting Reisner who has scored a bunch of TD's this preseason.

I'd be surprised if they cut Shamar Stephen.

At RB, I think I like both Banyard and Dom Williams better as pure runners than Asiata, but it looks like Asiata has his spot locked up.
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Post#5 » by hermes » Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:53 pm

forgot about ford, i liked him a lot at the end of the year. its too bad he's hurt but the other guys have stepped up in his place

doesn't seem like a guy can make the team if they have been injured the whole preseason (if they are kind of on the fringe to begin with)
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Re: predict the final roster 

Post#6 » by hermes » Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:36 pm

jamarca sanford goes to the IR and fred evans got released
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Re: predict the final roster 

Post#7 » by hermes » Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:33 am

so here it is, and i'm pretty surprised
http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vikin ... api_public

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QUARTERBACKS (3)
Matt Cassel
Teddy Bridgewater
Christian Ponder

RUNNING BACKS (5)
Adrian Peterson
Matt Asiata
Jerick McKinnon
Jerome Felton
Zach Line

WIDE RECEIVERS (5)
Greg Jennings
Cordarrelle Patterson
Jarius Wright
Adam Thielen
Rodney Smith

TIGHT ENDS (2)
Kyle Rudolph
Rhett Ellison

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (9)
Matt Kalil
Charlie Johnson
John Sullivan
Brandon Fusco
Phil Loadholt
Joe Berger
David Yankey
Vlad Ducasse
Austin Wentworth

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (8)
Everson Griffen
Sharrif Floyd
Linval Joseph
Brian Robison
Corey Wootton
Tom Johnson
Scott Crichton
Shamar Stephen

LINEBACKERS (8)
Anthony Barr
Jasper Brinkley
Chad Greenway
Gerald Hodges
Audie Cole
Michael Mauti
Larry Dean
Brandon Watts

DEFENSIVE BACKS (10)
Xavier Rhodes
Captain Munnerlyn
Josh Robinson
Shaun Prater
Marcus Sherels
Jabari Price
Harrison Smith
Andrew Sendejo
Robert Blanton
Antone Exum

SPECIALISTS (3)
Blair Walsh
Jeff Locke
Cullen Loeffler

they kept 5 RBs and banyard still didn't make it, two tight ends is a surprise, more linebackers than i thought too
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Re: UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#8 » by Devilzsidewalk » Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:42 pm

Asiata is a special teams core player isn't he? That one I guess makes sense. Reisner...I guess the old days of stacking the roster with tight ends are over. I'm glad Prater and Thielen made it. Rodney Smith's physical potential is too intriguing I think.

Wentworth must look good in practice or something. Price, and Watts I've literally heard nothing about. Their profiles say they both have special teams gunner experience though, so I'm guessing that's their immediate future.

Says Antonio Richardson on IR w/ knee something...weren't injury concerns why he went undrafted? Bad news.
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Re: UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#9 » by Worm Guts » Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:23 pm

I'm surprised Zach Line made it, but it looks like they kept him over a third tight end. Antone Exum sounded like he was really on the bubble, but they cut Crocker and Coleman instead.
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Re: UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#10 » by Worm Guts » Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:53 pm

Vikings released Wentworth and Dean, picked up Marquies Gray and OL Mike Harris.
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Re: UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#11 » by Twolf16 » Mon Sep 1, 2014 1:35 am

Gray is an interesting pick up and Thielen will be an awesome player. Offensively we have very good players at just about every position.


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Re: UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#12 » by hermes » Mon Sep 1, 2014 2:57 am

Devilzsidewalk wrote:Asiata is a special teams core player isn't he? That one I guess makes sense. Reisner...I guess the old days of stacking the roster with tight ends are over. I'm glad Prater and Thielen made it. Rodney Smith's physical potential is too intriguing I think.

Wentworth must look good in practice or something. Price, and Watts I've literally heard nothing about. Their profiles say they both have special teams gunner experience though, so I'm guessing that's their immediate future.

Says Antonio Richardson on IR w/ knee something...weren't injury concerns why he went undrafted? Bad news.

price and watts (more so price i think) had pretty good camps

early on in camp i remember hearing that if the 53 had to be chose then price would have made it, so the coaches must really like him
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Re: UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#13 » by hermes » Mon Sep 1, 2014 2:58 am

dean got cut? end of an era i guess - he was a special teams guru for a while
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Post#14 » by Devilzsidewalk » Mon Sep 1, 2014 4:01 am

Worm Guts wrote:I'm surprised Zach Line made it, but it looks like they kept him over a third tight end. Antone Exum sounded like he was really on the bubble, but they cut Crocker and Coleman instead.


Exum not making it would be really disappointing
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Re: UPDATE: final roster is up! 8/30 

Post#15 » by Twolf16 » Wed Sep 3, 2014 10:15 pm

Blanton and Brinkley get to start. Very excited about Blanton but was rooting for Cole instead of Brinkley.


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