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Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:09 pm
by PacificNorseWest
Zylstra just cant break through. Keeping 4 WRs and 4 TEs and 5 RBs tells you all you need to know about this offense. I'm not mad.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:20 pm
by Raptorman
Roster per Vikings.com
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G. Bradbury 56 C
Brett Jones 61 C
M. Alexander 20 CB
Kris Boyd 38 CB
Mark Fields CB
Mike Hughes 21 CB
Xavier Rhodes 29 CB
Trae Waynes 26 CB
Everson Griffen 97 DE
Danielle Hunter 99 DE
Ifeadi Odenigbo 95 DE
S. Weatherly 91 DE
Jalyn Holmes 92 DT
Jaleel Johnson 94 DT
Linval Joseph 98 DT
H. Mata'afa 51 DT
S. Stephen 93 DT
Armon Watts 96 DT
C.J. Ham 30 FB
Dakota Dozier 78 G
Pat Elflein 65 G
Josh Kline 64 G
Dru Samia 73 G
Dan Bailey 5 K
Anthony Barr 55 LB
K. Brothers 40 LB
Ben Gedeon 42 LB
Eric Kendricks 54 LB
Eric Wilson 50 LB
Austin Cutting 58 LS
Matt Wile 6 P
Kirk Cousins 8 QB
Sean Mannion 4 QB
Ameer Abdullah 31 RB
Mike Boone 23 RB
Dalvin Cook 33 RB
A. Mattison 25 RB
Marcus Epps 39 S
Anthony Harris 41 S
Jayron Kearse 27 S
Harrison Smith 22 S
Rashod Hill 69 T
Brian O'Neill 75 T
Riley Reiff 71 T
Oli Udoh 74 T
Tyler Conklin 83 TE
B. Dillon 86 TE
Kyle Rudolph 82 TE
Irv Smith Jr. 84 TE
Chad Beebe 12 WR
Stefon Diggs 14 WR
Bisi Johnson 81 WR
Adam Thielen 19 WR
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:53 pm
by Mothman
PacificNorseWest wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:08 pm
Rhodes Closed wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:00 pm
I for one love the overreacting.
We can get draft capital for Sloter. Indianapolis could desperately use a QB now that Luck has retired.
Chances are, they dont and he's just released. Secondly, they wasted draft capital with Vedvik, so I feel like the reactions are substantiated.
I agree. BTW, Sloter was released. I wonder if another team will claim him off the waiver wire.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:00 pm
by Tbolt
I don’t care what all you Zimmer apologists say, Sloter didn’t get a shot because of his bravado and belief in himself. Rubbed Zimmer the wrong way. I hope he gets a chance in the league and believe he will succeed if that door opens.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:22 pm
by Rhodes Closed
Tbolt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:00 pm
I don’t care what all you Zimmer apologists say, Sloter didn’t get a shot because of his bravado and belief in himself. Rubbed Zimmer the wrong way. I hope he gets a chance in the league and believe he will succeed if that door opens.
And what will your defense be if it turns out Sloter wasn't nearly as good as he looked against the 3's and 4's?
It wasn't the bravado or confidence that got him waived. It was the fact he wasn't a good player in Practice or made a lot of mental mistakes when not playing the game. Imagine if he went up against the Bears #1 Defense. Do you really have such confidence in the guy to keep calm under those circumstances when he's never sniffed the starting players or even the #2s?
People can piss and moan the decision to cut him all they want, and don't get me wrong, I don't agree with it. I would prefer to keep him around another year or two to let him develop more. But it's not the end of the world. It is never the end of the world.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:24 pm
by S197
PacificNorseWest wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:09 pm
Zylstra just cant break through. Keeping 4 WRs and 4 TEs and 5 RBs tells you all you need to know about this offense. I'm not mad.
I’ll be surprised if it stays this way into the season. I think they’re either looking for another WR but aren’t happy with what they have or they activate Zylstra and cut a corner once Hughes is ready.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:52 pm
by CharVike
S197 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:08 pm
PurpleMustReign wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:15 pm
Idk why everyone was so high on Boyd. He looked slow and weak in the preseason.
Looks like Boyd is making the team.
We are a little thin at CB. They are looking for any scrub that's available. The same will hold true for WR. And what I saw in Rhodes movement I'm not convinced he's back to his whatever year form when he was a great player.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:53 pm
by StumpHunter
Rhodes Closed wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:22 pm
Tbolt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:00 pm
I don’t care what all you Zimmer apologists say, Sloter didn’t get a shot because of his bravado and belief in himself. Rubbed Zimmer the wrong way. I hope he gets a chance in the league and believe he will succeed if that door opens.
And what will your defense be if it turns out Sloter wasn't nearly as good as he looked against the 3's and 4's?
