August 10th, 2009 
Adam Warwas 
Posted in I thought I’d try and make some predictions in terms of the final 53 man roster. This is purely speculative and based off of some VERY early buzz coming out of training camp. Let me know what you think… who is in the right spot? The wrong spot? Who will win the position battle instead of who I picked? Where am I insane and/or stoopid?
Here we go:
QB
1. Sage Rosenfels
2. Tarvaris Jackson
3. John David Booty
RB
1. Adrian Peterson
2. Chester Taylor
3. Albert Young
FB
1. Naufahu Tahi
2. Jeff Dugan
WR
1. Bernard Berrian
2. Sidney Rice
3. Percy Harvin
4. Jaymar Johnson
5. Bobby Wade
TE
1. Visanthe Shiancoe
2. Jim Kliensasser
3. Garrett Mills
LT
1. Bryant McKinnie
2. Artis Hicks
LG
1. Steve Hutchison
C
1. John Sullivan
RG
1. Anthony Hererra
2. Brian Daniels
RT
1. Phil Loadholt
2. Ryan Cook
DT
1. Kevin Williams
2. Pat Williams
3. Fred Evans
4. Letroy Guion
5. Jimmy Kennedy
LE
1. Ray Edwards
2. Jayme Mitchell
RE
1. Jared Allen
2. Brian Robison
ROLB
1. Chad Greenway
2. Erin Henderson
MLB
1. EJ Henderson
2. Jasper Brinkley
3. David Herron
LOLB
1. Ben Leber
2. Kenny Onatolu
3. Heath Farwell
CB
1. Antoine Winfield
2. Cedric Griffin
3. Benny Sapp
4. Asher Allen
5. Marcus McCauley
FS
1. Madieu Williams
2. Husain Abdullah
SS
1. Tyrell Johnson
2. Eric Frampton
K
1. Ryan Longwell
P
1. Chris Luwe
LS
1. Chris Loeffler
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Looks pretty good, but don’t they need a couple more OL’s?
Left them thin on purpose, as Cook and Hicks are versatile enough to cover just about anything. The Vikings don’t NEED another O-lineman until/if a starter goes down to injury. We’ll see what they do… David Herron, Kenny Onatolu, Garrett Mills, and Jeff Dugan could get cut (not all of them, of course) in favor of more depth on the O-Line.
I might be wrong here, but I actually think the vikings only had 8 O-Linemen (not including long snapper) on their active roster most of last year. McKinnie, Hutchison, Birk, Hererra, Cook, Sullivan, Hicks, and Johnson.
9 if you count the short time that Radovich was there.
Sound right?
After getting burned on Devin Hester return on the missed field goal a couple years back, it was widely determined that was a result of having too many O-lineman on the field (and the roster) and ever since the vikings have gone for quality and versatility over quantity. If someone gets hurt, it’s not like they couldn’t make a mid-season signing of equal or greater talent than Radovich or Daniels. At least, that’s how i look at it.
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