Thread: Evaluating the Vikings roster of 2009

Simply put: I'm totally bored (I work at the operation center in one of the largest garrison in the Norwegian Army and it can get VERY boring sometimes) so this is what I came up with...

This is how I personally hope the depth chart will look like when the 2009 season begins:
[size=11pt](last updated august 28)[/size]

[size=12pt]Offense [/size]
POS


STARTER








2nd









3rd










4th






GRADE
QB

Brett Favre




Sage Rosenfels


Tarvaris Jackson
John David Booty

B
HB

Adrian Peterson

Chester Taylor


Ian Johnson




(Percy Harvin)



A+
FB

Naufahu Tahi



(Garrett Mills)






























C-
WR1
Bernard Berrian

Jaymar Johnson
Darius Reynaud
















B
WR2
Sidney Rice




Percy Harvin (slot)



























B-
TE

Visanthe Shiancoe
Jim Kleinsasser
Garrett Mills



















B
LT

Bryant McKinnie

(Artis Hicks)



Drew Radovich
















A-
LG

Steve Hutchinson

(Artis Hicks)



Brian Daniels

















A+
C


John Sullivan



Ryan Cook
































C
RG

Anthony Herrera

Artis Hicks

































B
RT

Phil Loadholt




(Artis Hicks)



(Ryan Cook)


















C

Overall grade for offense: B+

(projected as top 10 in NFL with Favre behind center)

[size=12pt]Defense[/size]
POS

STARTER







2nd










3rd









4th
LE

Ray Edwards


Jayme Mitchell




Otis Grigsby

















B-
LDT

Kevin Williams

Letroy Guion































A+
RDT

Pat Williams



Jimmy Kennedy


Fred Evans


















A-
RE

Jared Allen




Brian Robison






























A+
WLB

Ben Leber




Heath Farwell



(Erin Henderson)














B
MLB

E.J. Henderson

(Erin Henderson)

Jasper Brinkley















A
SLB

Chad Greenway

Erin Henderson





























A
CB1
Antoine Winfield

Charles Gordon






























A
CB2
Cedric Griffin



Karl Paymah





Asher Allen


















B
SS

Tyrell Johnson


Jamarca Sanford

Husain Abdullah















B-
FS

Madieu Williams

Eric Frampton






























B+

Overall grade for defense: A
(projected as top 5 in NFL)

[size=12pt]Special Teams[/size]
POS

STARTER








2nd









3rd










4th

K

Ryan Longwell













































A

P

Chris Kluwe













































B+
PR

Jaymar Johnson

Chester Taylor
Bernard Berrian

















C+
KR

Darius Reynaud

Percy Harvin

Jaymar Johnson


















B
LS

Cullen Loeffler












































A

















































SKOL!

Nicely done - looks fair to me.
But what happened to your purple shades?

You forgot Brett Favre

And you really think Bobby Wade is going to get cut?!

and what about Asher Allen?

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

You forgot Brett Favre

And you really think Bobby Wade is going to get cut?!

and what about Asher Allen?

Well... he's not on the roster... yet.
I now that alot of the guys on here like Bobby Wade, and I think he has done a decent job, but he has been slowed down by injury and ain't getting any faster. I think it's time that we gives the young guys with greater potential a shot.
Asher Allen. I totally forgot about him. He should definitely be on the roster. I'll change that.

Thanks for the tip!

"HEY" wrote:

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

You forgot Brett Favre

And you really think Bobby Wade is going to get cut?!

and what about Asher Allen?

Well... he's not on the roster... yet.
I now that alot of the guys on here like Bobby Wade, and I think he has done a decent job, but he has been slowed down by injury and ain't getting any faster. I think it's time that we gives the young guys with greater potential a shot.
Asher Allen. I totally forgot about him. He should definitely be on the roster. I'll change that.

Thanks for the tip!

yes, but the likelihood of cutting Wade is extremely low.
He's been reliable for us so far, moreso than Allison and Rice have.
to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if Allison is a late cut.
No way Wade goes, but its your roster.

Great work Hey, I agree that B. Wade is on the bubble, so is A. Allison. I think as camp goes on and other teams start making tough decisions we may grab another vet WR off waivers, and it wouldn't surprise me if we let loose
BW, and/or AA, before it's all said and done. Many possible trade scenerio's could rise if we sign Farve. Do we let Booty go, trying to sneak him to the practice squad? Do we try and trade TJ, or Sage, and keep JDB?

I changed my mind.

We absolutely won't cut Wade unless we sign Harrison.

I voted "Other".

But I'm not going to tell you what it is.


Neener!

=Z=

Only thing I want to point out (other than Wade) is McCauley can't play the slot... He's got some serious learning to do before the end of the preseason, if he's going to make the team that is.

"Zeus" wrote:

I voted "Other".

But I'm not going to tell you what it is.


Neener!

=Z=

Thanks for your input.