Notable Vikings Who Could Be Cut This Summer
The Minnesota Vikings still have a few months before roster cuts, notably hosting mandatory minicamp in a week and a half, training camp at the end of July, and the preseason in August.
Every summer, a notable player or two from the Vikings roster gets released. These are the candidates for this summer.
And like every year, the team will feature a roster cut that will raise eyebrows. Last year’s surprises can be read here.
These are the notable roster cut candidates for 2025 in alphabetical order.
1. Brian Asamoah (LB)
Asamoah has played 188 defensive snaps since the start of 2022, the year he entered the big leagues. That’s about 5% of the time. The Vikings use him on special teams, but it’s unclear if he’s totally mandatory in that phase.
Now, Kobe King, a rookie, and Eric Wilson, a familiar veteran, are on the depth chart. Asamoah could be cut.
PurplePTSD‘s Cole Smith called Asamoah an offseason ‘loser’ after the draft and explained, “The last of the Vikings’ first four selections from the 2022 draft may be fighting for a roster spot in 2025. Minnesota took Penn State linebacker Kobe King in the sixth round. King brings special teams ability right away and can play downhill, a more requisite play style to that of Blake Cashman and Ivan Pace, Jr. than Asamoah provides.”
2. Ty Chandler (RB)
Chandler was in line when the offseason began to grab the RB2 job in 2025 behind Aaron Jones. But then general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah sent a 6th-Round draft pick to the San Francisco 49ers for Jordan Mason.
With very little mystery, Mason is Minnesota’s RB2 in 2025.
The situation sets up a Chandler cut, especially if other notable tailbacks become available amid roster shavedowns in late August.
3. Rondale Moore (WR)
Rondale Moore is fast — as hell. Rondale Moore never bloomed like the Arizona Cardinals hoped after drafting him in Round 2 four years ago. Rondale Moore is recovering from a season-ending injury that he suffered last summer.
After the Moore free-agent acquisition, the Vikings drafted Tai Felton in Round 3.
Moore is not a shoo-in to make the 53-man depth chart.
Janik Eckardt discussed Moore’s roster hopes in late March: “One guy whose future might be a little more in jeopardy is Rondale Moore, the shifty receiver. His contract shows that he hasn’t secured anything beyond training camp. His one-year deal is worth $2 million, but only 12.5%, or $250,000, of that is fully guaranteed.”
“For the average person, that is a ton of money, but in the eyes of the executives in the front office, that is basically nothing. They regularly strike deals in the millions; even the cheapest minimum deal a rookie can sign is $840,000.”
The flip side is that a healthy Moore would be scintillating in the Vikings’ offense.
Eckardt added, “Moore received a $250,000 signing bonus, which nobody can take away from him. His $1.1 million base salary isn’t guaranteed at all. He will likely get an additional $50,000 via a workout bonus. Another $600,000 is tied to per-game roster bonuses. This means that if the Vikings cut the man in August, he will be $300,000 richer, but the club can save the other $1.7 million.”
“He visited the Vikings and left without a deal to check in with a couple of other franchises. Ultimately, he returned and signed with the purple franchise. Perhaps the other teams didn’t feel as comfortable with his knee or offered even less guaranteed money?”
4. Brett Rypien (QB)
Some recent steam has suggested that Rypien is actually battling for the QB2 job, making Sam Howell’s seat a little warm.
But Minnesota has also signed Golden Gopher Max Brosmer from undrafted free agency, a quarterback, and theoretically, he could embark on a promising summer and nab the QB3 job.
If the widespread consensus is accurate, and Howell wins the QB2 job, Rypien would vie for the QB3 post against Brosmer. A Brosmer triumph would plop Rypien on the practice squad or the free-agent market.
5. Ryan Wright (P)
Minnesota has employed Ryan Wright for three seasons, and initially, the large punter set the world on fire in 2022. He has never really replicated his maiden voyage season, though, and UDFA punter Oscar Chapman could win the punting competition in August.
Wright may be the favorite to prevail, but it wouldn’t be bizarre at all for Chapman to score the upset.
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