Daily Norseman
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Vikings announced three roster moves, two of which were expected and one that came as a bit of a surprise.
The team has announced that they have officially placed wide receiver Rondale Moore on injured reserve, a move that will end his season. Moore, who has had to deal with a litany of injuries since his days at Purdue, was injured on a punt return in Saturday’s preseason opener against the Houston Texans. This is Moore’s second season-ending injury in training camp in two years, as he missed all of last season after signing with the Atlanta Falcons.
The team also waived offensive lineman Zeke Correll with an injury designation. Correll suffered an ankle fracture during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game. The injury designation means that if he has cleared waivers without being claimed after the transactions wire comes out on Wednesday, he will revert to the Vikings’ injured reserve list.
The somewhat surprising move is that the Vikings have waived linebacker Brian Asamoah II. Asamoah was the Vikings’ third-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Oklahoma. He played sparingly on defense during his three seasons with the Vikings but seemed to have carved out a role as a special teamer for the purple. In each of his three seasons, Asamoah played in at least 60% of the special teams snaps in the games he was active for, topping out at 71% of those plays last season. Unfortunately for Asamoah, it appears that he’s being moved aside for players who the team feels might have a bit more to offer defensively rather than just contributing on special teams.
The waiving of Asamoah means that the Vikings have just two players left on the roster of the ten that Kwesi Adofo-Mensah selected in his first draft class as the team’s general manager: running back Ty Chandler (fifth round) and wide receiver Jalen Nailor (sixth round).
Those are the moves that the Vikings have made today so far, folks. They now have some open spots on the roster, and with the New England Patriots coming to town for joint practices ahead of Saturday’s preseason contest at U.S. Bank Stadium, they’ll likely be looking to fill those roster spots sooner rather than later. We’ll let you know when that happens.
