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| 31-BOBBY FELDER |
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| 58-TYRONE McKENZIE |
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| 11-STEPHEN BURTON
Thursday’s
Vikings game ended the preseason schedule and on Saturday August 31st,
19 players were released to get down to the 53 man roster. This does not mean
some of these players could end up on the practice squad. The roster by Monday
could even change again.
I spent the
afternoon Saturday reading twitter periodically watching the NFL and all things
involved and if any big names got cut.
Players Waived On Saturday (19)
TE Colin
Anderson, RB Joe Banyard, S Brandan Bishop, OL Travis Bond, CB Brandon Burton, WR
Stephen Burton, DT Everett Dawkins, S Darius Eubanks, CB- Bobby Felder, TE
Chase Ford, OL Brandon Keith, DT Anthony McCloud LB Tyrone McKenzie OL Kevin Murphy DT Spencer
Nealy DE D’Aundre Reed WR- Rodney Smith
WR- Adam Theilen and DE Collins Ukwu
The 19
players involved today 5 of them were former Vikings draft picks with Brandon
Burton, Stephen Burton, D’Aundre Reed from past drafts and 2 of the 9 2013
picks were Everett Dawkins and Travis Bond.
In 2012 only
1 of the 10 was cut and now this 2013 draft 2 were not so fortunate so I will
keep an eye to see if they get signed to the practice squad.
The surprise
to me like most people I am sure was Stephen Burton and Tyrone McKenzie. I
believe a fight for the final spot came down to Webb and Burton with Webb
winning in the end. I really thought both would be kept. I really like the camp
Burton had but Webb is a guy who was showing the staff he would do whatever it
takes weather receiver or special teams.
McKenzie led
the team in special teams last season. This team has drafted 3 linebackers in
the last 2 years in which is going to make it harder on vets to stay with the
team.
The other
mild surprise to me was Bobby Felder. I am truly happy for Marcus Sharels but I
still thought the team would keep both. I know they can’t keep everyone.
The draft has really helped this team
immensely as I break down the positions that make up the 2013 53 man roster:
Quarterbacks (3) 1 of the 3 is a draft pick- (Ponder)
Running Backs (4) 2 of the 4 are draft picks
(Peterson and Gerhart)
Wide Receiver (5) 3 of 5 are draft picks
(Patterson, Wright and Webb)
Tight Ends (3) 2 of 3 are draft picks (Rudolph
and Ellison)
Offensive Linemen (8) 5 of 8 are draft picks (Kalil,
Sullivan, Fusco, Baca and Loadholt)
Defensive Line (9) 5 of 98 are draft picks
(Robison, K.Williams, Guion, Griffen and Floyd)
Linebackers (8) 4 of 8 are draft picks (Greenway,
Cole, Hodges and Mauti)
Defensive Backs (10) 7 of 10 are draft picks (Cook,
Robinson, Rhodes, H.Smith, Sanford, Blanton, Raymond)
Special Teams (3) 2 of 3 are draft picks (Walsh
and Locke)
53 players on
the roster with 32 of them draft picks computing to 60.3 percent being draft
picks.
On the flip
side I congratulate guys who made it the hard way, and that was being a rookie
free agent at one time and fighting to either make it for the first time or
repeat come back and make the squad.
List includes:
LB-Erin
Henderson, QB-McLeod Bethel Thompson, RB-Matt Asiata, FB-Zach Line, DT-Chase
Baker, LB-Larry Dean. CB-Marcus Sharels and S-Andrew Zendejo
It is an
exciting day for football fans because now that the 53 have been announced it
is one step closer to opening week.
On a note
around the NFL players with Minnesota ties were released. Detroit Lions released former Vikings safety,
Tyrell Johnson. San Francisco released former Gopher quarterback MarQueis Gray.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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