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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

The #Vikings have waived WR Tajae Sharpe.

Purple Post on Twitter

I remember he dropped a pass that would have been a difficult catch, but it was catchable. It has to be tough as a receiver when you don't see many passes come your way. I wish him well going forward.

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ORIGINAL: Arlowe84

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ORIGINAL: Pager

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Isn't it a given the cap is going to take a huge hit next season because of the lack of fans this year?

The owners are not going to just bend over and eat that loss.

I read one report that says it will be 195M and be stagnant for a few years. I think David F is using a 180M for the cap next year?

Even considering the playoff push (however slim it looks), I get some youngsters some PT down the stretch to see what we've got. Watts at 3T (looks like most his PT has been at NT). Udoh at RG. Gotta have a better idea of what we have in the trenches. I think Wilson will cost too much and Barr's cap hit is too high for a change there, I put LB lower on the list. I gotta think a guy like Reiff has some trade value. The other big question mark is corner (crazy with all the draft capital we've spent). I don't think Hughes is back, are we seeing enough from Boyd, Hand to be ok. I like Gladney and Dantzler quite a bit, who is our other starting outside CB?. Assuming a line of Ezra, G, Bradbury, Udoh, ONeill. Assuming Harris is not resigned.

LG - need a step in ready guy.
S - need a step in ready guy.
Developmental QB
DE - Is wonnum good enough to move into a starting spot?
CB - Hand/Boyd?
WR3 - Bisi and Beebe just aren't good enough in the modern world.
Development S - Smith replacement.
3T - Watts and a rotation enough?

That's my way too early list. 2 immediate starters have to come from that draft and we better get some great continued development (ie guys like hinton and Samia for line depth) for us to improve next year.

Do we get a draft pick if they let Harris walk as FA?

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ORIGINAL: Arlowe84

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ORIGINAL: Pager

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Isn't it a given the cap is going to take a huge hit next season because of the lack of fans this year?

The owners are not going to just bend over and eat that loss.

I read one report that says it will be 195M and be stagnant for a few years. I think David F is using a 180M for the cap next year?

Even considering the playoff push (however slim it looks), I get some youngsters some PT down the stretch to see what we've got. Watts at 3T (looks like most his PT has been at NT). Udoh at RG. Gotta have a better idea of what we have in the trenches. I think Wilson will cost too much and Barr's cap hit is too high for a change there, I put LB lower on the list. I gotta think a guy like Reiff has some trade value. The other big question mark is corner (crazy with all the draft capital we've spent). I don't think Hughes is back, are we seeing enough from Boyd, Hand to be ok. I like Gladney and Dantzler quite a bit, who is our other starting outside CB?. Assuming a line of Ezra, G, Bradbury, Udoh, ONeill. Assuming Harris is not resigned.

LG - need a step in ready guy.
S - need a step in ready guy.
Developmental QB
DE - Is wonnum good enough to move into a starting spot?
CB - Hand/Boyd?
WR3 - Bisi and Beebe just aren't good enough in the modern world.
Development S - Smith replacement.
3T - Watts and a rotation enough?

That's my way too early list. 2 immediate starters have to come from that draft and we better get some great continued development (ie guys like hinton and Samia for line depth) for us to improve next year.

Do we get a draft pick if they let Harris walk as FA?

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/cap/2021/

If we draft and sign our first rounder in 2021 (spotrac currently estimates #20 at a cost of $2.5 mil) with our current roster of players under contract in 2021 we'd be about $8 mil over the cap right now. That's without Harris, Wilson, Todd Davis, Rashod Hill, a backup QB, Bret Jones, Dakota Dozier, Hercules, Odenbingo, Jaleel Johnson, Chris Jones, Beebe and Tajae Sharpe to name just the ones that play a bit (or more) right now.

We need space so someone(s) gonna have to go. Here are the choices:

Cousins: Cap hit $31 mil, dead money $41 mil, he ain't going anywhere

Hunter: Cap hit $17.75, dead money $12 mil, he ain't going anywhere

Barr: Cap hit $15.5 mil, dead money $7.8 mil, could save $7.7 mil. He probably stays because we're losing Wilson and Davis. Fire Spielman

Rieff: Cap hit $14 mil, dead money $2.2 mil, could save $11.8 mil. He probably goes for the money which is a shame he's had a great year. Ezra will probably be decent at LT

Thielen: Cap hit $13.5 mil, dead money $5.4 mil. He ain't going anywhere. This is a great value contract

Kendricks: Cap hit $12.5 mil, dead money $9.9 mil. Almost no savings and he's probably the best player on the team

H. Smith: Cap hit $10.25 mil, dead money $0. Uh oh.

Rudy: Cap hit $9.5 mil, dead money $4.4 mil. Fire Spielman

Pierce: Cap hit $5.4 mil, dead money $3.0 mil. Good contract. Hopefully he's as good as many think and would have given us more wins in the 1-5 start.

Dalvin: Cap hit $5.2 mil, dead money $22.2 mil. Our grandkids' grandkids might not live to see the end of this contract. Stay healthy my man!

Shamar Stephen: Cap hit $5.1 mil, dead money $1.3 mil. Consistently above-average, solid depth, keep him

Bailey: Cap hit $3.8 mil, dead money $2.1 mil. Lord have mercy.

