Part two of roster cuts came on Tuesday as the Minnesota Vikings needed to trim the roster down to 80 players by the 4 pm eastern deadline.
While the final 53-man roster feels relatively easy to predict, the second round of cuts can be tough. They are usually split between players that guaranteed won’t make the roster and older vets being released a week early so they have a better chance of landing on a roster.
The other avenue is placing them on the reserve Physically Unable to Perform list, which requires them to sit out the first four games
The Vikings began those moves on Tuesday by waiving a former fifth-round draft pick.
Among their roster moves to get to 80 players today, the #Vikings waived CB Harrison Hand. Cameron Dantzler and Kris Boyd are the only Rick Spielman-drafted corners left on the roster. pic.twitter.com/mFzDB6WXU2
— Ben Goessling (@BenGoessling) August 23, 2022
Hand, a fifth-round draft pick in 2019 out of Temple, played in 23 games with the Vikings over the last two seasons totaling one interception and three passes defended.
With his departure, the only cornerbacks that Rick Spielman drafted that are still on the roster are Cameron Dantzler and Kris Boyd.
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