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your host D woods now we going to dive into the official Vikings 53 man roster I know I dropped a video a couple of days ago you know with my projections of who I thought was going to make the team who the cuts were going to be and I really didn't go into what the practice squad looked like we not g to do that in this video right now because I really feel like the practice squad is going to be a big surprise to every everyone so I'mma bring up this slide right now shout out to my boy TPP skull on Twitter known as the purple persuasion he had the best looking breakdown of the actual roster so I just decided to use it uh let's bring it up okay so we going to start with the quarterbacks because that's basically at the top um I think all three quarterbacks with a lock I mean Sam darnold Nick Mullins jiren Hall some people thought jiren Hall might get cut but I kind of figured with JJ McCarthy going down they kind of wanted to keep jiren Hall on the roster and especially because jiren Hall kind of played a little bit better in the last two preseason games so that kind of mirrors what I thought now this is probably one of the biggest disappointments you know of this 53 man roster for me is going into the season with only two running backs Aaron Jones and Ty chanler now Aaron Jones has somewhat a history of being banged up and Ty chanler still hasn't figured out how to accurately pass block I just feel like maybe the Minnesota Vikings might bring in you know somebody who got cut uh legitimate you know backup running back we never know but it just looks kind of weird to me starting the season with only two running backs that makes me feel like damn we must not be trying to run the ball this year uh fullback CJ ham that was a lock I really think I got the receivers right all the way through Justin Jefferson Jordan Allison jayen niller Tristan Thompson Tristan Jackson I'm sorry uh Brandon pile and Tren sherfield I think I I got that right I know I got the tight ends right Josh Oliver Johnny mut Nick mes with TJ hackinson on the pup list pup list basically means you already know he gonna be gone for four weeks hopefully it's only four weeks but we gonna see now the tackles Christian daraw Brian O'Neal David kenberry and Walter Ross I think I got that right too Sinners Garrett Bradberry Dan fening uh basic basically locks guards you know Blake Brandel Ed Ingram Michael Jurgens okay so that basically rounds out the offense now the biggest surprise this you know this afternoon was the Minnesota Vikings basically cutting K wangu now that was a big surprise to me because I kind of felt like he kind of hit his stride and we kind of seeing little glimpses and flashes of the potential that he could you know have playing in the back field you know on offense and not just a special teams player I mean some people out there actually think with the NFL changing the kickoff rules that basically can's value on the team kind of you know diminished but it's still a surprise to me I mean the guy is basically one of the fastest guys on the team if not the fastest guy on were on the Minnesota Vikings and I was just kind of seeing like you know what they're going to do I just really feel like when it comes to certain positions certain players I'm starting to have my gripes with Kevin okono and his coaching staff because I do believe that some players do need you know the extra work need the extra you know workload going forward to actually see what they got and just like I said before some people just don't practice well and I think like cutting can on this on this roster it might bite them in the ass down the line especially if you really thinking about going in the season with only two legitimate running backs on the roster so we G to skip the defense and we gonna go straight to the specialist specialist locks you already knew what it was real rard you know as the kicker punter Ryan Wright and Long Snapper Andrew dalala so those were a lock we kind of talked about them at my last video so we gonna move on to this defense all right so no tackles you got Harrison philis Taki timman that's great that's great Tak Tiani make make the team I kind of felt like the P the past two preseason games he was kind of balling out you know making a name for himself and I'm I'm really happy to see younger guys make this roster now inside D line Jonathan Bullard Jerry Tillery Levi Drake Rodriguez and Jaylen redond I think I got everybody right on the defensive line I really think I did Jaylen Redmond Levi Drake Rodriguez you know I think it's like I said before with Taki tiami like these younger players making a roster is great because I hope that this coaching staff can develop them I'm not saying they're gonna develop into being Allstar Pro Bowl caliber players but just being solid players you know that can be able to contribute to this team now outside linebackers you got Jonathan Gard Andrew vinko Dallas Turner Patrick Jones thei and jiad World Ward sorry so yeah I think I M IM what I had inside linebackers you got Ivan Pace Jr Blake casman ker guer Hill and briyan osma those are two guys I didn't have on the roster especially Brian osma now this is something to look at too with Brian aena I think he's basically a special teamer he's probably not going to see too much snaps on the actual defense and considering the Vikings don't have a a third running back I can see them actually trying to trade still trying to trade ran asena to somebody to you know kind of save the cat Bas or whatever maybe get a pick back and then probably slide in somebody you know at the running back position so out of everybody on defense as of right now I feel the person who should you know be a little a little uneasy is Brian Osa because I feel like he might be the highest trade candidate or you know cut if some somebody's running back that the Minnesota Vikings feel could fit this offense and contribute all right so quarterback Brian Murphy Jr Shaq Griffin Stefon Gilmore Fabian Monroe I I didn't have him on here I really didn't and thewi mcglen another guy young guy I'm talking about and the Caleb Evans damn that's crazy to see a Caleb Evans all the way at the back of the dep chart all right um I am just the heads up right now I am going to make a video about draft pick bus later in the week and I'm gonna dive more into my theory on why this is happening okay just just to give that out there shout out Al to y'all so safety you got Harrison Smith cam bam Josh matell J World deal Jackson as you know Louis seen did not make the roster in my opinion it's heartbreaking to me like I still feel like he didn't get a fair shot and you know I'm I just hope he makes the roster somewhere else and can actually show what he can do but it is to say some of these Co kids and especially that Georgia defense that no one's has really panned out in the NFL from that vaunted Georgia defense but you know it is what it is I'm not gonna harp on it too much I'm gonna make that next video like I like I told y'all I'm gonna basically talk about why I think you know the Minnesota vikers Vikings have been consistently busting in the draft and I'm G just go into depth and have a lot more slides to break it down to you guys so you can kind of see what I've been thinking for the past couple of weeks and why these bus happen but that's the roster right there that's the roster some of the stuff like I said before I'm a little disappointed on what they're doing with the um with the running back room but at the same time it's just like that's their Vision you know like that's their Vision that's Kevin 's Vision but we gonna see how it works out but this is just my basic reaction I mean I just really feel like when we making videos in training camp you're making videos you know in offseason we can kind of we kind of see and know which guys are going to make this roster I mean the biggest surprise to me was K wangu after that I mean it was just pretty much chalked to me like cuz some of the guys that you didn't know made made it at the end of the roster it is what it is and just like I said Brian AA he might be the guy on this team that might still get traded and still might get cut considering what's what value is actually out there on the free agent market so I'm G end this video right now because basically it but thank you guys for you know following the channel talking to me on all social media platforms I really appreciate it I mean I told y I was going to be ramping things up a whole lot more and I have so I really appreciate the response and you guys already know how I end it let's go baby oh