The 2020 NFL offseason has been thoroughly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with team facilities staying closed through free agency and the draft, and all 32 offseason programs going virtual thanks to in-person workouts being largely prohibited. Come September, that number will drop significantly when teams are required to finalize 53-man lineups.No one's debating Cousins' spot atop the most important position, but they should be debating whether Minnesota should be content with the No. Now, however, as states begin to reopen and teams return select staff to their headquarters, it appears football will, at least in some form, carry on as scheduled -- perhaps with minicamps, likely with summer training camp and,One team that could use all the offseason work it can get is the.For the purpose of this projection, we'll list up to the top four players at any given position. He grew up in Vermillion, S.D. No preseason games also means it will be more unlikely for rookies to get poached off waivers on cut day, so Davis should make the practice squad.As ridiculous as it sounds, having Chad Beebe — he of six career catches — on the roster feels like a comforting veteran presence.While the Vikings have kept four tight ends before, that route makes less sense if you’re keeping six receivers.It seems like there are rumors about a majority of the Vikings tackles transitioning inside for the sake of creating more competition at guard:Thanks to loosened practice squad eligibility, the Vikings can retain the trusty,Because the Vikings didn’t do much to address the guards spot in the offseason, they’re in a tough spot. All Rights Reserved.CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc.site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | section: | slug: vikings-depth-chart-2020-minnesotas-projected-week-1-starters-heading-into-otas-training-camp | sport: football | route: article_single.us | Kirk Cousins (8) of the Minnesota Vikings (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images),Much of the world shut down following the COVID-19 outbreak and that includes some sports activities that help to bring people together. The Detroit Lions have taken advantage of the new practice squad and active roster rules to add two more players to the Week 1 active roster. Vikings 2020 Offseason ... and 87 of the Vikings’ 90-man roster spots have been filled, let’s take an early shot at projecting the Vikings 53-man roster. And yes, Cousins has been durable as a starter, but what if the injury bug finally bites? The 2020 NFL season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 10, when the Kansas City Chiefs play host to the Houston Texans. 2 spot. In that timeframe they’ll need to monitor the seven players who are presently on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, evaluate a plethora of young prospects in roughly three weeks of practices and figure out how to construct a roster in a year when starters could be ruled out with one positive test.The crux of the issue is whether the Vikings will continue their trend of making their roster younger through veteran camp cuts. The table below highlights 53-man roster projections for the Minnesota Vikings for the upcoming NFL … RB: Dalvin Cook, Alexander Mattison, Mike Boone. Wonnum. By Sam Ekstrom - July 31, 2020 The practice of predicting the Minnesota Vikings’ 53-man roster is a comfortable fallback for preseason content, and those that take part in this exercise each year can begin to spot tendencies that allow the prognosticator to close in on the team’s roster-building plan. How can the Vikings construct their roster in a way that doesn’t exclude rookies but still maintains an acceptable level of experience should players miss games early in the season?Our previous version of the 53-man projection had.With only one truly proven NFL receiver in the group (Adam Thielen), the Vikings may want to cast a wide net and go with a group of six here. Hughes has flashed on the outside, and Gladney projects as an immediate contributor in the slot, but with,Osborn could challenge for return duties as a rookie, but another name to watch is Chad Beebe, who.© 2004-2020 CBS Interactive.