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Vikings Cut Kai Forbath Super Bowl Alexander Mattison Jersey , Free Up Five Total Roster Spots With Other Movesy’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, a few roster moves were anticipated in the fallout. We ended up with more than expected.The Minnesota Vikings removed no fewer than five players from the active roster on Monday morning for a variety of reasons. The biggest name on the list was the release of Kai Forbath, which put an official end to the preseason kicking competition between Forbath and Daniel Carlson. Forbath’s chances of making the team were fairly slim after the team used a fifth round pick to select Carlson in the 2018 NFL Draft. Forbath’s chances were even worse after Carlson nailed all six of his kicks in the preseason opener against the Denver Broncos. Forbath’s fate was sealed the instant his 41-yard field goal attempt bounced off the upright in the second quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday.All the other moves the Vikings made were related to injuries suffered during the Jacksonville game. Defensive end Ade Aruna was placed directly on Injured Reserve. Tackle Cedrick Lang, tight end Josiah Price, and fullback Johnny Stanton were all given the waived/injured designation.That doesn’t necessarily mean the Vikings have permanently cut ties with Lang, Price, and Stanton. After teams make their cuts to 53-man rosters, each player could still be added to Injured Reserve. Otherwise the Vikings will likely come to an injury settlement with the players. Here’s a good explanation of injury settlements for marginal players from Dan Duggan of NJ.com:The Vikings will likely use the five open roster spots to make some additions to their 90-man roster in the coming days. When those happen Discount Alexander Mattison Jersey , we’ll report them for you here. Can the new signee stick as a backup for the purple?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Vikings 2018 SeasonVikings 2019 OffseasonU.S. Bank StadiumMinnesota Vikings PodcastsMinnesota Vikings 2019 OffseasonDakota Dozier:Backup LG?New,161commentsCan the new signee stick as a backup for the purple?CDTShareTweetShareShareDakota Dozier:Backup LG?Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsThe Vikings recently signed G Dakota Dozier, formerly a backup OL with the Jets and a 4th round draft pick of theirs back in 2014. Current Vikings offensive line coach Rick Dennison served in that capacity last year for the Jets, and presumably that connection had something to do with Dozier’s signing with the Vikings.Dozier has been a career backup, filling in for injured players at most RG and LG for the Jets over the past three seasons.He’s had the equivalent of about a half-season of starting experience altogether over that span.His PFF grades have been declining each of the last three years with the Jets, but it’s hard to put too much stock in his grades because he only played a few games a year. The Jets, being the Jets, had a new offensive scheme and coordinator every season Olisaemeka Udoh Jersey nfl draft , so I’m sure that didn’t help Dozier’s development.Anyway, I put together a game film of Dozier playing left guard last year against the Titans week 13 - his only start last season.It’s nothing terribly remarkable, but there are a few things that stand out, more negative than positive:He seemed tentative at times, especially early in the game (his first gig last season)He’s definitely a liability blocking in space and the second level - many whiffsNot particularly athletic, and can get beat by more athletic defensive linemenTechnique overall not particularly strikingHas a proclivity to hold on occasion late in the play - nothing too flagrant however.Not real good as a pulling guardOn the positive side:He did reasonably well in pass protection - only one hurry credited to him.But didn’t have a lot of one-on-ones in pass protection either.He does better in close quarters against the DL, where he can leverage his strengthHe may be better as a strictly zone blocker.Overall he looks more like a backup than a starter at left guard, but perhaps in a Kubiak zone scheme he may do better as a run blocker Replica Olisaemeka Udoh Jersey , and can hold his own against less athletic defensive linemen in pass protection, although he may struggle against quicker, more agile ones.Presumably Rick Dennison saw some things he liked in Dozier, and perhaps thought he’d do better in Kubiak’s scheme, so the Vikings signed him on a low-level deal.We’ll see how it pans out, but I wouldn’t expect Dozier to be a starter come September.