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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

VIKINGS ANNOUNCE 53-MAN ROSTER (Part 2)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller breaks down the Vikings initial 53-man roster including surprising cuts and players who made the squad, plus the moves that still need to be made. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

more concerned about db depth than wide receiver um yeah i think that's probably right

0:10.3

because at wide receiver you have the best wide receiver in the world so that's that does

0:18.6

mitigate some of these problems as we're going off about all these different options and everything else.

0:23.7

That does mitigate some of the issues is that if you do throw to Justin Jefferson 15 times, it's not ridiculous.

0:30.6

And if you throw to T.J. Hawkinson 15 times, not ridiculous.

0:34.8

And you have Jones and you have Oliver. it's not like if Nailer's

0:39.8

healthy that he's never done this before. The DB depth that I would say is concerning because

0:47.0

you're one injury away from being in a really, really tough spot there. And you're asking Jeff

0:53.4

Okuda to be cornerback number two

0:55.3

if someone were to get banged up. Where they are starter-wise is fine right now. And that's

1:02.0

another thing to keep in mind as we, you know, it's cut down day. So of course, this is what we're

1:08.1

talking about. And we're talking about all those storylines. At starter, they're good. Isaiah Rogers and Byron Murphy. Rogers, I thought, had a very good camp. Byron Murphy, I think, is a very good player. Josh Mattelis plays Nickel Corner. A lot of times, they've played three safeties, a ton in the past. I think Theo Jackson had a good camp, and we know that he can make plays. we'll see about Harrison Smith. I assume he's going to be back from the past. I think Theo Jackson had a good camp and we know that he can make plays.

1:27.7

We'll see about Harrison Smith. I assume he's going to be back from the illness where he missed

1:32.3

some time there. But the starters are fine. But one level down, that's where you would start

1:39.1

to get concerned. I agree. Vegas Pro, Odell Beckham, Gabe Davis, Nelson Aguilar. You know, I'm talking

1:46.8

about the guys with, guys with concerning recent histories, right? Michael Gallup, DJ

1:52.1

Shark, Donovan People's Jones. Like, these are, these are just names, man. I mean, the Odell

1:57.6

Beckham thing is kind of interesting because, you know, as we're talking about, you know, Adam Thielen, can you just catch the ball?

2:06.0

Can you just get to the right spot and catch the ball?

2:09.1

I mean, O'Dell Beckham, but does he come along with something more?

2:13.7

Does he come along with a bit of a circus there of O'Dell Beckham?

2:18.4

Does he still think that he is a superstar?

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