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The playoffs are right here for the Minnesota Vikings, taking on the Los Angeles Rams in Arizona on Monday night in the Wildcard Round.
Vikings Roster Undergoes 2 Last-Minute Tweaks sooner than Playoffs
The NFL shifted the contest from Los Angeles to Glendale, Arizona, thanks to Southern California wildfires.
And with the sport mere hours away, the Vikings announced two roster moves, signing offensive kind out Marcellus Johnson to the be conscious squad and ruling out defensive kind out Taki Taimani. The crew tweeted, “The Vikings own signed T Marcellus Johnson to the be conscious squad. DL Taki Taimani has been downgraded to OUT and remains in his 21-day be conscious window.”
Marcellus Johnson Signed to PS
Johnson joined the NFL nine months in the past as an undrafted free agent, unearthed by the Original York Giants. He spent all offseason in Original York, taking allotment in coaching camp and three preseason games. He also made the reduce support for the crew’s be conscious squad at some level of roster trimdowns three weeks in the past, but the Giants acknowledged sayonara on September 11th.
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He then signed with the Vikings in September as a member of the be conscious squad — factual cherish this time — but didn’t remaining prolonged. But Johnson is support and will seemingly be an OT depth portion that Minnesota enjoys for the prolonged bustle.
Johnson attended Jap Michigan University and the University of Missouri. Lucas Drengwitz of nchsinkspot.com wrote about Johnson in Can also, “These seasons drew the eye of Jap Michigan, where Johnson started all but one sport at some level of his final three seasons as an Eagle, earning Academic All-MAC honors three cases at some level of his time in Ypsilanti.”
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These are the Vikings OTs with Johnson in the mix:
Brian O’Neill
Cam Robinson
David Quessenberry
Walter Rouse
Christian Darrisaw (IR)
Leroy Watson (Be conscious Squad)
Marcellus Johnson (Be conscious Squad)
Trevor Reid (Futures Deal)
Taki Taimani = Out
Taimani has battled an ankle damage since early November, missing every sport since.