We sit 6.9 million under the cap and I am happy with what we have going into the season, so I do not pursue any trades. LeTroy Guion is set to start at DT, but is still demanding a trade, going to ignore him for now.
Here is our roster heading into the pre-season, looks like the rookie Castillo will get a chance to win the RT job over Loadholt, there will be competition at receiver between Harvin, Jackson and Patterson for playing time, most other spots are probably set, though CB could be a battle as well.
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Minnesota Vikings Roster, scout Overview
Player # Pos start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct Onleam
Cassel, Matt 16 QB QB 10 36 36 2 yrs. 2013
Peterson, Adrian 28 RB RB 8 79 79 4 yrs. 2007
Felton, Jerome 42 FB FB 7 57 57 2 yrs. 2012
Rudolph, Kyle 82 TE TE 4 67 67 1 yr. 2011
Patterson, Cordarrelle 84 FL FL 2 64 64 3 yrs. 2013
Harvin, Percy 88 SE SE 6 59 59 3 yrs. 2014
Kalil, Matt 75 LT LT 3 69 69 2 yrs. 2012
Johnson, Charlie 74 LG LG 9 40 40 2 yrs. 2011
Sullivan, John 65 C C 7 60 60 3 yrs. 2008
Meredith, Jamon 68 RG RG 6 45 45 2 yrs. 2014
Castillo, Andres 66 RT RT 1 29 50 4 yrs. 2014
Robison, Brian 96 LDE LDE 8 55 55 2 yrs. 2007
Guion, Letroy 98 LDT LDT 7 46 46 1 yr. 2008
Floyd, Sharrif 95 RDT RDT 2 45 57 3 yrs. 2013
Allen, Jared 69 RDE RDE 11 60 60 2 yrs. 2008
Greenway, Chad 52 SLB SLB 9 44 44 3 yrs. 2006
Laurinaitis, James 90 MLB MLB 6 60 60 4 yrs. 2014
Woodyard, Wesley 57 WLB WLB 7 38 38 3 yrs. 2014
Robinson, Josh 21 LCB LCB 3 56 56 2 yrs. 2012
Rhodes, Xavier 29 RCB RCB 2 63 63 3 yrs. 2013
Smith, Harrison 22 SS SS 3 66 66 2 yrs. 2012
Sendejo, Andrew 34 FS FS 4 34 34 2 yrs. 2011
Foles, Nick 15 QB 3 21 35 2 yrs. 2013
Roaf, Maximus 1 QB 1 11 32 4 yrs. 2014
Sproles, Darren 25 RB 10 45 45 2 yrs. 2014
Ellison, Rhett 40 TE 3 40 40 2 yrs. 2012
Jackson, DeSean 86 SE 7 56 56 4 yrs. 2014
Wright, Janus 17 SE 3 41 42 2 yrs. 2012
Koppen, Dan 53 C 12 31 31 2 yrs. 2013
Baca, Jeff 60 LG 2 28 36 3 yrs. 2013
Fusco, Brandon 63 RG 4 31 36 1 yr. 2011
Smith, Willie 62 LT 4 33 36 2 yrs. 2014
Loadholt, Phil 71 RT 6 51 51 3 yrs. 2009
Locke, Jeff 12 P 2 72 72 3 yrs. 2013
Walsh, Blair 3 K 3 77 77 2 yrs. 2012
Jackson, Lawrence 94 LDE 7 32 32 3 yrs. 2013
Ogden, Silas 78 RDE 1 27 37 4 yrs. 2014
Anthony, Posey 99 LDT 1 33 45 4 yrs. 2014
Williams, Kevin 93 RDT 12 30 30 2 yrs. 2003
**Henderson, Erin 50 MLB 6 34 34 1 yr. 2008
Hodges, Gerald 54 WLB 2 28 38 3 yrs. 2013
Cook, Chris 20 LCB 5 43 43 3 yrs. 2010
Lacey, Jacob 26 RCB 6 35 41 2 yrs. 2013
Raymond, Mistral 41 SS 4 39 39 1 yr. 2011
Blanton, Robert 36 FS 3 24 31 2 yrs. 2012
Loeffler, Cullen 46 FS 11 5 5 1 yr. 2004
##Houston, James 23 RB 1 31 41 4 yrs. 2014
##Asiata, Matt 48 FB 3 25 33 2 yrs. 2012
##Dorsey, Kevin 89 FL 2 26 32 3 yrs. 2013
##Schulz, Archie 83 FL 1 21 31 4 yrs. 2014
##Childs, Greg 85 SE 2 29 38 2 yrs. 2012
##Bond, Travis 76 RG 2 26 33 3 yrs. 2013
##McKenzie, Tyrone 58 SLB 4 17 23 2 yrs. 2012
$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
= player is injured, - player is on IR.
Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46
Salary Cap: $130,200,000
Cap Room: $6,910,000
Maximum for New Player: $7,410,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts) : $13,100,000
Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts) : $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $113,570,000
Pre-season games
Minnesota 16 New York Jets 7 - Rookie Roaf 7-9, 61 yards, AP 9-77
Minnesota 12 Kansas City 9 - Battle of field goals, Walsh wins it with 4 seconds left
Miami 20 Minnesota 12 - Can't punch it in again, Cassel 13-21, 119 yards
Minnesota 24 Oakland 21 - Roaf starts at QB, 6-6, 94 yards including a 56 yard TD to AP
3-1 Pre-season, offensive stalling too much in the red zone, but moving well between the 20's, line play seems much better. We are ranked 14th in power points heading into the season, I hope we can compete for a wildcard spot.
Injuries
MLB Erin Henderson - Out 4 weeks, strained abductor, back up to Lauriniatis anyway.
CB Jacob Lacey (concussion) and FS Andrew Sendejo (Knee) questionable
OLB Chad Greenway (Knee) and DE Silas Ogden (Ribs) probable.
Overall in great shape heading into the season.