By 8 p.m. central time, the Minnesota Vikings needed to make 22 cuts to get to their final roster of 53 players.
Below are the transactions confirmed by Vikings.com to get to 53 players:
Placed On Reserve/Injured
OT DeMarcus LoveContract Termination – Vested Veteran
CB Chris Carr
DE Jeff Charleston
S Eric Frampton
QB Sage Rosenfels» Continue reading “Vikings Make Final Cuts To Get Roster To 53″
WR Stephen Burton hauls in a 52 yard completion from QB Christian Ponder
Well, the good thing is football is back. The bad thing is the Vikings lost their preseason opener. Thankfully, it is only preseason and these games don’t count so there is no need to panic….yet!
These four preseason games are used to evaluate the players the Vikings have and who they will keep when the cut the roster down to 53 men.
On Friday night, all of Vikings’ fans’ eyes were on second year quarterback Christian Ponder. Fans could notice a great deal of improvement in Ponder’s play during the first two drives of the game with the first team offense.
Ponder finished 4-of-9 for 80 yards. Although Ponder had more incompletions then completions, three of the five incompletions were “drops” that hit the receivers on their hands and the other two were intended throwaways. After the game, head coach Leslie Frazier complimented Ponder’s decision making.
» Continue reading “Recapping The Vikings 17-6 Loss To San Francisco”
Christian Ponder connects with Percy Harvin
Credit: Mike Wobschall
Day two of padded practice (and day four of practice overall) is now complete in Mankato. Below is all the news from the final day of July’s practice.
Injury notes:
Practice notes:
The Minnesota Vikings report to training camp next week, so I figured what better way to prepare for the 2012 season than to look at who will be competiting for a roster spot. First up, the most important position on offense: quarterbacks.
Without improvement from Christian Ponder at QB, the Vikings will remain in the cellar of the NFC North. In case of an injury to Ponder, Joe Webb, Sage Rosenfels and/or McLead Bethel Thompson need to prove during camp they can run the Vikings offense.
Christian Ponder
2011-2012 stats — 11 games:
Christian Ponder will be entering his second season in the NFL, but only his first with a full off season of OTAs after last years lockout.
“It was weird being a rookie. Not only a rookie, but a rookie that shows up right at training camp,” Ponder said in May. ”It’s hard to establish yourself as a leader….Now being in a position where I can comfortably say, ‘This is my team,’ it definitely helps.”
Ponder heads into the season being the starter, unlike last year where he lost reps in practice due to the fact the Vikings also had newcomer Donovan McNabb also learning the playbook. This training camp Ponder will likely see all first-team reps to get up him to speed with all of his wide receivers, tight ends, and his offensive line, including fourth overall draft pick and blind side protector, Matt Kalil.
Best moments of his rookie season:
» Continue reading “Training Camp Preview: A Glimpse At The Quarterbacks”
Percy Harvin and Chad Greenway participates in OTAs: For week one of OTAs, WR Percy Harvin was a spectator while rehabbing, along side teammate Adrian Peterson, from off-season shoulder surgery. LB Chad Greenway was also absent from week one of OTAs while he was attending to a family issue. However, for OTA #4, according to the Vikings.com, Harvin and Greenway joined their teammates on the field and looked “refreshed and explosive.”
ESPN analysis of the Vikings back-up QB situation: Christian Ponder will enter the 2012 season as the #1 QB on the Vikings depth-chart. However, Ponder faced multiple injuries during his rookie season. It’s important for the Vikings to have a reliable back-up QB in case Ponder, who has the reputation as being “injury prone,” goes down sometime during the season.
» Continue reading “Minnesota Vikings News Bulletin: June 4th-5th”
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