{"id":16642,"date":"2012-08-26T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=16642"},"modified":"2014-05-09T14:25:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T19:25:02","slug":"vikings-cut-15-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2012\/08\/26\/vikings-cut-15-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings cut 15 players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Viking_Head.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Viking_Head\" width=\"80\" height=\"81\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10672\" \/>NFL teams have to cut down their numbers to 53 before the start of the regular season. This is done in two stages, after the third preseason game, teams are only allowed to have 75 players on their roster (down from 90 allowed up to that point). The final cut down comes after the last preseason game. At the <em>Star Tribune<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sports\/vikings\/blogs\/167435955.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Craig<\/a> has the list of players waived in the first cut:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here are the players who were released today. Eleven of them are undrafted rookies:<\/p>\n<pre>Bridger Buche.............. G...................... R....... Eastern Michigan\r\nDerrick Coleman............ RB..................... R................... UCLA\r\nGrant Cook................. G...................... R............... Arkansas\r\nSolomon Elimimian.......... LB..................... 1................. Hawaii\r\nCorey Gatewood............. DB..................... R............... Stanford\r\nLevi Horn.................. T...................... 2................ Montana\r\nAnthony Jacobs............. DE..................... R.............. Minnesota\r\nKamar Jorden............... WR..................... R.......... Bowling Green\r\nA.J. Love.................. WR..................... R.......... South Florida\r\nTyler Nielsen.............. LB..................... R................... Iowa\r\nErnest Owusu............... DE..................... R............. California\r\nTydreke Powell............. DT..................... R......... North Carolina\r\nChris Stroud............... CB..................... R... Webber International\r\nKerry Taylor............... WR..................... 1.......... Arizona State\r\nBryan Walters.............. WR..................... 2................ Cornell<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Craig says there were &#8220;no surprises&#8221;, but a few of these players were certainly mentioned multiple times in the press coverage of training camp, especially Elmimian, Taylor, and Walters. This is probably a useful caution not to put too much stock in training camp reports: the reporters have to file stories &mdash; preferably interesting stories &mdash; so they&#8217;re looking for different things than the coaches are.<\/p>\n<p>The final cuts have to be done by Friday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL teams have to cut down their numbers to 53 before the start of the regular season. This is done in two stages, after the third preseason game, teams are only allowed to have 75 players on their roster (down from 90 allowed up to that point). 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