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BigJCy said:
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That sucks a lot. Hopefully Herndon can step in.

Sounds like guys like Griffen and potentially Abdullah could be back on the roster in the next couple days. The idea is you release guys that you believe will clear waivers, until the potential feeding frenzy of signing that can occur after teams get down to 53 dies down. Then you release your young guys with a greater likelihood of them making your practice squad, and re-sign the vets.

That's definitely what's happening with Minnesota's long snapper. They cut him yesterday. But there's virtually no chance they start the season without one on the roster, so the idea is that they'll wait a couple days, try to place one of their young guys on the practice squad, and re-sign the long snapper
 
Mr Janny said:
That sucks a lot. Hopefully Herndon can step in.

Sounds like guys like Griffen and potentially Abdullah could be back on the roster in the next couple days. The idea is you release guys that you believe will clear waivers, until the potential feeding frenzy of signing that can occur after teams get down to 53 dies down. Then you release your young guys with a greater likelihood of them making your practice squad, and re-sign the vets.

That's definitely what's happening with Minnesota's long snapper. They cut him yesterday. But there's virtually no chance they start the season without one on the roster, so the idea is that they'll wait a couple days, try to place one of their young guys on the practice squad, and re-sign the long snapper
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I think Dallas did the same thing with their long snapper.
 
Cyclones_R_GR8 said:
I'm not surprised to see Rose on the practice squad, kind of surprised about Abdullah
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I'm guessing if Kene ends up on Short term IR, they'll add Abdullah to the active roster. He's serviceable, and would be a stopgap for the 3 weeks that Kene would be unavailable.
 
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JM4CY said:
I'm so unexcited for the Vikings season and have zero hope for them to be remotely good. Kene is the only thing keeping me hanging on with my attention.
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Irv Smith's injury is a bummer, but the offense was really good last year, and hopefully will pick up where they left off.

And the defense should be a lot better as well. The d-line has been massively upgraded from last season.

I don't think they're super bowl contenders, but there's still reason for optimism at the moment. Give it a couple weeks, and I won't promise you anything...
 
JM4CY said:
I'm so unexcited for the Vikings season and have zero hope for them to be remotely good. Kene is the only thing keeping me hanging on with my attention.
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My guess is the Vikings season mirrors the Cubs season.

Start the year better than most think.. Fans start to get excited as they lead the division (Tie with the Packers at 4-2). Then the season falls apart and they end up wining too many games to get a Top QB in the draft for 2022
 
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cyfan92 said:
My guess is the Vikings season mirrors the Cubs season.

Start the year better than most think.. Fans start to get excited as they lead the division (Tie with the Packers at 4-2). Then the season falls apart and they end up wining too many games to get a Top QB in the draft for 2022
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I haven't been a Kirk Cousins defender, necessarily, but I think he's been better than he gets credit for. But, with that said, if they stumble to another slightly below .500 record and miss the playoffs, I will fully support the Cousins experiment coming to an end, of only to try something new.
 
That's a tough loss, though selfishly that means Smith-Marsette will get more snaps and I'm curious to see how he does. He had a knack for getting open deep so I'm interested to see if that translates to the next level without elite speed.
 
Mr Janny said:
I haven't been a Kirk Cousins defender, necessarily, but I think he's been better than he gets credit for. But, with that said, if they stumble to another slightly below .500 record and miss the playoffs, I will fully support the Cousins experiment coming to an end, of only to try something new.
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He seems to be able to put up consistent numbers but not win games. He's safe
 
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Griffen re-signed to the active roster as well as the the long snapper they cut yesterday. Irv Smith, Chad Beebe, and Kene were all put on IR to make space.

Kene is eligible to return in 3 weeks
 
Mr Janny said:
Griffen re-signed to the active roster as well as the the long snapper they cut yesterday. Irv Smith, Chad Beebe, and Kene were all put on IR to make space.

Kene is eligible to return in 3 weeks
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Hopefully Kene can get on the active roster. Hasn't had a chance to really showcase much
 
mynameisjonas said:
Until Cousins is gone it’s going to be tough for me to even care.
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I'm curious for your reasoning is behind this. Kirk may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he was top ten in the league in yards and TDs last year with a quarterback rating of over 100. He didn't have a great start to the season, but after that initial skid, he put up great numbers, and did it behind a terrible offensive line.
If the offense can put up similar numbers this year, I'll be ecstatic, given the additions on defense.

I can understand not being optimistic about this year's team, but laying it all at the feet of Cousins seems misguided.
 
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