Roster Cuts

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The Vikings on Sunday announced 11 players have been waived or released during the first wave of roster reductions.

Minnesota announced the contracts of veteran QB Brett Rypien and OLB Cam Gill have been terminated.

Rypien joined Minnesota before last season and led the scout team offense in 2024. The Vikings earlier Sunday announced they had agreed to terms with veteran QB Carson Wentz and traded backup Sam Howell. Gill had joined the Vikings during training camp.

The Vikings also announced the following nine players have been waived:

CB Reddy Steward

CB Keenan Garber

RB Tre Stewart

S Mishael Powell

T Logan Brown

OL Zack Bailey

WR Silas Bolden

WR Robert Lewis

DL Travis Bell

The moves place Minnesota's current active roster at 79 players, including International Player Pathway participant Oscar Chapman.

All NFL teams must reduce their rosters to 53 players by 3 p.m. (CT) Tuesday, Aug. 26.

[CharVike]

This is a possible KAM pickup. Former Texans OL 1st round pick. If the Eagles can't fix him he's probably a bust.
The #Eagles are waiving offensive lineman Kenyon Green, sources tell @CBSSports.
Was a first-round pick in 2022 and has made 23 career starts. Had been acquired in a trade with the Texans in March.

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Surprises are part of the process when it comes time for the Minnesota Vikings and the 31 other teams in the NFL to trim down their rosters to 53 players every year before the start of the upcoming regular season. The Vikings kept up with the tradition with a move on Tuesday that no one expected.

Despite second-year edge rusher Gabriel Murphy putting together an impressive training camp and preseason this summer, Minnesota decided to move on from him on Tuesday. According to NFL Media's Tom Pelissero, the Vikings are going to attempt to trade him first, and then they will waive him if no deal with another team is reached.

Most assumed Murphy was a lock for Minnesota's final 2025 roster, but they clearly have other plans that don't involve him moving forward.

Minnesota Vikings make a surprise decision to cut edge rusher Gabriel Murphy
As mentioned previously, no one expected the Vikings to part with Murphy on Tuesday. Signed as an undrafted free agent in 2024 out of UCLA, he had an outstanding training camp this summer, and he led Minnesota in quarterback pressures this preseason with eight, according to data from PFF.

With Murphy's departure, fellow 2024 undrafted free-agent signing Bo Richter now seems like a lock to make the Vikings' final roster this year, and undrafted rookie Tyler Batty might now have a realistic shot at making the final 53 as well.

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[VikingsVictorious]

Waivers remain open until I believe 11AM central time today. Than other moves can take place.

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The Minnesota Vikings released quarterback Brett Rypien a few days ago, making way for the free-agent acquisition of Carson Wentz and the rise of undrafted free-agent Max Brosmer up the summer depth chart.

Rypien didn’t take long to find new employment, though, signing with the Cincinnati Bengals one day after the league’s grand roster cut process.

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