The finalized 2008 53-man roster was just released on Vikings.com (in PDF format for some screwed up reason).  Here it is all sorted by position (don’t say I don’t work hard for you) followed by the final cut list:
Offense
Quarterback
Tarvaris Jackson
Gus Frerotte
John David Booty
Running Back
Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Maurice Hicks
Fullback
Thomas Tapeh
Jeff Dugan
Naufahu Tahi
Tackle
Ryan Cook
Bryant McKinnie
Marcus Johnson
Drew Radovich
Guard
Steve Hutchinson
Anthony Herrera
Artis Hicks
Center
Matt Birk
John Sullivan
Tight End
Visanthe Shiancoe
Jim Kleinsasser
Garrett Mills
Wide Receiver
Bernard Berrian
Bobby Wade
Sidney Rice
Robert Ferguson
Aundrae Allison
Defense/Special Teams
Defensive End
Jared Allen
Ray Edwards
Brian Robison
Otis Grigsby
Defensive Tackle
Kevin Williams
Pat Williams
Fred Evans
Ellis Wyms
Letroy Guiron
Linebacker
E.J. Henderson
Ben Leber
Chad Greenway
Vinny Ciurciu
Erin Henderson
David Herron
Cornerback
Antoine Winfield
Cedric Griffin
Charles Gordon
Marcus McCauley
Benny Sapp
Safety
Darren Sharper
Madieu Williams
Tyrell Johnson
Eric Frampton
Husain Abdullah
Kicker
Ryan Longwell
Punter
Chris Kluwe
Long Snapper
Cullen [...]

John David Booty will be the #3 quarterback for the Vikings and Brooks Bollinger will be released.  I would’ve been fine either way.  I’m not on the Booty bandwagon (everything with “Booty” in front of it naturally becomes dirty doesn’t it?).  Bollinger would’ve given you a tiny bit more insurance behind Tarvaris Jackson and Gus Frerotte, but even with him on the roster, it’s likely the team would’ve fished around for someone else in the event their top 2 QBs went down.  Booty is a project at best.
Earlier I reported on the situation between the Bengals and former Pro Bowl [...]

All we’ve gotten so far on the epic John David Booty v. Brooks Bollinger showdown is that it’s likely Booty will win.  Otherwise the cuts have been pretty predictable with the possible exception of the whole Martin Nance thing.  Just to keep on top of it, I’ll stick up this list of the cuts and keep updating it as they trickle in (newest on top):
CB Dee McCann

DE Martail Burnett
WR Jaymar Johnson
DE Leger Douzable
RB Albert Young
OG Brian Daniels
LB Rufus Alexander
LB David Herron
WR Martin Nance
WR Nate Jones
OT Chase Johnson
C Dan Mozes
CB Brandon Sumrall
TE Braden Jones
DE Chris Norwell

Here’s one for all the Ryan Cook haters:  PFT reports that the Bengals and former All-Pro right tackle Willie Anderson are in the midst of a contract disagreement that could end with Anderson being cut.  Anderson was arguably the best right tackle in the league for several years, so good that, prior to 2006, Cincinnati signed him to a five year, $32 million extension.  His 2007 season was ruined by a foot injury however, and this year he found himself having to compete with Stacy Andrews, whom the team slapped the franchise tag on and signed to a lucrative one-year [...]

Linebackers Rufus Alexander and David Herron will both be cut by the Vikings today according to the Star-Trib.  Alexander was believed by many to have a decent shot at making the squad, and Herron was at least on the bubble.  The fact that both have been axed indicates that Erin Henderson has made the team (he deserves it after the way he performed in preseason).  It also leaves the Vikes a little short at linebacker, what with Derrick Pope already getting cut and Heath Farwell on IR.  It appears the coaching staff was just unhappy with what it had at [...]

The NFL has handed Bryant McKinnie the punishment we all expected – four games for violating the league’s policy against players beating the crap out of bouncers with metal objects.  Actually, Bryant is being suspended for a series of offenses including his participation in the Love Boat fiasco.  His current legal situation has yet to be resolved but the NFL didn’t feel like waiting around.  The Vikings got the news on the eve of the cutdown deadline, giving them a chance to adjust their plans – plans that include right guard Artis Hicks taking over at left tackle in Mount’s [...]

Martin Nance is among the players who’ve been notified by the Vikings that they will be cut.  The others as reported by Judd Zulgad:

C Dan Mozes
CB Brandon Sumrall
T Chase Johnson
TE Braden Jones
DE Chris Norwell

Nance was this year’s training camp hero but it wasn’t enough for him to crack the roster at wide receiver.  The Vikings still have a lot of cuts to make before they get down to the minimum of 53 which they must reach by 5 pm tomorrow.  They’re allowed to keep 8 practice squad players as well.