The Minnesota Vikings have completed their initial roster cutdown to 53 players. While there may be some additional moves in the coming days, here are my thoughts on the initial 53-man roster and the cutdown.

There weren’t a ton of surprise moves by the Vikings, but certainly a few more noteworthy ones. Compared to my last 53-man roster projection and post preseason roster thoughts pieces, here are the most noteworthy surprises.

The first was edge rusher Gabriel Murphy not making the roster. Murphy was a fixture as fourth on the edge rusher depth chart in training camp and seemed to have a decent preseason as well. But apparently looks can be deceiving. Chaz Chambliss, another UDFA from Georgia, appears to have beat out Murphy most likely due to his versailitiy as an off-ball linebacker-

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