Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Simspon Returns

Monday marked the return of Jerome Simpson off the suspension list. He celebrated in customary fashion with pancakes and bacon! But this brings in the questions of where will he fit. The Vikings will play with 54 people until Thursday at 3pm when they need to cut back to 53. This will allow 4 days to evaluate the talent we have and make a correct decision. Let's look at the other WR's. Harvin, Jenkins, Aromashodu, Burton and Wright. Harvin is the only one who's job is truly safe. What an amazing 3 weeks he has been having! Jenkins has had little performance thus far. Aromashodu didn't make a splash until the 3rd week making a couple of crucial catches. Burton has been quiet and Wright hasn't been given a shot yet. My personal opinion, and has been for some time, is Jenkins will be gone. He doesn't provide enough of a threat to pull enough coverage to open the running game or other receivers. However, nobody other than Harvin does that. If they're looking for veteran leadership, we have that through much of the defensive line and Windfield. And AP is not a green horn himself.... However, with the youth movement, I would expect Jenkins to be expendable. And myself having watched Wright in Arkansas, am waiting to see how we can get him rotated in, but I'm sure the coaches are seeing something in Aromashodu and Burton that they aren't in Wright. Based on a lot of what I'm reading, it very well could be Burton that is gone come Thursday but I guess I will have to just wait two more days for the final answer.

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