Vikings announced first wave of cuts

Football is a game we all love as each week life seems to shut down on game days. The preseason is coming close to being done. The life of a football player is like no other sports because 90 players come to camp and the sad part is the first wave of cuts now have been down with the Vikings going from 90 to 78 and need to cut 3 more.

Here is a list of the first wave of cuts:

Released

PLAYER                      POS.                 EXP.                  COLLEGE

Joe Banyard.................... RB....................... 3......................... UTEP

Brandon Bostick.............. TE....................... 3................... Newberry

Jalil Carter....................... CB....................... 1......................... Akron

Justin Coleman............... CB...................... R................. Tennessee

DaVaris Daniels............. WR...................... R............... Notre Dame

Stephen Goodin................. T....................... 3.... Nebraska-Kearney

Josh Kaddu...................... LB....................... 4....................... Oregon

Jordan Leslie.................. WR...................... R........................... BYU

Caesar Rayford.............. DE....................... 2................ Washington

Chrishon Rose................. DT...................... R............. East Carolina

DeMarcus Van Dyke...... CB....................... 4......................... Miami

The two big names to go to me were Joe Banyard and Brandon Bostick. I will add with Banyard is that I really enjoy his running style as he is more of a power back putting his head down and going north and south.

Brandon Bostick was a mild surprise to me although I have not seen him in preseason games much so I guess that may have been a sign.

My wish to all these guys is they find employment and enjoy the rest of their NFL career.

My thought also on this is coming into camp for each of these players they know they have their work cut out but you never know unless they try.

This is one of my major like of Training Camp watching these guys give everything they have in the 2 a days.

Once again good luck to these 11 individuals with the pursuit of their NFL dream as the dream may have come to a halt in Minnesota but there are 31 other possible destinations.

Thanks for reading and don’t forget the last game is Thursday night in Tennessee.

Have a god week

Todd Walkingstick