The Viking Age » marko mitchell http://thevikingage.com A Minnesota Vikings Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 18 May 2013 06:56:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Sidney Rice to Start Year on PUP List; Three Others Cut http://thevikingage.com/2010/09/01/sidney-rice-to-start-year-on-pup-list-three-others-cut/ http://thevikingage.com/2010/09/01/sidney-rice-to-start-year-on-pup-list-three-others-cut/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:59:32 +0000 Dan Zinski http://thevikingage.com/?p=3975 Yesterday was the first cut down day for NFL teams.  The Vikings reduced their roster to 75 by making a decision on Sidney Rice‘s status and sending three other men packing. First Rice.  After hinting at the possibility of the receiver being placed on IR, ending his 2010 season, the Vikings finally decided to place [...]

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]]> Yesterday was the first cut down day for NFL teams.  The Vikings reduced their roster to 75 by making a decision on Sidney Rice‘s status and sending three other men packing.

First Rice.  After hinting at the possibility of the receiver being placed on IR, ending his 2010 season, the Vikings finally decided to place him on the active/PUP list.  The rules governing this list are more convoluted and impenetrable than the plot of Lost, but all we really need to know is, Rice will not be able to play for the first six weeks of the season.

This is not really news, since we knew Rice would almost certainly be out for the first half of the year anyway.  But it does slam the door on the last glimmer of hope that Rice could pull off a miracle early comeback.

And now the cuts:  With the Rice decision made and Jaymar Johnson safely tucked away on IR, the Vikings only needed to waive three guys to get to the limit.  Those three ended up being J Leman, Marko Mitchell and Bill Noethlich.  No, not even catching a bomb from Sage Rosenfels against third-stringers could save Marko Mitchell from the Turk.

The 75 guys remaining on the roster can breathe easy until September 4, when rosters must be reduced to 53 in preparation for the regular season.

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]]> http://thevikingage.com/2010/09/01/sidney-rice-to-start-year-on-pup-list-three-others-cut/feed/ 0 Jaymar Johnson Loses Roster Spot to Brett Favre http://thevikingage.com/2010/08/18/jaymar-johnson-loses-roster-spot-to-brett-favre/ http://thevikingage.com/2010/08/18/jaymar-johnson-loses-roster-spot-to-brett-favre/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:07:35 +0000 Dan Zinski http://thevikingage.com/?p=3900 When he’s an old man, Jaymar Johnson can tell his grandkids he once got dumped to make room for Brett Favre.  Today the receiver was placed on the waived/injured list, and Favre was officially promoted to the active roster. Those stories for the grandkids are down the road though.  Today, Jaymar is just another marginal [...]

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]]> When he’s an old man, Jaymar Johnson can tell his grandkids he once got dumped to make room for Brett Favre.  Today the receiver was placed on the waived/injured list, and Favre was officially promoted to the active roster.

Those stories for the grandkids are down the road though.  Today, Jaymar is just another marginal NFL player without a team.

Sadly for Johnson, an injury contributed to his becoming odd-man-out in the roster shuffle.  The receiver broke his thumb being tackled during a punt return on Saturday, and will reportedly need surgery that will keep him out 6-8 weeks.

As crappy as this is for Jaymar, I’m sure guys like Logan Payne, Marko Mitchell and Taye Biddle aren’t shedding any tears.  One of those three now looks to have the inside track on nailing down the 5th receiver spot.  Payne would appear to be the front-runner after his performance Saturday night.

Oh, and now those guys get a chance to play with Brett Favre too.  More stories for more grandkids.

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