Vikings Roster Cuts: Minnesota Vikings release Luke McNitt
With the way their current roster is
constructed
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for a pure fullback. With that in mind, the team released one as part of their
initial wave of cuts on Friday afternoon.The Vikings have released fullback Luke
McNitt, who they signed just a couple of weeks ago. McNitt was one of several
players that the Vikings had signed after their game against the Jackonville
Jaguars that saw them suffer multiple injuries.McNitt went undrafted out of
Nebraska and initially signed with the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons waived
McNitt on 20 August, and the Vikings signed him the next day after they lost
fullback Johnny Stanton in that game against Jacksonville.With McNitt being more
of a pure fullback, it would be a bit of an upset of the Vikings were to bring
him back to the practice squad. Still, we will have to keep an eye on the
situation and see what happens.We have more roster moves by the Minnesota
Vikings to discuss, and will continue to discuss them as we get closer to
Saturday’s deadline for rosters to be reduced to 53 players. The Minnesota
Vikings went to the Meadowlands Sunday to hand the New York Jets a 37-17
loss
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stout, the offense got the job done and the Vikings are now where the team
belongs. At the top of the NFC North. Here’s this week’s three takeaways from
the Jets’ game:Latavius Murray deserves the starting role in the backfieldDalvin
Cook must earn his starting job back when he returns to 100 percent. Why plug
him in right away when you have a trusted workhorse in Murray? Also, to me,
Murray has earned the starting spot after his past couple of performances.He’s
made his presence known over the past two weeks. Murray managed to rush for 155
yards off 24 carries against the Arizona Cardinals. He also scored the first
rushing touchdown of the season for Minnesota. The touchdown streak continued at
MetLife Stadium where Murray scored two rushing touchdowns. He finished the game
with 64 yards off 15 carries. Cook has not participated in the last three games
with a hamstring injury. When he was playing, he wasn’t very productive in the
run game. In the three games he’s played in, he’s recorded 98 yards off 36
carries. However, Cook’s been productive in the passing game. He’s caught nine
passes for 107 yards. Cook was only targeted two out of the three games. Cook
could be a solid third down back until deemed worthy of the starting spot.
Defense still put the clamps on (even with injuries)After a couple weeks of
worry
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Minnesota’s defense will be alright (for now). On Sunday, the defense played
without Everson Griffen (again), Linval Joseph and Andrew Sendejo.
Unfortunately, Xavier Rhodes went down with what head coach Mike Zimmer said was
a sprained ankle after Sunday’s game. But, the backups stepped up big and
stepped into the shoes that needed to be filled. David Parry, Tom Johnson and
Jaleel Johnson all were in rotation to fill Joseph’s absence. The Jets were only
able to rush for 71 yards off 24
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playing well in place of Griffen, he even had a nice pass break up. Holton Hill
grabbed an interception after Xavier Rhodes went down with an ankle injury.
Seeing all of these guys play their role is fun to watch. With a healthy roster,
the defense will no doubt be full and complete. Adam Thielen is currently the
best wideout in the NFLHe’s first in the league for targets, receptions and
catches. He’s caught 67 of 89 passes for 822 yards and five touchdowns. It's not
like Thielen’s the only reliable receiver on the team neither, or Cousins’ only
target. There are so many talented players on the offense who can catch the
ball. Stefon Diggs, Kyle Rudolph and Aldrich Robinson just to name a few. Diggs
is fourth in the league for receptions with 48, only 19 less catches than
Thielen. Thielen’s on pace for a career-high season. If he continues playing how
he is
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draft , then he’ll be on track to at least a 1,900 yard season. He’s on
the road to break Randy Moss’ single-season record for most receiving yards.
Moss’ record came in 2003 when he had recorded 1,632 receiving yards off 111
catches.The guy grew up idolizing, and mimicking the plays of Moss and Cris
Carter, this was always a dream for his. He watched two of the greats play, and
he wanted to be just like them, well he certainly is looking like
them
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