Former Minnesota Vikings’ cornerback Marcus McCauley has been claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions. McCauley was waived when the Vikings cut their roster down to 53, yesterday. McCauley struggled in the cover-2 defense the Vikings run, and may be better suited for defense that uses a strict man-to-man coverage. The Lions play a defense [...]
Sean Jensen (Pioneer Press) took a look at the training camp depth chart, dated for August 11th. He mentioned little surprises, but added a few things worth noting. Here is a heavily quoted portion of his blog post: * Bernard Berrian and Sidney Rice are listed as the starting receivers. Rookie Percy Harvin is listed [...]
Mike Wobschall (Vikings.com Blog) wrote an interesting blog breaking down the nickel back position. Wobschall presumes the starting positions are locked in with cornerback’s Antoine Winfield and Cedric Griffin. Now after that, he expects a “hotly-contested training camp battle” for the third cornerback position. The “serious” contenders for the position look to be between conerback’s [...]
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