A Look at the Vikings Roster Moving Forward

rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16906 Location: Stillwater, MN

Vikings Contracts for 2013-2014
Allen, Jared - $14,280,612
Asiata, Matt - $480,000
Asper, Mark - $480,000
Ballard, Christian - $555,000
Bethel-Thompson, Mcleod - $480,000
Blanton, Robert - $480,000
Burton, Brandon - $555,000
Burton, Stephen - $555,000
Carlson, John - $2,900,000
Childs, Greg - $405,000
Cole, Audie - $480,000
Cook, Chris - $575,000
Dean, Larry - $555,000
Ellison, Rhett - $480,000
Evans, Fred - $1,450,000
Fusco, Brandon - $555,000
Gerhart, Toby - $600,000 (includes $25,000 workout bonus)
Greenway, Chad - $6,900,000
Griffen, Everson - $575,000
Guion, Letroy - $2,450,000
Harvin, Percy - $1,550,000
Jenkins, Michael - $3,250,000 (includes $2,450,000 roster bonus)
Johnson, Charlie - $3,450,000 (includes $500,000 roster bonus)
Kalil, Matt - $1,288,663
Kluwe, Chris - $1,400,000
Loeffler, Cullen - $915,000
Love, DeMarcus - $555,000
McKenzie, Tyrone - $555,000
Peterson, Adrian - $11,250,000
Ponder, Christian - $1,298,518
Raymond, Mistral - $555,000
Reed, D’Aundre - $555,000
Reisner, Allen - $555,000
Robinson, Josh - $505,000
Robison, Brian - $4,400,000
Rudolph, Kyle - $745,896
Smith, Harrison - $714,479
Sullivan, John - $3,150,000
Walsh, Blair - $480,000
Webb, Joe - $575,000
Winfield, Antoine - $3,000,000
Wright, Jarius - $480,000

Free Agents
Aromashodu, Devin
Berger, Joe
Brinkley, Jasper
Felton, Jerome
Henderson, Erin
Jefferson, AJ (RFA)
Loadholt, Phil
Mitchell, Marvin
Sanford, Jamarca
Schwartz, Geoff
Sendejo, Andrew (RFA)
Sherels, Marcus (ERFA)
Simpson, Jerome
Williams, Kevin

*Working on getting a running tally of the salary total going in to next year.
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joru1000 · Joined: 23 Jan 2012 Posts: 1815

Wouldn't be surprised if Winfield retires.

Brian Robison can probably be let go. He's a decent player, but we have Griffen and Reed waiting, who aren't really that much worse and a lot cheaper.

Allen will probably have to have his contract reworked, but if that's the case I'd just see him wanting to play for a contender. Possibly a restructure than trade scenario. Kevin Williams will probably be the same scenario as Allen. Although I wish we could keep both.

John Carlson will be cut as soon as the offseason comes along.

Chris Kluwe will probably be replaced, and rightfully so considering his salary to performance ratio.
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arKnaD7 · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 1438

Kevin Williams is a free agent after the season

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1204/kevin-williams

GH88B · Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 142

The way i see it heading into next season we need to get a new LG, 3 new wr's, 2 new lb's, a dt, and a P. In free agency we need to target 2 wr's and a mlb. In the draft we should go LG in round 1, olb in round 2, dt in round 3, wr in round 4, and bpa the rest of the way.

Out of our free agents the only ones worth bringing back are felton, kevin williams, and schwartz to compete with fusco for the RG position.

Some might think this is an overkill for wr's, but ponder needs playmakers. Wright and harvin are the only wr's worth a damn on this roster and both are slot wr's, hopefully we act a little more aggressively in FA next year since we showed signs of improvement this year

Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25063 Location: Atlanta

ArcticNorseman · Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 1429 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska

The roster looking forward?

I see four guys that really should be concerned about their job security:
1. Charlie Johnson
2. Brandon Fusco
3. Jasper Brinkley
4. Erin Henderson

I honestly believe the Vikes need to retain their current D-line and secondary, with adding another DT and a bigger corner. At LB, Greenway seems to be the only one making plays and consistently tackling.

On offense, the WR corps needs to be blown-up . . . keep Harvin, Wright, and Childs and then draft two studs.

I'm not sure what to think about the Guards . . . they do pretty well in run blocking most of the time, but are usually just horrendous in pass blocking.

Kluwe may be a guy that gets his walking papers, but he can punt . . . this year he's been more inconsistent than in the past.

Klomp · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:12 am Post subject:

moss_is_1 · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 4528

Jenkins and Carlson surely should be cut.

I'd like to bring back Sanford(who has played pretty decent when he's paired with a real safety in Smith, good backup), Jefferson, Loadholt, Felton, and Sherells.

Simpson has been awful as the #2, but he might succeed with more time. If he came cheap then I wouldn't mind bringing him back, but not going to make him a priority.

Erin Henderson has been bad compared to last year, wouldn't mind replacing him as well as Jasper.
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rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16906 Location: Stillwater, MN

rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16906 Location: Stillwater, MN

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArKecig-GI3-dHFnMEhXUGhRMDdGTjdoenVrYjVpUVE#gid=0

Here's the spreadsheet I have. It appears we have 43 guys under contract for next year. The cap is assumed to remain close to what it is this year ($120.6M) and we have $77,018,168 tied up in those 43 players. This leaves us with 10 roster spots and ~$43,581,832 to spend before cuts and the re-signings of guys like Loadholt, Felton, etc..

If you would like to view the spreadsheet send me an email to get permission to do so.
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vikingsrule · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:17 pm Post subject:

Hopefully the Vikings can get some cap relief reworking Jared Allens contract. I think he is due for $14M cap hit. I would extend him and get that number around $8M per year.

rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16906 Location: Stillwater, MN

Re-did my work a little on the table and changed it so anyone with a link could view it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArKecig-GI3-dHFnMEhXUGhRMDdGTjdoenVrYjVpUVE#gid=0

Looks like we have 41 players under contract for next season and just over $25M to use to get to 53.

-Jared Allen's contract needs to be redone. His cap hit is almost $18M.

-Charlie Johnson and Michael Jenkins need to re-work their deals if they want to stay; so does Letroy Guion

Average roster age of just over 25... Shocked

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