It wasn't the bravado or confidence that got him waived. It was the fact he wasn't a good player in Practice or made a lot of mental mistakes when not playing the game. Imagine if he went up against the Bears #1 Defense. Do you really have such confidence in the guy to keep calm under those circumstances when he's never sniffed the starting players or even the #2s?
People can piss and moan the decision to cut him all they want, and don't get me wrong, I don't agree with it. I would prefer to keep him around another year or two to let him develop more. But it's not the end of the world. It is never the end of the world.
Yep.
Sloter is gone because he wasn't good enough. No hidden agenda.
He had talent, but didn't have the experience to play professional QB at a passable level. He more than likely never will.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:00 pm
by J. Kapp 11
Lotta butthurt over a quarterback who has never taken a snap in an NFL regular season game.
I kinda liked him, too. But for crying out loud, you'd think we cut Adam Thielen.
Step away from the ledge, pessimists. Somehow we'll make it without Kyle Sloter.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:28 pm
by CharVike
StumpHunter wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:53 pm
Rhodes Closed wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:22 pm
And what will your defense be if it turns out Sloter wasn't nearly as good as he looked against the 3's and 4's?
It wasn't the bravado or confidence that got him waived. It was the fact he wasn't a good player in Practice or made a lot of mental mistakes when not playing the game. Imagine if he went up against the Bears #1 Defense. Do you really have such confidence in the guy to keep calm under those circumstances when he's never sniffed the starting players or even the #2s?
People can piss and moan the decision to cut him all they want, and don't get me wrong, I don't agree with it. I would prefer to keep him around another year or two to let him develop more. But it's not the end of the world. It is never the end of the world.
Yep.
Sloter is gone because he wasn't good enough. No hidden agenda.
He had talent, but didn't have the experience to play professional QB at a passable level. He more than likely never will.
He didn't show any improvement. Can't even challenge for the backup spot at this point. Speilman tried and it didn't work out. If there were interested teams we could have gotten a 7th rounder for him. I'm sure they tried. We might bring him back if our CB situation gets straight.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:36 pm
by Tbolt
Rhodes Closed wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:22 pm
Tbolt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:00 pm
I don’t care what all you Zimmer apologists say, Sloter didn’t get a shot because of his bravado and belief in himself. Rubbed Zimmer the wrong way. I hope he gets a chance in the league and believe he will succeed if that door opens.
And what will your defense be if it turns out Sloter wasn't nearly as good as he looked against the 3's and 4's?
It wasn't the bravado or confidence that got him waived. It was the fact he wasn't a good player in Practice or made a lot of mental mistakes when not playing the game. Imagine if he went up against the Bears #1 Defense. Do you really have such confidence in the guy to keep calm under those circumstances when he's never sniffed the starting players or even the #2s?
People can piss and moan the decision to cut him all they want, and don't get me wrong, I don't agree with it. I would prefer to keep him around another year or two to let him develop more. But it's not the end of the world. It is never the end of the world.
They replaced Simian with the exact same type in Mannion. How you can’t see that or even bother to question why they never gave him any snaps with the 2’s is beyond me. It was never an open competition and coaches hate being proved wrong.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:38 pm
by Tbolt
CharVike wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:28 pm
StumpHunter wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:53 pm
Yep.
Sloter is gone because he wasn't good enough. No hidden agenda.
He had talent, but didn't have the experience to play professional QB at a passable level. He more than likely never will.
He didn't show any improvement. Can't even challenge for the backup spot at this point. Speilman tried and it didn't work out. If there were interested teams we could have gotten a 7th rounder for him. I'm sure they tried. We might bring him back if our CB situation gets straight.
Just how many trades went down today for players that were about to be cut today? Such a stupid take.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:46 pm
by PurpleMustReign
Tbolt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:38 pm
CharVike wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:28 pm
He didn't show any improvement. Can't even challenge for the backup spot at this point. Speilman tried and it didn't work out. If there were interested teams we could have gotten a 7th rounder for him. I'm sure they tried. We might bring him back if our CB situation gets straight.
Just how many trades went down today for players that were about to be cut today? Such a stupid take.
As opposed to the super intelligent "Sloter will be the face of the franchise" take that you made above.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:57 pm
by Tbolt
PurpleMustReign wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:46 pm
Tbolt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:38 pm
Just how many trades went down today for players that were about to be cut today? Such a stupid take.
As opposed to the super intelligent "Sloter will be the face of the franchise" take that you made above.
I made no such post. Coaches all the time fail to play guys that don’t fit their mold.
So show me the post I made that assertion.
Re: 2019 Roster Moves and Transactions Thread
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:18 pm
by StpViking
10 OL (11 if you count the LS)
4 RB + 1 FB
4 TEs
4 WRs
The Vikings are all in on the Outside Zone Scheme. If it fails, there is no plan B.