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Cowboys CB, former 2nd-round pick, projected as great fit for Broncos to poach

The Broncos are fighting for a playoff spot and need cornerback help. Could Andrew Booth be a cost-effective solution for them?

Can the Dallas Cowboys afford to have their cornerback depth poached? Well, yes, because they aren’t going anywhere in 2024 and if a player on their practice squad can help someone else fight for the postseason, so be it. Now, this isn’t necessarily the case when it comes to young talent and potential. But veterans who are on the practice squad thanks to rule changes over the last several years?

CB Andrew Booth falls into this category. Booth was a depth addition over the offseason, but was released and added back to the practice squad after he was under duress early this season. He was elevated for Monday night’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, but was made inactive when Trevon Diggs was able to play. If another team sees value in him, it’s unlikely Dallas would look to protect him at this point. The Denver Broncos might be that team, according to Bleacher Report’s Scouting Department, who identified him as a good in-season pickup.

Riley Moss missed the game against the Cleveland Browns in Week 13, and it exposed a hole in the Broncos roster. Without the surprise breakout corner, they don’t have a starting option across from Patrick Surtain II. Levi Wallace was torched against the Browns for 164 yards and a touchdown.

Signing someone from a practice squad might not actually be an improvement. But it would allow the Broncos to at least get a younger player who might have some untapped potential. Andrew Booth is a former second-round pick who is still just 24 years old.

Booth has appeared in three games this season for Dallas. He was a second-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2022.

Cowboys release former second-round CB to make room for new WR

From @ToddBrock24f7: Andrew Booth was acquired via trade in August but played only sparingly, making just three game appearances for Dallas in 2024.

Cornerback has been a literal sore spot on the Cowboys roster of late, with DaRon Bland, Caelen Carson, and Amani Oruwariye all missing significant time and even Trevon Diggs nursing a calf injury prior to last week’s loss in Atlanta.

Now the team, of their own accord, has thinned the position group by one more, releasing Andrew Booth Jr. on Tuesday, as first reported by Tommy Yarrish of the team website.

That roster move corresponds with the team’s trade earlier in the day to acquire wide receiver Jonathan Mingo from the Carolina Panthers in a trade.

Booth himself joined the Cowboys via trade, in an August deal that sent Nahshon Wright to the Vikings in exchange for the former second-round pick out of Clemson. But the 24-year-old Booth struggled to catch on in Dallas, playing just 38 defensive snaps (and 25 special-teams snaps) over three game appearances this season and logging a total of six tackles.

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Bland is still waiting to make his 2024 debut with a foot injury but was activated to the 53-man roster last week; head coach Mike McCarthy was optimistic that the third-year man could return to practice this week. The rookie Carson was back in action this past Sunday versus the Falcons after missing four games with a shoulder injury.

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Cowboys trade away another 2021 draft pick, swap CBs with Vikings

The Cowboys have traded former third0round pick Nahshon Wright to Minnesota in exchange for cornerback Andrew Booth.

For the second straight off-season, the Cowboys have made a cornerback-for-cornerback trade as the team is sending Nahshon Wright to Minnesota in exchange for Andrew Booth. The player-for-player swap ends Wright’s tenure with Dallas after he played in 32 games for the Cowboys, starting three times while recording one interception.

Wright was selected in the third round, No. 99 overall, in the 2021 NFL draft. While some saw the selection as a reach, Dallas and then defensive coordinator Dan Quinn viewed the 6-foot-4 corner out of the University of Oregon as a player who could potentially provide valuable depth to a young secondary.

Minnesota selected Booth in the second round, 42nd overall, in the 2022 NFL draft. The former Clemson Tiger was viewed as a potential first-round pick but fell into the second because of a sports hernia injury.

In his first two seasons with the Vikings, Booth struggled to stay healthy. A torn meniscus ended his rookie season prematurely and he saw game action in just six games, recording under 100 total snaps.

Last season, Booth saw action in all 17 games, but with only one start. His third training camp with the Vikings had him buried on the depth chart and the writing may have been on the wall for the 23-year-old defender.

Dallas will absorb roughly $400,000 in additional salary but have an extra year on his contract to figure things out.

Dallas’ newest addition has an uphill battle. All-Pro cornerbacks Trevon Diggs and DaRon Bland form possibly the best duo in the league while veteran cornerback Jourdan Lewis figures to be the team’s starting slot corner.

Rookie corner Caelen Carson and second-year man Eric Scott have quite possibly locked up roster spots meaning Dallas hypothetically would have to carry six cornerbacks for Booth to make the squad.

Vikings missed golden opportunity in draft-day trade that landed Lewis Cine

The Minnesota Vikings traded back in the 2022 NFL Draft for Lewis Cine. Had they stayed, the could have had one of the league’s top safeties

A lot has been made this off-season about Minnesota Vikings safety Lewis Cine. Cine has been a popular candidate to be a roster cut-down day casualty. Even on this outlet, we’ve talked a bit about Cine and the possibility of him being a trade candidate for a team looking to take a flier on a former first-rounder.

