Friday, September 21, 2018

Minnesota Vikings Depth Chart After Roster Moves

The Minnesota Vikings made some significant roster changes this week. In-season moves are common in the NFL. Most are scattered, minor, often injury-related tweaks. The Vikings added three players that should play significant roles immediately. Kicker Dan Bailey, defensive tackle Tom Johnson, and receiver Aldrick Robinson could all be active for Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills. Robinson's status is probably the most iffy of the three. Considering the pass-catching issues of receivers not named Adam Thielen or Stefon Diggs it's probably time to try some new hands.

It was clear that the Vikings were making a Super Bowl run when they paid Kirk Cousins what they paid him. Adding Sheldon Richardson and George Iloka showed that they weren't standing still on an already strong defense. It's Super Bowl or bust in Minnesota. That's a very good thing. Now, they have to bring it all together on the field.

After this week's moves, the Vikings depth chart requires another look.

Offense

Quarterback
  8 Kirk Cousins
  3 Trevor Siemian
  1 Kyle Sloter

Halfback
33 Dalvin Cook
25 Latavius Murray
44 Mike Boone
32 Roc Thomas

Fullback
30 C.J. Ham

Wide Receiver
19 Adam Thielen
11 Laquon Treadwell

Tight end
82 Kyle Rudolph
89 David Morgan
83 Tyler Conklin

Left Tackle
71 Riley Reiff

Left Guard
79 Tom Compton
78 Bryan Witzmann

Center
65 Pat Elflein
61 Brett Jones

Right Guard
74 Mike Remmers
63 Danny Isidora

Right Tackle
69 Rashod Hill
75 Brian O'Neill

Wide Receiver
14 Stefon Diggs
15 Brandon Zylstra
17 Aldrick Robinson

Defense

Left Defensive End
99 Danielle Hunter
90 Tashawn Bower

Defensive Tackle
93 Sheldon Richardson
92 Jalyn Holmes

Nose Tackle
98 Linval Joseph
94 Jaleel Johnson
96 Tom Johnson

Right Defensive End
97 Everson Griffen
91 Stephen Weatherly

Weakside Linebacker
42 Ben Gedeon
50 Eric Wilson

Middle Linebacker
54 Eric Kendricks
57 Devante Downs

Strongside Linebacker
55 Anthony Barr

Left Cornerback
26 Trae Waynes
21 Mike Hughes

Right Cornerback
29 Xavier Rhodes
20 Mackensie Alexander
35 Marcus Sherels
24 Holton Hill

Strong Safety
34 Andrew Sendejo
27 Jayron Kearse
38 Tray Matthews

Free Safety
22 Harrison Smith
41 Anthony Harris

Special Teams

Kicker
  5 Dan Bailey

Punter
  6 Matt Wile

Long snapper
47 Kevin McDermott

Kick Returner
35 Marcus Sherels
21 Mike Hughes

Punt Returner
35 Marcus Sherels
21 Mike Hughes


***

Suspended
40 Kentrell Brothers, LB

Injured Reserve
62 Nick Easton, G
61 Ade Aruna, DE
51 Hercules Mata'afa, DL
48 Johnny Stanton, FB
87 Josiah Price, TE
68 Cedrick Lang, OT
76 Aviante Collins, OT
64 Josh Andrews, G
31 Mack Brown, RB
36 Craig James, CB
38 Tray Matthews, S
24 Horace Richardson, CB

There are too damn many players on injured reserve. 

Practice Squad
73 Colby Gossett, G
12 Chad Beebe, WR
85 Jeff Badet, WR
43 Reshard Cliett, LB
66 Curtis Cothran, DT
72 Storm Norton, OT
58 Garrett Dooley, LB
67 Cornelius Edison, C
31 Jalen Myrick, CB
83 Cole Hkutini, TE


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