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Projecting the Minnesota Vikings final 2018 roster: Training camp edition

By Adam Carlson

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 1: Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer on the sideline in the second half of the game against the Detroit Lions on October 1, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 1: Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer on the sideline in the second half of the game against the Detroit Lions on October 1, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: #47 Kevin McDermott talks on the sideline with #4 Ryan Quigley during the NFL International Series match between Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns at Twickenham Stadium on October 29, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 29: #47 Kevin McDermott talks on the sideline with #4 Ryan Quigley during the NFL International Series match between Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns at Twickenham Stadium on October 29, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images) /

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Ryan Quigley faces no competition in camp after completing a regular season where he didn’t have one single touchback. While his yards per punt average may not have been as high as it could have been, much of that is due to short field punts for field position and making sure not to boom a kick into the end zone.

Kevin McDermott is another who faces no competition. For a little bit, the Minnesota Vikings had another long snapper on the roster but ended up releasing him to free up competition at other positions to join the roster.

The interesting part of the special teams roster will be to see if veteran kicker Kai Forbath can hold off draft pick Daniel Carlson, who the team traded up to select in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

For now, this looks like Carlson’s job to lose. However, all it takes is some misses in preseason or a questioning of confidence for a kicker to completely go off the rails. That makes this one of the more fun position battles of training camp and possibly the preseason.

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Where do you think this 2018 Minnesota Vikings 53-man roster prediction went wrong? Is there a player who should be on this roster who isn’t? And who will be some of the surprising players released who seemed to be a lock? Let us know in the comments below.

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