What hasn’t been talked about much, however, is the opportunity for the Vikings to wound up squandering by making the draft-day trade with the Lions, which ended up with the Vikings taking Cine. Had they stayed where they were — originally the 12th pick in the 2022 NFL Draft — they could have had one of the best safeties in the league, Kyle Hamilton.

Recently, ESPN polled several NFL executives, coaches, and scouts to get their thoughts on the top players in the league at each position. Regarding the safety position, they had Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield, Jr., son of former Viking Antoine Winfield, Sr., at the top spot and Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton right behind him at two.

Had the Vikings opted to stay where they were, they could have taken Hamilton with the 12th pick and solidified their safety spot. They were on the market for a safety either way, and Hamilton has quickly become a force to be reckoned with at the position.

Additionally, by not trading with the Lions, they would have potentially prevented their division rivals from being able to add to their wide receiver corps with Jameson Williams. Granted, Williams has not been great for the Lions yet, but the potential is still there with him.

Not making the trade would also (likely) mean that Minnesota never gets the draft capital that eventually lands them Andrew Booth, Jr., Ed Ingram, and Brian Asamoah II.

Booth was seen as somewhat of a steal at the time, but has yet to really deliver on that potential. Ingram has served as a starting offensive guard for the Vikings, but his play has left a lot to be desired, and Asamoah has been a role player in his time with the team.

Have those players made important contributions to the team? Yes. But would the Vikings have ultimately been better off by staying put and drafting Hamilton two spots before he eventually went? You can make a strong case that they would be.

Several members of Vikings’ 2022 draft class fighting for roster spot

Several members of the Minnesota Vikings 2022 NFL Draft class, GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s first, could be at risk of missing the 2024 roster.

It’s a popular sentiment in the NFL draft community that you must give a draft class three seasons before properly evaluating their performance. That means that the 2022 NFL draft class is coming into that third year, and for the Minnesota Vikings, it’s not looking good for a number of their picks from that class.

According to ESPN’s Minnesota Vikings reporter Kevin Seifert, a number of selections from the 2022 NFL draft class, the first for Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, could be at risk of losing starting spots and/or being on the roster bubble – or cut entirely when the team gets to roster cutdown day.

That 2022 draft saw the Vikings trade out of the 12th overall pick, pulling off a trade with division rivals Detroit, among others, to eventually land the 32nd, 42nd, 59th, and 66th picks.

For their efforts, the Lions acquired wide receiver Jameson Williams, while the Vikings acquired safety Lewis Cine, cornerback Andrew Booth, offensive guard Ed Ingram, and linebacker Brian Asamoah II.

While Williams hasn’t been Earth-shattering at the position for the Lions, it’s clear from the past two seasons and early returns from training camp that the Lions clearly came out on top in this trade. While Williams has found a solid place on the Lions roster, it looks like all four of the Vikings’ picks could be in danger in Year 3.

According to Seifert, Cine “appeared to be no better than the sixth safety on the roster.” Seifert mentions that Booth was working with the second team in camp and will likely have to contend with Shaquill Griffin and Khyree Jackson for a roster spot.

Asamoah has also been working in a reserve capacity in training camp, getting work behind last year’s UDFA stand-out Ivan Pace, Jr. and newcomer Blake Cashman, who was signed by the Vikings in the off-season after two seasons in Houston and three with the New York Jets.

While offensive lineman Ed Ingram is not likely in danger of losing his spot on the roster, head coach Kevin O’Connell has been on record as saying it will be a three-way competition between Ingram, Dalton Risner, and Blake Brandel for the two starting guard spots, and Ingram could easily be on the outside looking in in that competition.

According to Seifert, Cine is the most likely of the four not to make the Viking’s final roster, saying, “It would take a wild swing during training camp for Cine to get back into contention for playing time on defense.” Cine is on tap to make $1.7 million, which is fully guaranteed in 2024, so Minnesota could keep him around for depth and special teams play, but he may wind up being a cut candidate as the Vikings get down to 53.

23 days until Vikings season opener: Every player to wear No. 23

Currently worn by Andrew Booth, 19 players have worn the No. 23 for the Minnesota Vikings.

The Minnesota Vikings will kick off their 2023 regular season in 23 days at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 10.

From now until then, we will take a trip down memory lane and count each day by revisiting the players that have worn that specific jersey number.

Cornerback Andrew Booth, Jr. currently wears the No. 23 for the Minnesota Vikings.

With 23 days until kickoff, here’s a look at every player to wear No. 23 in a regular season with the Vikings (via Pro Football Reference):

Andrew Booth, Jr. could practice as early as tomorrow per ESPN

Cornerback Andrew Booth, Jr. may be nearing a return to practice after suffering an injury last week.

After suffering an injury during training camp last week, it appears that Vikings cornerback Andrew Booth, Jr. may be nearing a return.

ESPN’s Kevin Seifert reported on Saturday that Minnesota Vikings cornerback Andrew Booth, Jr. was on the field during walk-thru, and said that the injury he suffered was “nothing serious.”

