After cutdown day yesterday, waivers ran four hours earlier than normal to allow for teams to build their practice squads in time for practice this afternoon.
The Minnesota Vikings weren’t awarded any players on waivers, but they did have two players claimed from their roster cuts yesterday in quarterback Kellen Mond and defensive tackle Armon Watts.
The Vikings were not awarded any players on waivers.
QB Kellen Mond was claimed by the Browns
DL Armon Watts was claimed by the Bears.
— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) August 31, 2022
Of all the players that the Vikings moved on from yesterday, these were the two likely claims by other NFL teams.
Mond was a 2021 third-round pick out of Texas A&M with the tools of a modern-day NFL quarterback: live arm, mobile and can excel outside of structure. His issues are what led the Vikings to move on from him. He struggles to see the field both accurately and quickly along with not being able to succeed past his first progression.
Watts is a starting caliber player on the interior. A former sixth-round pick out of Arkansas, he was waived strictly from a salary cap perspective. He was projected to be a starter on the Vikings defensive line this season.
The Vikings will be making plenty of moves today including building out their practice squad.
