Their staffs have worked hard to build depth across the roster and had the arduous task of reducing the number from 91 (including International Player Pathway participant Sammis Reyes) to the regular-season max of 53 last week before forming a 17-player practice squad (includes Reyes).
The moves continued after Tuesday’s deadline for roster reductions and Wednesday’s formation of the practice squad. On Thursday, Minnesota placed Jaren Hall on waivers and signed veteran backup Brett Rypien to be the third QB on the 53-man roster. Rypien is backing up starter Sam Darnold and returning veteran Nick Mullens.
The inbox received ample messages regarding the waiving of Hall and signing of Rypien, so that’s where we’ll start this week by consolidating a few comments for a single response.
I guess I’ll never be an NFL scout! I loved Jaren Hall and thought he was progressing nicely.
I’m puzzled why the Vikings would cut Jaren Hall as well as he has played in favor of Brett Rypien. Why cut a young player who shows so much promise in favor of a guy who has been cut by multiple teams already? Just doesn’t seem to make sense. I would like to hear the reasoning behind that decision.
— Irv Globstad, West Des Moines, Iowa (Vikings fan since 1961)
Why would you cut QB Jaren Hall? He’s a better QB than Mullens, plus he can scramble if necessary. I think this was a big mistake and you let the wrong player go. I’m guessing the Vikings are going for the first pick next year so we will go 4-13 this year! Hall is a good quarterback.
The first thing to keep in mind is that Hall’s time with the Vikings may not have concluded.
I admittedly am not a professional evaluator of players. I personally did not expect any changes once the Vikings placed Darnold, Mullens and Hall on the 53-man roster (based on what Hall had showed this preseason), but I’m not privy to the advanced conversations and strategies that the personnel and coaching departments discuss.
The news of placing Hall on waivers and signing Rypien broke Thursday morning, a couple of hours before Adofo-Mensah and O’Connell were scheduled to speak with Twin Cities media members.
That meant we posted the news of the roster moves a bit before they communicated their desire to bring Hall back on the practice squad. We followed up with those comments in this story, which further explains their thinking…
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