
Whoās in and whoās out for the Minnesota Vikings this summer? Here are three potential cut candidates in 2023.
The Minnesota Vikings are looking to take over the NFC North with Packersā Aaron Rodgers out of the picture. They still have quite a few key roster decisions to make this offseason, and the question looming over everyoneās head is whether Kirk Cousins will be extended.
For the short term, however, the Vikings will be retaining Cousins for at least the 2023 season and seek to elevate the pieces around him for a playoff-contending campaign.
A vicious bloodbath of cap casualties followed by a solid draft have put the Vikings on a seemingly straight track to regain the division, yet with several months to go before the start of the season, Minnesotaās roster could still see some shocking chances.
Here are three potential cut candidates in the summer.
Vikings cut candidate No. 3: Jonathan Bullard
Defensive end Jonathan Bullard is entering his eighth NFL season and second with the Vikings, and heāll be competing for a 53-man roster spot against players with more upside than he has.
The 2016 third-round pick joined Minnesota in 2022 and played in 12 games; he generated just five quarterback pressures and finished with a measly 57.3 Pro Football Focus grade.
Despite having the potential to become a full-time starter in the wake of Dalvin Tomlinsonās departure last offseason, Bullard made only a minimal impact on the Vikings as a rotational piece in the trenches.
Coaches will need to see vast improvement from him if he wants a starting job, but his roster spot isnāt safe, either. After the Vikings took Jacqueline Roy in the fifth round of the this yearās draft, Bullard has officially been put on high alert.
The NFL journeyman was fine in a rotational role last year, but fine wonāt cut it in Brian Floresā new-look defensive squad.