The Minnesota Vikings have continued with the usual regular season roster tweaks. As they often do, injuries have influenced most of the roster tweaks in recent weeks. Guard Brett Jones was placed on injured reserve with a torn MCL. Versatile offensive lineman Aviante Collins was promoted to replace Jones on the active roster. Jones was designated for a possible return but with only a month to go in the season it's a tight turnaround. Ironically, it was a preseason torn MCL that possibly kept Collins off of the active roster to start the season. Josh Doctson was signed just prior to the start of the season to add some veteran depth at receiver. He injured his hamstring within his first week in Minnesota and was placed on IR. He returned to the active roster a couple weeks ago, played a handful of snaps against the Denver Broncos, and was released this past week. His release coincided with the return to health of Adam Thielen. Unfortunately, Thielen isn't as healthy as the team might have hoped. He's out for tonight's game against the Seattle Seahawks. That leaves the Vikings with three receivers tonight and four moving forward. May Thielen's hamstring be and stay strong and nothing happen to Stefon Diggs. The team needs both on the field. Other roster tweaks include the yo-yo roster treatment of rookie linebacker Cameron Smith. He's spent the season bouncing back and forth between the practice squad and active roster. He's currently on the active roster side of that back and forth. Rookie reciever Davion Davis has experienced the same roster treatment as Smith. Davis is currently on the practice squad side of it. Rookie fullback Khari Blasingame was impressive in preseason. So much so that the Vikings stashed him on the practice squad. He apparently impressed the Tennessee Titans as well as they stole him off of the practice squad. The Vikings brought back fullback Johnny Stanton to replace Blasingame on the practice squad. Other than those tweaks the roster of the Minnesota Vikings hasn't changed all that much. Here it is in advance of tonight's game against the Seahawks. It feels like a month since the Vikings have played a game.
Offense (24 Players)
Quarterbacks (2)
8 Kirk Cousins
4 Sean Mannion
Running Backs (5)
33 Dalvin Cook
25 Alexander Mattison
31 Ameer Abdullah
23 Mike Boone
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
74 Oli Udoh
76 Aviante Collins
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
24 Holton Hill
38 Kris Boyd
Safeties (4)
22 Harrison Smith
41 Anthony Harris
27 Jayron Kearse
34 Andrew Sendejo
Special Teams (3 Players)
Kicker
5 Dan Bailey
Punter
2 Britton Colquitt
Long Snapper
58 Austin Cutting
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Practice Squad (10)
3 Jake Browning, QB
16 Davion Davis
76 Aviante Collins, OT
85 Brandon Dillon, TE
32 Mark Fields, CB
15 Alexander Hollins, WR
74 Stacy Keely, DE
44 Nate Meadors, CB
17 Dillon Mitchell, WR
48 Johnny Stanton, FB
Reserved/Injured-Designated for Return
61 Brett Jones
Reserved/Injured
12 Chad Beebe, WR
Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform
89 David Morgan, TE
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