{"id":21316,"date":"2013-08-31T17:32:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T22:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=21316"},"modified":"2014-05-09T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T20:04:27","slug":"vikings-53-man-roster-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2013\/08\/31\/vikings-53-man-roster-for-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings 53-man roster for 2013"},"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\" \/>Final cuts were due to be announced late Saturday afternoon. The Vikings didn&#8217;t start announcing their released players until about an hour before the deadline, starting with running back Joe Banyard, who&#8217;d had a great preseason game on Thursday. Unless he&#8217;s picked up by another club, I&#8217;d expect to see him signed to the Vikings practice squad when that is allowed to happen.<\/p>\n<p>There was a brief flurry of interest among Viking fans when it was rumoured that Seattle was trying to trade former Viking cornerback Antoine Winfield and would cut him if he couldn&#8217;t be traded. Several fans expressed the hope that he might be back in purple, but the hope was dashed when Seattle announced that Winfield would be retiring instead.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong><\/th>\n<th>\n<p><strong>Starter(s)<\/strong><\/th>\n<th>\n<p><strong>Backups<\/strong><\/th>\n<th>\n<p><strong>Other<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>QB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Christian Ponder<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Matt Cassel, McLeod Bethel-Thompson<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>WR<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>FL &#8211; Greg Jennings<\/p>\n<p>SE &#8211; Jerome Simpson<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>FL &#8211; Jarius Wright, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Stephen Burton<\/del>, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Adam Thielen (UFA)<\/del><\/p>\n<p>SE &#8211; Cordarrelle Patterson (R), Joe Webb, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Rodney Smith<\/del><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Greg Childs (PUP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>RB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Adrian Peterson<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Toby Gerhart, Matt Asiata, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:12:59+00:00\">Joe Banyard<\/del><\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>FB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Zach Line (UFA)<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Jerome Felton (suspended for 3 games)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>TE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Kyle Rudolph<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>John Carlson, Rhett Ellison, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:12:59+00:00\">Chase Ford<\/del>, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:12:59+00:00\">Colin Anderson<\/del><\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>OL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>LT &#8211; Matt Kalil<\/p>\n<p>LG &#8211; Charlie Johnson<\/p>\n<p>C &#8211; John Sullivan<\/p>\n<p>RG &#8211; Brandon Fusco<\/p>\n<p>RT &#8211; Phil Loadholt<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>LT &#8211; <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Kevin Murphy<\/del><\/p>\n<p>LG &#8211; Jeff Baca (R)<\/p>\n<p>C &#8211; Joe Berger<\/p>\n<p>RG &#8211; <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Travis Bond (R)<\/del><\/p>\n<p>RT &#8211; <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:12:59+00:00\">Brandon Keith<\/del>, Troy Kropog<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>DeMarcus Love (suspended for first 4 games of season), Seth Olsen (IR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>DL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>LE &#8211; Brian Robison<\/p>\n<p>UT &#8211; Kevin Williams<\/p>\n<p>NT &#8211; Letroy Guion<\/p>\n<p>RE &#8211; Jared Allen<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>LE &#8211; Everson Griffen, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">D&#8217;Aundre Reed<\/del><\/p>\n<p>UT &#8211; Sharrif Floyd (R), <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Everett Dawkins (R)<\/del><\/p>\n<p>NT &#8211; Fred Evans, Chase Baker, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Anthony McCloud<\/del><\/p>\n<p>RE &#8211; George Johnson, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Collins Ukwu<\/del>, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Spencer Nealy<\/del><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Christian Ballard (left team for undisclosed reasons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>LB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>S &#8211; Chad Greenway<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Erin Henderson<\/p>\n<p>W &#8211; Marvin Mitchell<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>S &#8211; Larry Dean, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:12:59+00:00\">Tyrone McKenzie<\/del><\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Audie Cole, Michael Mauti (R)<\/p>\n<p>W &#8211; Desmond Bishop, Gerald Hodges (R)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>CB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Chris Cook<\/p>\n<p>Josh Robinson<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>A.J. Jefferson, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Brandon Burton<\/del>, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Bobby Felder<\/del><\/p>\n<p>Xavier Rhodes (R), Marcus Sherels<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Harrison Smith<\/p>\n<p>Jamarca Sanford<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Robert Blanton, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:12:59+00:00\">Brandan Bishop<\/del><\/p>\n<p>Mistral Raymond, Andrew Sendejo, <del datetime=\"2013-08-31T21:25:52+00:00\">Darius Eubanks<\/del><\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>K<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Blair Walsh<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>P<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Jeff Locke (R)<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>LS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Cullen Loeffler<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Jared Allen*<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>H<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Jeff Locke*<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Matt Cassel*, McLeod Bethel-Thompson*<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>KR<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Cordarrelle Patterson*<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Marcus Sherels*, Josh Robinson*, A.J. 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