VT’s 53-Man Roster Projections

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Aug 19, 2018
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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.

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