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Difficult Cuts Offset by Confidence Adofo-Mensah & O’Connell Share in Vikings Roster

Difficult Cuts Offset by Confidence Adofo-Mensah & O’Connell Share in Vikings Roster


When Ingram emerged as the starter, Minnesota worked out a trade with Pittsburgh to send Davis to the Steelers and provide him an opportunity to continue to be a starter. Reed and Schlottmann are positioned to add depth to Minnesota’s interior. The other linemen who made the roster are Olisaemeka Udoh, Blake Brandel and Vederian Lowe.

Beyond the 53-man roster, all teams now can have up to 16 players on their practice squads. The Vikings signed Kyle Hinton, a 2020 seventh-rounder, and undrafted rookie Josh Sokol to their practice squad.

Players can now move between the practice squad and active roster with rules that were relaxed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and have remained in place.

O’Connell was asked if he thinks the Vikings have enough depth.

“Are we talking about offensive line, defensive line, are we talking about DBs and receivers that have roles on special teams and may be where other guys have not been able to define those roles for themselves? We’ve really got to think about the 53,” O’Connell said. “I told a lot of the players, the way the rules are now, with the ability to activate individual players off the practice squad for four games and still protect them for a certain amount of time, we can really piece together a larger roster than just the 53 guys.

“That’s what went into a lot of the conversations about the practice squad, but ultimately how we’re going to use our personnel, how we’re going to try to attack our opponents and play great in all three phases,” O’Connell added.

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