The theme of the Vikings’ roster is youth.
The 53-man unit was set Saturday, and 11 rookies made it, including three who were undrafted. And in the surprise move of the day, the Vikings released an eight-year veteran in Alex Boone, 30, who had been their starting left guard.
Boone was let go after declining to take a pay cut. Of Boone’s $6.6 million salary for 2007, $3.4 million of it is guaranteed, and will count against the Vikings’ salary cap. He also already has earned a $100,000 workout bonus.
While the Vikings are going with a lot of young players, not with their specialists. In expected outcomes, kicker Kai Forbath beat out Marshall Koehn and punter Ryan Quigley won the battle with rookie Taylor Symmank.
Other drafted rookies on the 53-man roster are defensive tackle Jaleel Johnson, guard Danny Isidora, wide receivers Rodney Adams and Stacy Coley and tight end Bucky Hodges. Defensive end Tashawn Bower, linebacker Eric Wilson and tackle Aviante Collins made it as undrafted rookies.
Three seventh-round picks from April, though, were cut. They were defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo, linebacker Elijah Lee and safety Jack Tocho.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/02/vik...lex-boone/

Adrian Peterson with the Saints is new, strange and full of expectancyThe best running back in Vikings history has a date with his old team in Week 1

– Adrian Peterson was running a wheel route 30 yards downfield with two defenders blanketing him when Drew Brees launched the ball.
What the … ?
“Yeah, that’s not the first thing we think of when looking at Adrian’s skill set,” Saints coach Sean Payton joked after a practice with the Texans a week ago.
And yet Peterson went up, grabbed the ball and toppled into the end zone. Then he raced to the sideline and chest-bumped a teammate as a fan screamed, “I see you All-Day!”
“You can’t be one-dimensional when you’re in the game,” Payton said. “Adrian has shown some flexibility.”
Practice ends and Peterson smiles at a familiar visitor from a much cooler climate.
“And they say I can’t catch,” he says.
In Adrian Peterson’s mind, there’s always a disbeliever, a they that drives the former Vikings All-Pro running back and NFL MVP to keep bouncing back during a 32-year life that’s been littered with adversity as well as greatness.
http://www.startribune.com/adrian-peters...442561623/

A fun and funny guy.  Converted RB can run, block and catch passes.

Nick is quiet, but a good guy.  VikeFans was the first to ever do a solo interview with him after the win at Jacksonville last year.  He is so unassuming, and was thrilled to be talked to.  He shared the video with all his family, and we got to see the comments about how proud they were of him.

Here he is talking to us at camp after he just got promoted to the 1st team defense.

Here is our camp interview from 4 weeks ago with Kai Forbath.  He was very nervous about his spot on the team, and seemed very relieved in the post game locker room on Thursday night.

https://youtu.be/ISNwjlRJABM

Here is our interview with him at camp 4 weeks ago.  Funny guy.

https://youtu.be/zVgzAfxkgdE

anyone have any names yet?

The Vikings decided to keep a guy that is seriously in decline.  He can come in on 3rd and long but he is a liability on the run and the pre-season showed he is not getting any better at it.

That was a bad showing tonight. Big heart and skill by the FSU D. Hope they didn't lose the QB for the year. 

Bama will be tough to beat as usual this season.