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I'm slightly surprised on a couple of Viking cuts. Devonte Edwards is a pretty decent prospect. They cut him while keeping Roynell Whitacker who sucks in coverage. Apparently they like Whitakers special teams play and with McCauley winning the nickle job and Charles Gordon and Edwards neck in neck for the dime job they kept Roynell's special teams ability over Edwards coverage skills.
The other was Greg Blue, but given the fact they have four veteran safties and $20 mil cap space to extend one or more (Doss and Williams aren't that old) they kept experience. Blue hits like a tank but whiffs on occasion and isn't the best in coverage.
One last surprise was keeping only 3 running backs and 5 recievers. They kept the right 3 backs but cut Martin Nance who played pretty decently this preseason. Chandler Williams is somewhat like Clowney and will hit the practice squad I guess. Not sure if 7th round pick Tyler Thigpen will clear waivers or not and make it to the practice squad. I think I would have cut Bollinger and kept Thigpen as the clipboard guy while he learns.
The other was Greg Blue, but given the fact they have four veteran safties and $20 mil cap space to extend one or more (Doss and Williams aren't that old) they kept experience. Blue hits like a tank but whiffs on occasion and isn't the best in coverage.
One last surprise was keeping only 3 running backs and 5 recievers. They kept the right 3 backs but cut Martin Nance who played pretty decently this preseason. Chandler Williams is somewhat like Clowney and will hit the practice squad I guess. Not sure if 7th round pick Tyler Thigpen will clear waivers or not and make it to the practice squad. I think I would have cut Bollinger and kept Thigpen as the clipboard guy while he learns.
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