A Final Guess At the Minnesota Vikings 53-man Roster

The Minnesota Vikings will reveal their 53-man roster today. This is a final guess at that roster.

Offense (25)

Quarterbacks (2)

Kirk Cousins

Nick Mullens

Running Backs (4)

Dalvin Cook

Alexander Mattison

Kene Nwangwu

Ty Chandler

Fullback (1)

C.J. Ham

Wide Receivers (5)

Justin Jefferson

Adam Thielen

K.J. Osborn

Ihmir Smith-Marsette 

Jalen Nailor

Olabisi Johnson’s knee injury in the final preseason game is brutal. He worked his way back from last year’s knee injury and played his way onto the roster. Then he tears the ACL in his other knee in the final preseason game. Just brutal. 

I actually believe that the Vikings will keep six receivers. If that’s true, it comes down to Triston Jackson vs Dan Chisena. I’m going with five on this guess at the roster so I can keep four tight ends. 

Tight Ends (4)

Irv Smith Jr.

Johnny Mundt

Ben Ellefson

Zach Davidson

This has been one of the toughest positions to predict. Ben Ellefson’s blocking gets him on the roster. I hoped that Zach Davidson would play his way onto the roster. His preseason drops worry me. His talent intrigues me. 

Offensive Line (9)

Christian Darrisaw

Ezra Cleveland

Garrett Bradbury

Ed Ingram

Brian O’Neill

Vederian Lowe

Jesse Davis

Chris Reed

Austin Schlottman

It’s no way to determine a roster but Vederian Lowe won a coin flip with Blake Brandel. 

Defense (25)

Defensive Line (6)

Harrison Phillips

Dalvin Tomlinson

Armon Watts

Jonathan Bullard

James Lynch

Jaylen Twyman

Edge (5)

Danielle Hunter

Za’Darius Smith

D.J. Wonnum

Patrick Jones II

Janarius Robinson

From what I’ve seen in preseason games, I can’t decide between Janarius Robinson, Zach McCloud, and Luiji Vilain. I do think that the Vikings need five edge rushers on the roster. 

Linebackers (4)

Eric Kendricks

Jordan Hicks

Brian Asamoah

Troy Dye

Cornerbacks (6)

Patrick Peterson

Cam Dantzler

Chandon Sullivan

Andrew Booth Jr.

Akayleb Evans

Kris Boyd

Safeties (4)

Harrison Smith

Lewis Cine

Camryn Bynum

Josh Metellus

Special Teams (3)

Kicker (1)

Greg Joseph

Punter (1)

Ryan Wright

Long Snapper (1)

Andrew DePaola