Minnesota Vikings Begin To Fill Practice Squad
by Christopher Gates on Sep 4, 2011 10:25 PM CDT
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PrintWith the 53-man roster set in stone. . .or at least in really, really firm Jell-o. . .the Vikings are going about the process of filling out their eight-man practice squad. While they haven't announced the entire thing at this point, we do have the names of a few of the guys that will be on there.
The Vikings have signed WR Emmanuel Arceneaux, FB Matt Asiata, and FB Ryan D'Imperio to the practice squad thus far. You may know them from such pre-season games as Vikings at Titans, Vikings at Seahawks, Cowboys at Vikings, and Texans at Vikings.
Word is that one spot on the practice squad is earmarked for TE Allen Reisner, who was released to make room on the 53-man roster for the newly-acquired Xavier Adibi. That would still leave the Vikings with four open spots if Reisner makes it through the waiver process.
No word yet as to when the Vikings are going to announce the rest of their practice squad, but once the names come down, we will have them for you here.
EDIT: "nmvikesfan" has stated in the comments that CB Cord Parks, LB Ross Homan, WR Stephen Burton, and OT Thomas Welch have been invited to join the practice squad if they make it through the waiver process. Big thanks to him for that!
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Holman, S. Burton, and Parks and Welch were asked to PS
So if all make it through waivers there you have it.
Wow
Cutting Reisner seems like a gamble. Might lose a talented kid and you short yourself on tight ends.
Odd…
"I'm crazy? Cyril, you're the one who killed a perfectly good hooker!"--Sterling Archer
3 TEs and no FBs
Weird.
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by PurplePeopleEaters on Sep 4, 2011 11:01 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Good news so far
Seems like the Vikings are having good luck signing everyone they wanted so far, always hate to see the “Thigpens” out there that slip through the waivers
Totally agree Landonio
I think this kid will be a very good RB. Also is an insurance policy if one of the 2 RB’s have to go IR (hopefully for short periods) With Booker being young and King not being able to showcase his skills over a longer period, we don’t know if he is a better fit than Booker
. King is good insurance for now. God forbid AD goes down but for some reason having King in the fold makes me feel more comfortable should that happen. Actually he is good insurance if any of the 3 fall to an injury. The kid showed some impressive elusiveness as well as power. Can he catch? Didn’t have time to see. I just saw a kid with some vision and ability to find holes
AKA : Revenge4Webb
Sign him!
I think Caleb King will be one hell of a back. I wouldn’t have been upset if they took him over Booker.
i would rather have King than Welch or Burto
Parks intrugies me. I like what I saw from him this preseason. Better watch it Allen,Burton and Cook
by RaysOfHope on Sep 5, 2011 9:24 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Wonder why they kept Booker over King.
by aceinthecorner on Sep 5, 2011 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions
No brainer
Because he is a vet. He is also better at this point in time than King, maybe in the future that will change though.
Booker brings a lot more to the table
He is a great returner in punt and kickoffs, and can catch the ball well out of the backfield, not to mention he did show some toughness running up the middle this preseason.
King does give us a good insurance policy if someone goes down, which I hope doesn’t happen.
Also Pats snag Welch back and sign him to PS
There are about 20 teams that have a spot or two left to fill out their PS’s so signing Reisner is going to be tough.
Welch was a 7th rd pick of the Pats that the FO really liked but apparently so did NE, we signed him off their PS last year and now they signed him back. We need to address the LT position aggressively next year whether it be by trading up in the draft or signing a top notch FA.
Reisner
Other tesams with open spots on their PS would have to persuade Reisner to sign with them and not the Vikes, right? If they “claim” him off waivers, they have to put him on the roster, so the number of teamns with open PS spots is not really material, is it?
I can see why Welch would want to resign with the team that drafted him. But I reckon Reisner would really WANT to stay with the Vikes…
TiggerSr
In order to be signed to the PS of another team you have to clear waivers first
Then you can pick who you are going to sign with kind of like a UDFA, Vikings decided to go with Degeare since he has starting experience and can play more positions.
Reisner cleared waivers and is on PS
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