Day 12 Camp Notes

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SafetiesIn: Harrison Smith, Xavier Woods, Camryn Bynum, Myles Dorn
Out: Luther Kirk, Josh Metellus
Contested: None
Changes from version 1.0: Metellus from contested to out; Dorn from out to in
Chad: When Smith got Thursday day off as a veteran last week, it was Dorn who took some of his reps with the first team, signaling perhaps that the team trusts him more than Metellus. As for Bynum, here’s what Zimmer said about the rookie’s strengths and weaknesses so far: “What’s taking him a little bit of time is to be able to communicate. Now he’s got to communicate a lot more, being a safety with some of the checks, but I think he has some good coverage skills.”
Arif: Switching back to four safeties was a convenient time for me to take advantage of the insight gained from Zimmer’s comments and Dorn’s apparent place as the third safety on the roster. That also tells us that things aren’t looking great for Metellus, whose coverage skills in camp surprised me as a rookie but don’t seem to be evident now.
SpecialistsIn: Greg Joseph, Britton Colquitt, Andrew DePaola
Out: Riley Patterson, Turner Bernard
Contested: None
Changes from version 1.0: DePaola from contested to in; Bernard from contested to out
Chad: Why did I flip long snappers from version 1.0? Only because I saw one not-so-great snap in practice and it was from Bernard and not DePaola. Is that fair? No. Could I have missed plenty of others? Definitely. But I’m sticking with it.
Arif: I’ll take Chad caving on the long-snapper battle as a win, even though I have the exact same amount of insight on it as he does. Joseph has been disappointing in camp, but Patterson’s brief reappearance on the practice field hasn’t been stellar, either.

Lolz, Ah, it is football season. Death. Taxes. Crappy kicker play for the Vikes

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Arif Hasan, training camp attender 

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Armon Watts has been getting consistent and emphatic praise from the Vikings coaching staff

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Mike Zimmer shouted out Michael Pierce, Armon Watts, and James Lynch as defensive tackles he’s been impressed with.

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Mike Zimmer notes from today’s #Vikings press conference

 •Justin Jefferson will be back soon

•Nick Vigil is winning the 3rd LB job so far

•Playing time for preseason is still up in the air

•Rookie WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette needs to do much more to make the team

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Mike Zimmer said he’s been impressed with Ihmir Smith-Marsette as a receiver, but added, “He needs to get better on special teams.”

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So is how is Jefferson doing?  Three days since last update.

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Mike Zimmer said Anthony Barr’s absence from practice the last few days was his decision. Doesn’t sound like it’s injury related. “I’m just taking care of him… I told him not come to the stadium the other day. Everything’s good.”

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Mike Zimmer said Anthony Barr’s absence from practice the last few days was his decision. Doesn’t sound like it’s injury related. “I’m just taking care of him… I told him not come to the stadium the other day. Everything’s good.”

seems odd,  we hear of new schemes and looks being installed and he tells a starter to not even come to practice?  I can see giving him time off from reps,  but to not even want him there to work the mental side?

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Mike Zimmer said Anthony Barr’s absence from practice the last few days was his decision. Doesn’t sound like it’s injury related. “I’m just taking care of him… I told him not come to the stadium the other day. Everything’s good.”

seems odd,  we hear of new schemes and looks being installed and he tells a starter to not even come to practice?  I can see giving him time off from reps,  but to not even want him there to work the mental side?

 

thinking its a personal matter for Barr