A look at the first released unofficial depth chart

Monday the Vikings announced the first unofficial depth chart. I know the key word is unofficial but at least it is something to look at and see potentially what the team will look likes when they take the field in St. Louis.

Here is a look at the offense with no surprises to me:

POS	First	Second	Third	Other
QB	Matt Cassel	Teddy Bridgewater	Christian Ponder
RB	Adrian Peterson	Matt Asiata	Jerick McKinnon
FB	Jerome Felton	Zach Line
WR1	Cordarrelle Patterson	Adam Thielen	Rodney Smith
WR2	Greg Jennings	Jarius Wright	Jerome Simpson
WR3	Greg Jennings	Jarius Wright	Adam Thielen
TE	Kyle Rudolph	Rhett Ellison	MarQueis Gray
LT	Matt Kalil
LG	Charlie Johnson	David Yankey
C	John Sullivan	Joe Berger
RG	Brandon Fusco	Vladimir Ducasse

 

Here is the defense:

POS	First	Second	Third		Other
LDE	Brian Robison	Corey Wootton
DT	Sharrif Floyd	Tom Johnson
NT	Linval Joseph	Shamar Stephen
RDE	Everson Griffen	Scott Crichton
SLB	Anthony Barr	Gerald Hodges
MLB	Jasper Brinkley	Audie Cole
WLB	Chad Greenway	Brandon Watts	Michael Mauti
LCB	Captain Munnerlyn	Josh Robinson	Marcus Sherels
SS	Robert Blanton	Antone Exum Jr.
FS	Harrison Smith	Andrew Sendejo
RCB	Xavier Rhodes	Jabari Price	Shaun Prater
POS	First	Second	Third	Other
K	Blair Walsh
P	Jeff Locke
LS	Cullen Loeffler
H	Jeff Locke
PR	Marcus Sherels	Jarius Wright
KR	Cordarrelle Patterson	Marcus Sherels

 

I am truly excited about the defense for many reasons to see just how they handle this tough schedule and the highly geared offenses they will face.

I look at the line and live the 2 defensive ends, Robison and Griffen who will both bring a speed rush from the outside.

The linebacker’s corp I am truly excited to see how rookie, Anthony Barr will contribute. We know Greenway is a tackling machine and Brinkley is the veteran at middle with backup from Audie Cole who I am high on as well.

The secondary will be the most interesting to watch with 2^nd year cornerback, Rhodes and newcomer Munnerlyn. I love the fact that Munnerlyn comes from a defensive system that was highly successful so my hope Is he can help the others in the secondary. If Rhodes can play like he did before he got hurt the cornerbacks should be very good.

The safeties we see Harrison Smith who might me one of the best young safeties in the game. His hitting ability never gets old to watch. Blanton will be a project and only time will tell. I guess if the coaches have the belief in him I will join the coaches with that thought.

I said it before and I will say it again, I truly believe this team is in for a special season.

Thanks for reading

Purplestick

Other source: Vikings.com

97-Everson Griffen