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I'm doubting that any of the draftees and UDFA's will be day one starters.  I am wondering which of them, besides Hughs probably, is a guaranteed lock to be on the final 53?

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5 minutes ago, Virginia Viking said:

I'm doubting that any of the draftees and UDFA's will be day one starters.  I am wondering which of them, besides Hughs probably, is a guaranteed lock to be on the final 53?

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14 minutes ago, Virginia Viking said:

I'm doubting that any of the draftees and UDFA's will be day one starters.  I am wondering which of them, besides Hughs probably, is a guaranteed lock to be on the final 53?

Well

1. O'Neill is a lock just for the fact he's a second round pick with a huge ceiling.

2. Carlson is a lock because Forbath is meh and they spent a 5th round pick on him.

3. Jalyn Holmes is a lock because the depth behind Richardson at the 3tech is pretty near zilch.

 

I think those are pretty much the only "locks".  But I believe all the draft picks will be with the Vikings after training camp is over; either 53 man,  PUP list (downs) or practice squad.

I read Holton Hill failed a drug test at the combine. So he's an idiot. But if he gets his act together he's a lock for the roster based off of on the field ability. 

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I'm predicting +10 (draft picks / UDFA) will be final 53 man roster.

- We drafted a lot of guys at the right position, where help is needed this \ next year

- Don't really see much potential from our current PS roster

- Draft Picks / UDFA are the cheapest players, and we need to get these guys up to speed

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1 hour ago, CriminalMind said:

I'm predicting +10 (draft picks / UDFA) will be final 53 man roster.

- We drafted a lot of guys at the right position, where help is needed this \ next year

- Don't really see much potential from our current PS roster

- Draft Picks / UDFA are the cheapest players, and we need to get these guys up to speed

It's how smart teams do it. Pay your core, which will be costly, and reserve backup for cheap players on rookie contracts. The draft class doesn't have to yield 3+ starters to be successful, adding several key depth players in addition to 1 or 2 long term starters is probably close to ideal. 

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Still far too early too early to do this because of injuries, and cuts from other teams becoming available for us to snag, but here goes.

Pre-OTA 53-man Prediction

Offense (25)
QB: Kirk Cousins | Trevor Siemian | Kyle Sloter (3)
RB: Dalvin Cook | Latavius Murray | Roc Thomas | CJ Ham (4)
TE: Kyle Rudolph | David Morgan | Tyler Conklin (3)
WR: Stefon Diggs | Adam Thielen | Kendall Wright | Laquon Treadwell | Stacy Coley | Jeff Badet (6)
OT:  Riley Reiff | Brian O'Neill | Rashod Hill (3)
OG: Mike Remmers | Nick Easton | Colby Gossett | Danny Isidora (4)
OC: Pat Elflein | Josh Andrews (2)J

Defense (25)
DE: Everson Griffen | Danielle Hunter | Brian Robison | Tashawn Bower | Ade Aruna (5)
UT: Sheldon Richardson | Jalyn Holmes (2)
NT: Linval Joseph | Jaleel Johnson (2)
LB: Anthony Barr | Eric Kendricks | Ben Gedeon | Eric Wilson | Hercules Mata'afa | Devante Downs (6)
CB: Xavier Rhodes | Trae Waynes | Mike Hughes | Mackensie Alexander | Terence Newman | Holton Hill (6)
SF: Harrison Smith | Andrew Sendejo | Ant Harris | Jayron Kearse (4)

Specialists (3)
K: Daniel Carlson
P: Ryan Quigley
LS: Kevin McDermott
KR/PR: Jeff Badet | Mike Hughes

Suspended (2)
WR: Cayleb Jones
LB: Kentrell Brothers

Likely Game Day Inactives (7)
QB: Kyle Sloter
WR: Stacy Coley or RB: Roc Thomas (or both and one of the three defensive players, or extra lineman, is active for special teams/depth)
OG: Danny Isidora
OL: Josh Andrews
DE: Ade Aruna
LB: Devante Downs
CB: Holton Hill

 

Thoughts? It was actually pretty easy to keep Aruna/Robison both on the roster given the numbers at other positions.  Aruna and Hill likely redshirt the season on the roster and take roster positions from Robison and Newman next year. I gave Badet the

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1 hour ago, rpmwr19 said:

Likely Game Day Inactives (7)
QB: Kyle Sloter
WR: Stacy Coley or RB: Roc Thomas (or both and one of the three defensive players, or extra lineman, is active for special teams/depth)
OG: Danny Isidora
OL: Josh Andrews
DE: Ade Aruna
LB: Devante Downs
CB: Holton Hill

 

Thoughts? It was actually pretty easy to keep Aruna/Robison both on the roster given the numbers at other positions.  Aruna and Hill likely redshirt the season on the roster and take roster positions from Robison and Newman next year. I gave Badet the

you think they'd make roc thomas or mike boone (or whoever wins the RB3 job) inactive on game day? i know cook is going to be the clear workhorse when he's up to speed but when cook needs rest murray is too one dimensional to be the only backup RB active. 

i'd say it's pretty likely that the RB3 would be active and fill the mckinnon role on clear passing downs when cook needs a breather.

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55 minutes ago, whitehops said:

you think they'd make roc thomas or mike boone (or whoever wins the RB3 job) inactive on game day? i know cook is going to be the clear workhorse when he's up to speed but when cook needs rest murray is too one dimensional to be the only backup RB active. 

i'd say it's pretty likely that the RB3 would be active and fill the mckinnon role on clear passing downs when cook needs a breather.

I think the only reason last year our #3 RB was inactive last season was because he was added midseason. I don't expect Mack Brown back.

Personally I'd rather have Aviante Collins than Jeff Badet. Put the WR on the practice squad.

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You think Robison comes back? He hasn't been working out. His instagram is nothing but him fishing all offseason. I know he doesn't record everything but all these other guys at least show something in the gym.

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