We’re currently sitting at about three and a half hours before the NFL’s deadline to reduce rosters to 53 players, and the Minnesota Vikings have given us their first move that can really be classed as a surprise.
Multiple sources are reporting that the Vikings are set to waive outside linebacker Gabriel Murphy if they can’t find a trade partner for him before today’s deadline.
Murphy was a highly-heralded undrafted free agent out of UCLA in 2024. He signed with the Vikings for a significant signing bonus but missed much of the season with an injury. The team had placed him on injured reserve as part of their final cutdowns with a designation to return, and he wound up on the practice squad for the final month of the year.
The move comes as a bit of a surprise because, by all appearances, Murphy had put together a pretty solid preseason, and the team even held him out of the third preseason game against Tennessee. He had spent a lot of time with the second-team defense in training camp, so it will be interesting to see which edge defenders the team will be keeping with Murphy reportedly being let go.
We are still tracking all of the moves the Vikings make or are rumored to be making, so stay here for all of the latest news.
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