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Vikings Territory: 4 Takeaways From Day 6 Of Vikings Training Camp
The 24-year-old was formally indicted by a grand jury, and the Vikings front office had seen enough.
August 4, 2021
The Vikings don’t have enough starting-caliber quarterbacks available because of coronavirus protocols. At the same time, the organization now employs six quarterbacks. It’s an odd situation as training camp is nearly a week old.
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Here are the other notable takeaways from Day Six of the Vikings 2021 training camp.
His career with the Vikings ended on Tuesday. The 24-year-old was formally indicted by a grand jury, and the Vikings front office had seen enough.
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From a football standpoint, Minnesota has a plethora of starting corners with Patrick Peterson, Cameron Dantzler, Bashaud Breeland, and Mackensie Alexander. To adhere to a high moral standard, the team severed ties with Gladney, ending his tenure with the Vikings after one season.
Or — is Udoh a serious contender for the 2021 right guard position? General Manager Rick Spielman drafted Wyatt Davis for that job, but he’s been hobbled with an ankle malady early in training camp. Insert Udoh.
The Vikings lone linebacker acquisition via free agency was the addition of Nick Vigil from the Los Angeles Chargers. Vigil didn’t get too much action in Los Angeles, but he did see 92% of all defensive snaps with the 2019 Cincinnati Bengals. There, he accrued 111 tackles in a single season — pretty commendable volume for a linebacker.
But maybe that’s too pretentious. Cameron Smith — the player that underwent open-heart surgery in 2020 — took snaps with the first team on Tuesday. Perhaps he’s the dark horse for what was presumed Vigil’s job to lose.
The Vikings were ‘announced’ on Tuesday as the NFL’s lowest team per number of players vaccinated.
That title was previously assigned to the Washington Football Team, but that organization [somehow] raised its percentage to 84%. Left up to Mike Zimmer, the Viking will follow suit.
The headlines will subside once Cousins, Kellen Mond, and Nate Stanley return this week. But any other vaccine-related absences will reignite the controversy, conceivably at any time during the 2021 season.
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