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While this news is indicative of Booth’s injury being just a minor setback, it does raise concern for the second-year cornerback. He has been battling injury concerns since high school, and there has not been any sign that these battles will cease anytime soon. 

Minnesota took a bet on Booth’s talent when he was on the field when they took him 42nd overall in the 2022 NFL draft. But, they have yet to get a return on that investment.

With all of the swings at the cornerback position that they have made since then, from Mekhi Blackmon to working out Ronald Darby, it makes you wonder if the Vikings are starting to raise their concerns about Booth.

2023 NFL mock draft: David Dorey

The Huddle’s David Dorey releases his first NFL mock draft of 2023.

David Dorey’s first mock draft of 2023 is now out. Sound off on social media and let us know what you think.

We’ll be unveiling several more mock drafts leading up to the real thing, so be sure to check back with our 2023 NFL Draft Central page to keep track of all of our offerings.

2023 NFL Mock Draft: Round 1

*Note: Miami forfeited its No. 21 overall selection for tampering.

Pick NFL team Pos Player School
1 Carolina Panthers (via CHI) QB C.J. Stroud Ohio State
2 Houston Texans QB Bryce Young Alabama
3 Arizona Cardinals EDGE Will Anderson Jr. Alabama
4 Indianapolis Colts QB Anthony Richardson Florida
5 Seattle Seahawks (via DEN) DT Jalen Carter Georgia
6 Detroit Lions (via LAR) CB Devon Witherspoon Illinois
7 Las Vegas Raiders OT Peter Skoronski Northwestern
8 Atlanta Falcons EDGE Myles Murphy Clemson
9 Chicago Bears (via CAR) EDGE Nolan Smith Georgia
10 Philadelphia Eagles (via NO) CB Christian Gonzalez Oregon
11 Tennessee Titans QB Will Levis Kentucky
12 Houston Texans (via CLE) WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba Ohio State
13 New York Jets OT Darnell Wright Tennessee
14 New England Patriots CB Joey Porter Jr. Penn State
15 Green Bay Packers EDGE Tyree Wilson Texas Tech
16 Washington Commanders CB/S Brian Branch Alabama
17 Pittsburgh Steelers CB Deonte Banks Maryland
18 Detroit Lions TE Michael Mayer Notre Dame
19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers OT Broderick Jones Georgia
20 Seattle Seahawks DT Calijah Kancey Pittsburgh
21 Los Angeles Chargers WR Quentin Johnston TCU
22 Baltimore Ravens WR Jordan Addison USC
23 Minnesota Vikings CB Emmanuel Forbes Mississippi State
24 Jacksonville Jaguars WR Zay Flowers Boston College
25 New York Giants WR Jalin Hyatt Tennessee
26 Dallas Cowboys RB Bijan Robinson Texas
27 Buffalo Bills EDGE Lukas Van Ness Iowa
28 Cincinnati Bengals TE Dalton Kincaid Utah
29 New Orleans Saints (from SF>MIA>DEN) RB Jahmyr Gibbs Alabama
30 Philadelphia Eagles OG O’Cyrus Torrence Florida
31 Kansas City Chiefs OT Paris Johnson Jr. Ohio State

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What the Byron Murphy signing means for the Vikings

Murphy will make an immediate impact for Minnesota as a starter in Brian Flores’ aggressive #Vikings defense

Even though it’s taken a while, the Minnesota Vikings have another cornerback.

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Vikings have agreed to terms with cornerback Bryon Murphy. The deal is worth about $22 million over two seasons.

The announcement of Murphy’s contract comes at a critical time for Minnesota. Heading into free agency, only Akayleb Evans played a significant amount of snaps for the Vikings at cornerback last season.

Minnesota saw two former cornerbacks move to different teams since free agency opened on Monday. Veteran Patrick Peterson signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cameron Dantzler Sr. was claimed by the Washington Commanders.

Here is how Byron Murphy can fit into the Vikings’ plans.

 

Bad news for former Clemson cornerback

One of Clemson’s all-time cornerbacks can’t seem to catch a break in his rookie season in the NFL.

Former Clemson cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. can’t seem to catch a break in his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings.

After making his first career start in the NFL less than two weeks ago, Booth will undergo knee surgery on Monday that could potentially force him to miss the remainder of the season, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Rapoport also said the team will not know until after the surgery if the procedure is a season-ending injury.

Although Booth was widely regarded as a day-one talent in the draft process, injuries ultimately gave teams concerns about him.

Drafted in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Vikings, the Clemson standout has 12 total tackles on the season.

The former five-star recruit finished his career as a Tiger with 75 tackles (5.5 for loss), 10 pass breakups, five interceptions, a sack and a fumble recovery. Last season, he was a First Team All-ACC selection with 39 tackles (3.0 for loss), five pass breakups and a team-high three interceptions.

The injury is another bump in the road for Booth, but with him just being a rookie, there is plenty of time left to propel his NFL career forward.

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