. . . but to my surprise, and possibly to the dejection of sportscasters nationwide who will now not have the opportunity to announce that “Coach Childress just made a Booty call” . . . the team chose to keep Tarvaris Jackson and released John David Booty, to get down to their 53-man final roster:
DB Colt Anderson, QB John David Booty, FB Nehemiah Broughton, DE Martail Burnett, OL Chris Clark, OL Brian Daniels, OL Juan Garcia, DE Otis Grigsby, S De’von Hall, LB David Herron, DT Antoine Holmes, RB Ian Johnson, DT Tremaine Johnson, OL Andy Kemp, CB Marcus McCauley, TE Garrett Mills, WR Nick Moore, TE Jake Nordin, WR Vinny Perretta, OL Drew Radovich, DB Marcus Walker and WR Bobby Williams.
The Vikings could still try to re-sign Booty to a practice squad spot next week, if he’s not picked up by another team. You’d have to assume that his performance in Friday’s game was a determining factor in this decision.
Update, 7 September: Yep, Booty was indeed signed to the Vikings practice squad, along with “safety Colt Anderson, offensive tackles Chris Clark and Drew Radovich, running back Ian Johnson, defensive tackle Tremaine Johnson, tight end Garrett Mills and wide receiver Nick Moore”. Unfortunately, free agent Jon Cooper who’d made the 53-man roster was cut to make room for Kory Lichtensteiger who was cut by Denver.
