Minnesota Vikings Roster

The Minnesota Vikings travel to Detroit to play the Lions tomorrow. Other than the usual tweaks, active roster to practice squad flips, the roster is essentially the same as the last one that I posted. Rookie linebacker Cameron Smith was promoted from the practice squad last Saturday. Rookie receiver Davion Davis was demoted to the practice squad. Also, in a move that might've surprised a few defensive end Tashawn Bower was released from the injured list. He'd shown some flashes in the seven regular games in which he appeared and in preseason games. Obviously, other defensive ends had passed him on the depth chart. The offseason achilles injury that landed him on the injured list didn't help. While others were progressing Bower was rehabbing. That's never a good thing when a player is on the fringes of an NFL roster.

In advance of tomorrow's Lions game here's the Minnesota Vikings roster.

Offense (26 Players)

Quarterbacks (2)
 8 Kirk Cousins
 4 Sean Mannion

Running Backs (5)
33 Dalvin Cook
25 Alexander Mattison
23 Mike Boone
31 Ameer Abdullah
30 C.J. Ham

Receivers (4)
14 Stefon Diggs
19 Adam Thielen
81 Olabisi Johnson
11 Laquon Treadwell

Tight Ends (3)
82 Kyle Rudolph
84 Irv Smith Jr.
83 Tyler Conklin

Offensive Line (10)
71 Riley Reiff
65 Pat Elflein
56 Garrett Bradbury
64 Josh Kline
75 Brian O'Neill
69 Rashod Hill
78 Dakota Dozier
73 Dru Samia
61 Brett Jones
74 Oli Udoh

Defense (26 Players)

Defensive Line (10)
97 Everson Griffen
93 Shamar Stephen
98 Linval Joseph
99 Danielle Hunter
91 Stephen Weatherly
92 Jalyn Holmes
94 Jaleel Johnson
96 Ifeadi Odenigbo
51 Hercules Mata'afa
96 Armon Watts

Linebackers (6)
55 Anthony Barr
54 Eric Kendricks
42 Ben Gedeon
50 Eric Wilson
40 Kentrell Brothers
59 Cameron Smith

Cornerbacks (6)
29 Xavier Rhodes
26 Trae Waynes
20 Mackensie Alexander
21 Mike Hughes
38 Kris Boyd
35 Marcus Sherels

Safeties (4)
22 Harrison Smith
41 Anthony Harris
27 Jayron Kearse
39 Marcus Epps

Special Teams (3 Players)

Kicker
 5 Dan Bailey

Punter
 2 Britton Colquitt

Long Snapper
58 Austin Cutting

Practice Squad (10)
48 Khari Blasingame, FB
  3 Jake Browning, QB
76 Aviante Collins, OT
16 Davion Davis, WR
85 Brandon Dillon, TE
32 Mark Fields, CB
15 Alexander Hollins, WR
74 Stacy Keely, DE
44 Nate Meadors, CB
17 Dillon Mitchell, WR

Reserved/Injured
12 Chad Beebe, WR
13 Josh Doctson, WR
35 Isaiah Warton, S

Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform
89 David Morgan, TE

Suspended
24 Holton Hill, CB

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Suspended cornerback Holton Hill is creeping closer to his return to the team. His eight-game suspension will end a week from Monday. If he's physically ready to immediately return to an NFL game, the Vikings will be able to go a strong five-deep at the position.

Xavier Rhodes
Trae Waynes
Mackensie Alexander
Mike Hughes
Holton Hill

An NFL team can never have enough corners but that's a lot of talented corners. The Vikings have come a long way at the position. There were years in the early 2000's in which the starting corners wouldn't have made it out of OTAs if the above five were in front of them.