Roster Depth

They continue to do so and losing quality depth will be exposed later in games. Yes they will replace it with young players with little experience and the holes will not be filled.
A lot of the depth they've lost also had starting experience. I understand the concept but outside looking in it almost looks like they are rebuilding just when they've got the team where they want to be.
SMH, I don't quite understand it.

I think there is some rebuilding going on. Not a total rebuild but a slight rebuild to accommoate the free agent signings and then the draft is coming up. Also there is still work to be done on the OL as well as defensive depth concerns. It's going to be interesting to see how it all comes together. 

totally agree.  Wright, Stephen, Sirles, Johnson, M. Floyd, Brock, all were contributors (often as starters) never given a real chance or developing players.  none of them represent big contracts.  i know this is a business and sometimes fans get too emotionally involved in the players they have watched but i dont apologize for that—Hey, we’re FANS!  what I don’t understand about RS is how he goes about his business.  Too many players are dealt with without regard to what they have given to the team.  Ask Sharrif Floyd this week. 

@"Tyr" said: While the Vikings have a strong roster, they have lost a lot of players this season. They can fill some of that void through the draft and rookie free agents and while they may be trying to stockpile some compensation picks for next year, I have some mild concerns about them being able to fill out the roster with quality & experienced players.

Notable players we have lost:

RG Joe Berger (Retired)........................................................ Tom Compton
QB Sam Bradford................................................................. Kirk Cousins
QB Teddy Bridgewater......................................................... Trevor Siemian
CB Tremaine Brock.............................................................. A soggy Tuna Sandwich?  I was seriously unimpressed with Brock
WR Michael Floyd (not expected to be re-signed).................Coley?
UT Sharrif Floyd (injuries)..................................................... Hasn't really played in how long?  Can you really call him depth?
UT Tom Johnson................................................................... Sheldon Richardson
QB Case Keenum..................................................................Sloter
LB Emmanuel Lamur.............................................................?
HB Jerrick McKinnon.............................................................Mack/Ham/?
OL Jeremiah Sirles................................................................1st Rd Pick?
NT Shamar Stephen..............................................................2nd Rd Pick?
WR Jarius Wright...................................................................?

Notable players we have added:

OL Tom Compton
QB Kirk Cousins
UT Sheldon Richardson
QB Trevor Siemian

How do you think the Vikings can address losing so much roster depth?

We still have the second and third waves of free agency and the lower rds of the draft -- Are we really that thin?

I would think Compton would be more a Sirles replacement than a Berger replacement.

@"Watcher" said:

@"Tyr" said: While the Vikings have a strong roster, they have lost a lot of players this season. They can fill some of that void through the draft and rookie free agents and while they may be trying to stockpile some compensation picks for next year, I have some mild concerns about them being able to fill out the roster with quality & experienced players.

Notable players we have lost:

RG Joe Berger (Retired)........................................................ Tom Compton
QB Sam Bradford................................................................. Kirk Cousins
QB Teddy Bridgewater......................................................... Trevor Siemian
CB Tremaine Brock.............................................................. A soggy Tuna Sandwich?  I was seriously unimpressed with Brock
WR Michael Floyd (not expected to be re-signed).................Coley?
UT Sharrif Floyd (injuries)..................................................... Hasn't really played in how long?  Can you really call him depth?
UT Tom Johnson................................................................... Sheldon Richardson
QB Case Keenum..................................................................Sloter
LB Emmanuel Lamur.............................................................?
HB Jerrick McKinnon.............................................................Mack/Ham/?
OL Jeremiah Sirles................................................................1st Rd Pick?
NT Shamar Stephen..............................................................2nd Rd Pick?
WR Jarius Wright...................................................................?

Notable players we have added:

OL Tom Compton
QB Kirk Cousins
UT Sheldon Richardson
QB Trevor Siemian

How do you think the Vikings can address losing so much roster depth?

We still have the second and third waves of free agency and the lower rds of the draft -- Are we really that thin?

Sirles, Wright and Stephen were tough for me as a fan...Shariff hasn't played in how many years now? Floyd? Not sure we wont see him back. 

They needed to pay handsomely for a franchise qb and they've got: 
Diggs
Barr
Kendricks
Hunter
 
On the docket...Welcome to the NFL when you are paying a franchise QB. 
Spielman knows that people are concerned about the team’s salary cap in the coming years, but he said the team has it under control.
“ Rob Brzezinski does an outstanding job with the cap,” Spielman said. “We know we have some extensions coming up and we want to make sure that we have enough room to potentially get some extensions done coming up here in the near future.”

