The Vikings will begin trimming their roster from 90 to 53 players by 3 p.m. CT on Saturday afternoon. The moves will start to flood in over the next 24 hours. This page will keep you up-to-date on the latest transactions as the regular season quickly approaches.
Here is the running list:
WR- Korey Robertson- Southern Mississippi, per Darren Wolfson.
WR- Tavarres King- Free Agent (NYG), per Darren Wolfson (Waived with an injury designation)
WR- Cayleb Jones
OG- Kareem Are- Florida State
OG- Kaleb Johnson- Rutgers
OT- Dieugot Joseph- Florida International
C- J.P. Quinn- Central Michigan
CB- Trevon Mathis- Toledo
RB- Kobe McCrary- Minnesota
FB- Luke McNitt- Nebraska
LB- Mike Needham- Southern Utah
LB- Antwione Williams
LB- Brett Taylor- Western Illinois
QB- Peter Pujals- Holy Cross
WR- Jake Wieneke- South Dakota State
S- Tray Matthews- Auburn, per Chris Tomasson
DT- Curtis Cothran, Penn State, per Chris Tomasson
DE- Brian Robison, per Adam Schefter
TE- Blake Bell, per Chris Tomasson
WR- Chad Beebe- Northern Illinois, per Tom Pelissero
DL- Ifeadi Odenigbo, per his Twitter
LB- Reshard Cliett, per Darren Wolfson
WR- Jeff Badet- Oklahoma, per Darren Wolfson
OG- Colby Gossett- Appalachian State (6th round pick), per Chris Tomasson
OG- Josh Andrews, per Jason La Canfora - waived with an injury designation)
CB- Craig James, per Chris Tomasson
LB- Garret Dooley, per Ben Goessling
TE- Tyler Hoppes, per Chris Tomasson
S- Jack Tocho, per Chris Tomasson
WR- Kendall Wright, per Tom Pelissero
CB- Horace Richardson (waived injured)
RB- Mack Brown (waived injured)
OT- Storm Norton
DE- Jonathan Wynn
OG- Cornelius Edison
Cornerback Terence Newman has retired and will join the coaching staff immediately.
Pat Elflein will not start the season on the PUP list, but won't be ready for Week 1, according to Ben Goessling. This means he will likely be evaluated on a week-to-week basis and should be ready to return soon.
The Vikings are now at 53 players after placing linebacker Kentrell Brothers on the suspended list.
Can't wait to see the final 53 and whatever else gets done before the first game SKOL
ReplyDeleteDang... cutting Beebe isn't going to help our lackluster special teams. And Odenigbo is gift wrapped to become a versatile DE/DT like Brian Robison for some other team. We are paying a premium for players like Kendall Wright and David Parry and letting better players go.
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