VT’s 53-Man Roster Projections
The Minnesota Vikings will undergo a roster transformation no more than two days after the final preseason game. By Saturday, September 1st (the 53-man roster deadline), more than a third of the players on the team will be waived. Some of the players will stick around and remain on the practice squad, but the majority will vanish, likely forever.
Following preseason game number two, roles are still being decided. Plus, we’re still awaiting news on some player injuries that were potentially serious. Nevertheless, I asked a couple of writers at VT/Purple PTSD to take their best guess at the regular season roster. Here are the 53 players they believe will make the team:
NICK OLSON
- QB: Cousins, Siemian, Sloter
- RB: Cook, Murray, Thomas, Ham
- WR: Diggs, Thielen, Treadwell, Wright, Coley, Zylstra
- TE: Rudolph, Morgan, Bell
- OT: Reiff, Hill, O’Neill, Collins
- iOL: Elflein, Remmers, Compton, Isidora, Edison
- DE: Griffen, Hunter, Robison, Bower, Weatherly
- DT: Joseph, Richardson, Johnson, Odenigbo
- LB: Barr, Kendricks, Gedeon, Wilson, Williams (Brothers)
- CB: Rhodes, Waynes, Hughes, Alexander, Newman, Sherels, Hill
- S: Smith, Sendejo, Harris, Kearse
- K: Carlson
- P: Quigley
- LS: McDermott
PRACTICE SQUAD
TE Conklin, OL Gossett, RB Boone, LB Downs, DT Holmes, CB Richardson, FB Stanton, CB Tocho, OL Norton, WR Jones
SEAN BORMAN
- QB: Cousins, Siemian, Sloter
- RB: Cook, Murray, Thomas, Ham
- WR: Diggs, Thielen, Treadwell, Coley, Zylstra, Beebe
- TE: Rudolph, Morgan, Conklin
- OT: Reiff, Hill, O’Neill, Collins
- iOL: Elflein, Remmers, Compton, Isidora, Edison
- DE: Griffen, Hunter, Robison, Weatherly, Bower
- DT: Joseph, Richardson, Johnson, Holmes
- LB: Barr, Kendricks, Gedeon, Wilson, Downs (Brothers)
- CB: Rhodes, Waynes, Hughes, Alexander, Newman, Sherels, Hill
- S: Smith, Sendejo, Harris, Kearse
- K: Carlson
- P: Quigley
- LS: McDermott
PRACTICE SQUAD
DT Odenigbo, WR Badet, TE Hoppes, RB Boone, LB Cliett, OL Gossett, WR Wieneke, CB Tocho, S Matthews, DE Wynn
LUKE BRAUN
- QB: Cousins, Siemian
- RB: Cook, Murray, Thomas, Ham
- WR: Diggs, Thielen, Treadwell, Wright, King, Zylstra
- TE: Rudolph, Morgan, Bell
- OT: Reiff, Hill, O’Neill, Collins
- iOL: Elflein, Remmers, Compton, Isidora, Edison
- DE: Griffen, Hunter, Robison, Weatherly
- DT: Joseph, Richardson, Johnson, Holmes, Odenigbo
- LB: Barr, Kendricks, Gedeon, Wilson, Williams, Downs (Brothers)
- CB: Rhodes, Waynes, Hughes, Alexander, Newman, Sherels, Hill
- S: Smith, Sendejo, Harris, Kearse
- K: Carlson
- P: Quigley
- LS: McDermott
PRACTICE SQUAD
QB Sloter, WR Jones, TE Conklin, G Gossett, RB Boone, OL Norton, DE Bower, DE Aruna, CB Mathis, CB Tocho
Any surprises that you think will make the team? Let us know in the comments.