Bradbury: Cap hit $3.5 mil, dead money $7.6 mil. He's bought and paid for so I guess he's our center. I thought he improved throughout the season. Would have been an excellent 3rd-round pick

Everyone else has such a small cap hit that it doesn't merit discussion.

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Isn't it a given the cap is going to take a huge hit next season because of the lack of fans this year?

The owners are not going to just bend over and eat that loss.

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Isn't it a given the cap is going to take a huge hit next season because of the lack of fans this year?

The owners are not going to just bend over and eat that loss.

The public/fans gave them hundreds of millions of dollars to operate a business in good faith, and that business functions to deliver winning football and make money. The business has grown in value dramatically and continues to take in tthe ens of millions of dollars every year from the network money. They aren't "losing" money, even now. Pay up.

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: Arlowe84

Will be curious to see Dantzler’s grade
He is becoming very good. Blanket in coverage
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52.8. 70.7 on run defense, 75.4 on tackling, 47.1 in coverage.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Ezra Cleveland allowed 8 pressures yesterday.
Yes, he executes the scheme very well, but he doesn’t quite have the anchor to hold up against strong interior rushers, which was expected. I think a move back out to OT would be good for him.

(Jonas Stark on Twitter)

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

The #Vikings are working out kicker Taylor Bertolet, per the transaction wire. The 28-year-old went 9 of 14 on field goal attempts in the AAF last year and has never played in an NFL game. He kicked at Texas A&M from 2012-15 and made 66 percent of his FGAs.

(Will Ragatz on Twitter)

My hunch is that there will not be any changes this week for Bailey. Just some "competition".

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Isn't it a given the cap is going to take a huge hit next season because of the lack of fans this year?

The owners are not going to just bend over and eat that loss.

The public/fans gave them hundreds of millions of dollars to operate a business in good faith, and that business functions to deliver winning football and make money. The business has grown in value dramatically and continues to take in tens of millions of dollars every year from the network money. They aren't "losing" money, even now. Pay up.

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

Speaking of the pandemic's affect on salary caps and payrolls. I think it would be fair to expect all existing contracts to decrease by whatever % the salary cap decreases. Everyone get's a little cut instead of a few individuals per team with low dead cap #'s taking the hit. This was an unforeseen, once in a lifetime (hopefully), catastrophe, and they should all be willing to share the pain a little, IMHO.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

The #Vikings are working out kicker Taylor Bertolet, per the transaction wire. The 28-year-old went 9 of 14 on field goal attempts in the AAF last year and has never played in an NFL game. He kicked at Texas A&M from 2012-15 and made 66 percent of his FGAs.

(Will Ragatz on Twitter)

My hunch is that there will not be any changes this week for Bailey. Just some "competition".

Meet our new kicker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Bertolet

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

The #Vikings are working out kicker Taylor Bertolet, per the transaction wire. The 28-year-old went 9 of 14 on field goal attempts in the AAF last year and has never played in an NFL game. He kicked at Texas A&M from 2012-15 and made 66 percent of his FGAs.

(Will Ragatz on Twitter)

My hunch is that there will not be any changes this week for Bailey. Just some "competition".

Meet our new kicker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Bertolet

Might as well keep Bailey for the rest of the year.

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ORIGINAL: David F.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/cap/2021/

If we draft and sign our first rounder in 2021 (spotrac currently estimates #20 at a cost of $2.5 mil) with our current roster of players under contract in 2021 we'd be about $8 mil over the cap right now. That's without Harris, Wilson, Todd Davis, Rashod Hill, a backup QB, Bret Jones, Dakota Dozier, Hercules, Odenbingo, Jaleel Johnson, Chris Jones, Beebe and Tajae Sharpe to name just the ones that play a bit (or more) right now.

We need space so someone(s) gonna have to go. Here are the choices:

Cousins: Cap hit $31 mil, dead money $41 mil, he ain't going anywhere

Hunter: Cap hit $17.75, dead money $12 mil, he ain't going anywhere

Barr: Cap hit $15.5 mil, dead money $7.8 mil, could save $7.7 mil. He probably stays because we're losing Wilson and Davis. Fire Spielman

Rieff: Cap hit $14 mil, dead money $2.2 mil, could save $11.8 mil. He probably goes for the money which is a shame he's had a great year. Ezra will probably be decent at LT

Thielen: Cap hit $13.5 mil, dead money $5.4 mil. He ain't going anywhere. This is a great value contract

Kendricks: Cap hit $12.5 mil, dead money $9.9 mil. Almost no savings and he's probably the best player on the team

H. Smith: Cap hit $10.25 mil, dead money $0. Uh oh.

Rudy: Cap hit $9.5 mil, dead money $4.4 mil. Fire Spielman

Pierce: Cap hit $5.4 mil, dead money $3.0 mil. Good contract. Hopefully he's as good as many think and would have given us more wins in the 1-5 start.

Dalvin: Cap hit $5.2 mil, dead money $22.2 mil. Our grandkids' grandkids might not live to see the end of this contract. Stay healthy my man!

Shamar Stephen: Cap hit $5.1 mil, dead money $1.3 mil. Consistently above-average, solid depth, keep him

Bailey: Cap hit $3.8 mil, dead money $2.1 mil. Lord have mercy.

Bradbury: Cap hit $3.5 mil, dead money $7.6 mil. He's bought and paid for so I guess he's our center. I thought he improved throughout the season. Would have been an excellent 3rd-round pick

Everyone else has such a small cap hit that it doesn't merit discussion.