Not terribly concerned at this point except starting OL and backup DL.  Every year we've wondered why our draft picks aren't playing.  This year they'll get to.  We'll need 3 players from the draft to contribute. 

This is the time of year when players are griping about teams being cheap or favoring the new signings over "loyalty to veterans".  But in past years, the Vikings held on to players too long or gave big contracts to marginal players. Which do you really prefer?
Look at the list of "notable player in the alarmist OP. If they are notable, how many would even be known to an NFL fan who isn't devoted to the Vikings? Sam Bradford and Michael Floyd are the best known, and partly for non-positive reasons.
Net effect of this offseason, SO FAR, has been the Vikings adding 2 players under age 30 who have played in Pro Bowls, and losing a handful of guys with modest production or big question marks.
The only guys I expect to miss at all are Wright and Stephen, but Jaleel Johnson and Stacy Coley will get better opportunities with them gone. There are still good FAs available and the draft.

They'll continue to keep shopping for depth as remaining UFA prices come down. But they are reshaping the roster a little bit to even out their personnel before they get too heavy defensively. 2017 may have been an eye opener that you can have both a strong defense and offense if you commit the time and resources to it. 

The larger culprit is the 2016 draft class that will show its ugly head. Those are the cost controllable players that are supposed to be making a significant impact in both 2018/2019. That class was: 

1 - Treadwell 
2 - Alexander 
3 - Traded to MIA 
4 - Beavers 
5 - Kentrell Brothers 
6 - Bohringer 
6 - Morgan 
7 - Weatherly 
7- Kearse 

@"AGRforever" said: Not terribly concerned at this point except starting OL and backup DL.  Every year we've wondered why our draft picks aren't playing.  This year they'll get to.  We'll need 3 players from the draft to contribute. 

@"Watcher" said:

We still have the second and third waves of free agency and the lower rds of the draft -- Are we really that thin?

@"Geoff Nichols" said: They'll continue to keep shopping for depth as remaining UFA prices come down. But they are reshaping the roster a little bit to even out their personnel before they get too heavy defensively. 2017 may have been an eye opener that you can have both a strong defense and offense if you commit the time and resources to it. 

The larger culprit is the 2016 draft class that will show its ugly head. Those are the cost controllable players that are supposed to be making a significant impact in both 2018/2019. That class was: 

1 - Treadwell 
2 - Alexander 
3 - Traded to MIA 
4 - Beavers 
5 - Kentrell Brothers 
6 - Bohringer 
6 - Morgan 
7 - Weatherly 
7- Kearse 

@"Geoff Nichols" said: They'll continue to keep shopping for depth as remaining UFA prices come down. But they are reshaping the roster a little bit to even out their personnel before they get too heavy defensively. 2017 may have been an eye opener that you can have both a strong defense and offense if you commit the time and resources to it. 

The larger culprit is the 2016 draft class that will show its ugly head. Those are the cost controllable players that are supposed to be making a significant impact in both 2018/2019. That class was: 

1 - Treadwell 
2 - Alexander 
3 - Traded to MIA 
4 - Beavers 
5 - Kentrell Brothers 
6 - Bohringer 
6 - Morgan 
7 - Weatherly 
7- Kearse 

@"Jor-El" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said: They'll continue to keep shopping for depth as remaining UFA prices come down. But they are reshaping the roster a little bit to even out their personnel before they get too heavy defensively. 2017 may have been an eye opener that you can have both a strong defense and offense if you commit the time and resources to it. 

The larger culprit is the 2016 draft class that will show its ugly head. Those are the cost controllable players that are supposed to be making a significant impact in both 2018/2019. That class was: 

1 - Treadwell 
2 - Alexander 
3 - Traded to MIA 
4 - Beavers 
5 - Kentrell Brothers 
6 - Bohringer 
6 - Morgan 
7 - Weatherly 
7- Kearse 

Really great and important observation about that draft. Also a reminder that counting on the draft is dicey. Plenty of people saying we can draft a starting OL at #30 - but we couldn't find a productive WR at #23.
Any explanation why 2016 has been, to date, such a poor draft? Just a matter of "lucky in 2015, unlucky in 2016" or were different people involved?

Not having players develop in a draft class has a bigger long term impact than missing on a high pick.  It looks like the 16 class has left us thin, unless Alexander keeps improving and Treadwell breaks out with a different QB.  Morgan and Kearse have both had moments and can contribute.