marshpit23 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, vike daddy said: we have a WR Boone on the roster? Or a Thomas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 16 minutes ago, Krauser said: Way too early roster projection: QB (3): Cousins, Mannion, Browning/Sloter (whoever wins the preseason) RB (4): Cook, Mattison, Abdullah, Ham (FB) WR (5): Diggs, Thielen, Thomas, Boone, Mitchell/Johnson TE (4): Rudolph, Smith, Morgan, Conklin OL (9): Reiff, Elflein, Bradbury, Kline, O'Neill, Hill, Samia, Isidora, Udoh DL (10): Hunter, Griffen, Joseph, Stephen, Weatherly, Bower, Holmes, Johnson, Watts, Mata'afa (hope springs eternal) LB (6): Barr, Kendricks, Wilson, Gedeon, Downs, Smith CB (5): Rhodes, Waynes, Hughes, Alexander, Boyd (*Hill suspended) S (4): Smith, Harris, Kearse, Epps ST (3): Wile, Bailey, Cutting Notable cuts here: Treadwell, Brothers, Brett Jones, both Boone and Thomas I don't know anything about the AAF signings or the rookie UDFAs and so have ignored them completely here. Abdullah over Boone for special teams or because he’s a redundant fit with Mattison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krauser Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Abdullah over Boone so he can do KR. And Mattison is Boone but better. Copy-paste mistake on the WRs, meant Taylor and Beebe as WR3 and WR4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Is the new Diggs related to Stefon Diggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, SteelKing728 said: Is the new Diggs related to Stefon Diggs? Yes. One of his younger brothers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Here's my early crack at it: Quarterbacks QB1: Kirk Cousins QB2: Sean Mannion (UFA) QB3: Kyle Sloter Practice Squad ("PS"): Jake Browning (R - UDFA) Runningbacks RB1: Dalvin Cook RB2: Mike Boone RB3: Alexander Mattison (R - 3rd) FB: CJ Ham Cut: Roc Thomas, Ameer Abdullah, Khari Blasingame (R - UDFA) Wide Receivers WR1:Stefon Diggs WR2: Adam Thielen WR3: Laquon Treadwell WR4: Chad Beebe WR5: Dillon Mitchell (R - 7th) PS: Jeff Badet, Olabisi Johnson (R - 7th) Cut: Brandon Zylstra, Taylor Jordan (UFA), Davion Davis (R - UDFA) Tight End TE1:Kyle Rudolph TE2:David Morgan TE3: Irv Smith Jr (R - 2nd) PS: Brandon Dillon (R - UDFA) Cut: Tyler Conklin, Cole Hikutini Tackles LT: Riley Reiff RT: Brian O'Neill OT3: Rashod Hill OT4: Storm Norton PS: Oli Udoh (R - 6th) Cut: Adam Bisnowaty Guards RG: Josh Kline (UFA) LG: Pat Elflein OG3: Aviante Collins OG4: Dru Samia (R - 4th) Cut: Danny Isidora, Dakota Dozier (UFA) PS: John Keenoy (R - UDFA) Centers C1: Garrett Bradbury (R - 1st) C2: Cornelius Edison Cut: Brett Jones Defensive Ends LE: Danielle Hunter RE: Everson Griffen DE3: Stephen Weatherly DE4:Tashawn Bower DE5: Ade Aruna Cut: Karter Schult (UFA), Anree Saint-Armour (R - UDFA) Defensive Tackles NT: Linval Joseph DT: Shamar Stephen (UFA) DT3: Jaleel Johnson DT4: Jalyn Holmes DT5: Ifeadi Odenigbo PS: Armon Watts (R - 6th), Hercules Mata'afa Cut: Curtis Cothran, Tito Odenigbo (R - UDFA) Linebackers MLB: Eric Kendricks OLB: Anthony Barr OLB: Ben Gedeon LB4: Eric Wilson LB5: Cameron Smith (R - 5th) PS: Reshard Cliett Cut: Devante Downs, Kentrell Brothers, Greer Martini (UFA) Cornerbacks CB1: Xavier Rhodes CB2: Trae Waynes CB3: Mike Hughes CB4: Mackensie Alexander CB5: Holton Hill CB6: Duke Thomas (UFA) PS: Craig James Cut: Kris Boyd (R - 7th), Nate Meadors (R - UDFA) Safeties S1: Harrison Smith S2: Anthony Harris S3:Jayron Kearse S4: Mar'Sean Diggs (R - UDFA) Cut: Derron Smith (UFA), Marcus Epps (R -6th), Jordan Martin (UFA), Micah Prince Abernathy (R- UDFA) Specialists K: Dan Bailey P: Matt Wile LS: Austin Cutting (R - 7th) Cut: Kevin McDermott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 I thought Austin Cutting won't play this year due to priot military commitments? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, SteelKing728 said: I thought Austin Cutting won't play this year due to priot military commitments? He may or may not, it depends upon the negotiations with the Air Force. It's possible that he could get his service delayed. Edited April 29, 2019 by swede700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: I thought Austin Cutting won't play this year due to priot military commitments? There is precedent for a long snapper from a military school being able to play right away. Long snapper Joe Cardona was selected in the 2015 draft out of Navy by New England, and arrangements were made to get him immediately on the roster. He has been with the Patriots ever since. For now, Cutting expects to attend Minnesota’s rookie minicamp May 3-5. https://www.twincities.com/2019/04/27/austin-cutting-to-serve-his-country-with-air-force-but-still-could-be-vikings-long-snapper/ Edited April 29, 2019 by vike daddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 I see Conklin cut a lot. Why? If we're running a lot more 2 TE sets, I'd expect 4TEs/5 WRs. Conklin has good size, I'd like to see him be given another year as the Vikes may need a big inline TE to replace Rudolph in a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krauser Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 47 minutes ago, vikingsrule said: I see Conklin cut a lot. Why? If we're running a lot more 2 TE sets, I'd expect 4TEs/5 WRs. Conklin has good size, I'd like to see him be given another year as the Vikes may need a big inline TE to replace Rudolph in a year. Agree they'll keep 4 TEs this year. Conklin wasn't good as a rookie but TEs typically need 2 years to show what they can do. Unless he gets beaten out by a UDFA, I think he'll make the team. Still, I doubt Conklin will ever be good enough to replace Rudolph. Despite his size, he was a terrible blocker last year. I think they'll need to draft another TE if they do let Rudolph go. Morgan might be a better fit as a Rudolph replacement -- he's slow but he's got great hands and he's a strong blocker. This is Morgan's 4th year so he'll need to be extended if they're promoting him to be Rudolph's replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) I personally just only see them carrying 3 and keeping 1 on the practice squad, just because of the sheer number of roster spots...if you keep 4 TEs then someone's going to have to come off the defense (in my scenario it's 25-25) because I think they'd want to keep 10 OL (but I suppose they could manage to keep just 9 because of the flexibility)...and we know how Zim likes to have depth available on his defense. In the power struggle on roster spots, the HC is going to win. Carrying 3 TEs still shouldn't have a huge impact on the amount of 2 TE sets you can run. For an example, even in the Broncos Super Bowl run, Kubiak only carried 3 TEs: Owen Daniels, Vernon Davis, and Virgil Green. With CJ Ham already in the fold as a FB (which Denver didn't have), they can get away with only have 3 TEs (Denver carried 6 WRs). Edited April 30, 2019 by swede700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 They don't have to come off of this defense. With Cousins health, and the fact that we are screwed if he gets hurt anyway, this team should only be keeping two QBs on the active roster and one on the practice squad. That's long been my stance on what teams that have an established, and unchallenged, veteran should do. Cousins, Sloter, Browning (PS) is the ideal scenario given our current QBs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 We also might not need an extra player for punt returns this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 31 minutes ago, RpMc said: They don't have to come off of this defense. With Cousins health, and the fact that we are screwed if he gets hurt anyway, this team should only be keeping two QBs on the active roster and one on the practice squad. That's long been my stance on what teams that have an established, and unchallenged, veteran should do. Cousins, Sloter, Browning (PS) is the ideal scenario given our current QBs Well, I'll believe they'll carry 2 QBs when I actually see it. They haven't done so ever, so why expect it to change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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