Offtopic » With the bye week for the Minnesota Vikings almost over. . .

mercifully. . .we can get back to talking about this season in another day or two. In the meantime http://www.minnesotavikingsteamonline.com/linval-joseph-jersey , however, we’re looking for stuff to talk about, and behind the great E$PN paywall, Bill Barnwell has another topic for discussion for us.Barnwell took a look at all 32 NFL rosters and attempted to project how their rosters will look in the year 2020. He divided each team up into three categories: Virtual Locks, On the Bubble, and Unlikely Notables. Let’s take a look at who Barnwell thinks will still be in purple in 2020, shall we?The “Virtual Lock” category has a lot of the names you’d expect:Dalvin Cook, RBKirk Cousins, QBStefon Diggs, WRPat Elflein, CMike Hughes, CBDanielle Hunter, DEEric Kendricks, LBBrian O’Neill, OTXavier Rhodes, CBHarrison Smith, SAdam Thielen, WRStephen Weatherly, DE2020 will be the final year of the contract Cousins signed this offseason, so he’ll absolutely be here. In his commentary, Barnwell notes that Thielen’s contract is likely going to have to be addressed sooner rather than later as well. While it’s a little light on offensive linemen Authentic Matt Wile Jersey , this does seem like a pretty solid core for the purple going forward.The “On the Bubble” category is where things start to get interesting.Mackensie Alexander, CB (signed through 2019)Anthony Barr, LB (signed through 2018)Nick Easton, OL (signed through 2018)Everson Griffen, DE (signed through 2022)Rashod Hill, OT (signed through 2018)George Iloka, S (signed through 2018)Linval Joseph, DT (signed through 2022)Riley Reiff, OT (signed through 2021)Mike Remmers, OT (signed through 2021)Kyle Rudolph, TE (signed through 2019)Andrew Sendejo, S (signed through 2019)Trae Waynes, CB (signed through 2019)Here’s the commentary that Barnwell has with this particular group:I’m surprised to see Griffen and Joseph on this list, quite frankly. By the time we hit 2020, we would be at a point where the Vikings could save a lot of cap space by cutting both of those guys loose (about $10 million for Joseph and around $13 million for Griffen). But the defensive line is a spot where guys can be productive for quite a while, and both of those guys are very productive when they’re healthy and on their game.Other than that, the only players in that category that are still scheduled to be under contract when 2020 rolls around are Reiff and Remmers. Much like Griffen and Joseph, their contracts are structured in a manner that it would no longer be cost-prohibitive to cut either (or both) of them loose by the time 2020 rolls around. If the Vikings can actually develop some offensive linemen to go with Elflein and O’Neill, I can see that group being mostly accurate.Barnwell did have one name under the “Unlikely Notables” list that I might have a disagreement with.Dan Bailey, KLatavius Murray, RBSheldon Richardson Authentic Mike Remmers Jersey , DTLaquon Treadwell, WRRight now, I’m not sure where Richardson would fall on the Vikings’ potential re-signing food chain, which at this point likely has Barr and Waynes on it, too. I think Richardson is a guy that they’d like to have back for the long-term, but he’s had a pretty solid season thus far and could fetch a pretty big contract on the open market. The Vikings will, likely, get a high-level compensatory pick for Richardson if he were to leave, so that would play into things as well.What do you think of Bill Barnwell’s projections for the Vikings’ 2020 roster, folks?Vikings Roster Cuts: Minnesota Vikings release Cornelius Edison The last of the Minnesota Vikings cuts to get down to the 53-man roster is one that comes as a bit of a surprise, given the amount of time that he was given during the preseason.As a part of their final cuts going into the NFL’s roster deadline, the Vikings have released center Cornelius Edison.Following the injury to Pat Elflein and his subsequent starting the season on the Physically Unable to Perform List, Edison was given a lot of time at the center spot for the Vikings. Honestly, I had him on my 53-man roster projection, and actually thought that he was on track to start Week 1 against the San Francisco 49ers. However, now he’s not even making the final roster.I would assume that Edison would be a prime candidate to come back to the practice squad, provided another team didn’t like what they saw from him and decides to put a claim in on him.With that, the Minnesota Vikings are officially down to 53 players on the roster. It’s been a pretty eventful cutdown day, ladies and gentlemen, and we’re glad that you chose to get all of the latest news about it right here at The Daily Norseman. We’ll have more on the roster as things take shape over the next couple of days.