No major surprises from the Vikes on cut down day yesterday.

Brooks Bollinger was the biggest name on the list.

I guess I'm a little surprised Chili actually cut his boy Brooks.

Brooks' fate was sealed Thursday when he did nothing to separate himself from John David Booty against the Cowboys.

Booty didn't exactly win the job but has the advantage of being young, having potential and being less expensive than Brooks.

One guy I was hoping would make it was WR Martin Nance who really looked good in the preseason.

The Vikes decided to keep Robert Ferguson probably for his special teams ability because it wasn't for his production at the WR spot.

One thing I noticed on the Vikes final roster is that we've cornered the market on FB/TE players.

They have 6 of these guys including Tahi, Kleinsasser, Tapeh, Mills, Shiancoe,and Dugan.

The Vikes also have 10 defensive backs on their current roster.

My guess is a couple of guys in these spots will get cut if the Vikes pick up any one on waivers today.

One guy that the Vikes should look at is OT Willie Anderson who was cut by the Bengals.

He could bolster the O-line while McSkinny is serving his 4 game suspension.

Don't get your hopes up for Chris Simms as it appears Dallas will go after him.

8 days to Lambeau Field and the start of the season for the Vikes.

Are you ready for some football?

Discussion about a Vikings stadium has begun again, this time centering around Minneapolis.

I believe the Vikings will eventually either end up remodeling the Metrodome or tearing it down and building a new stadium on the same site -- similar to what happened in St. Paul when the Xcel Center was built at the site of the St. Paul Civic Center.

Currently the problem with remodeling the Metrodome or building a new stadium on that site is that the Vikings would not have anywhere to play while construction is underway.

That problem will be solved when the University of Minnesota opens its new stadium in 2009 which is 2 years before the Vikings lease runs out.

The Vikings could play at the Gophers stadium until their new stadium was finished, much like the Bears did when they played at the University of Illinois while Soldier Field was renovated.

The biggest advantage that Minneapolis has over the other sites such as Blaine is that the necessary infrastructure is already in place.

Adequate highway access along with the light rail system, which will most likely expand, are already available.

The other sites would need millions of dollars to improve roads and other infrastructure in addition to the money already needed to build the stadium.

I doubt that the legislature would approve building a new stadium in the suburbs once building in downtown Minneapolis becomes a viable option.

It'll be interesting how this story unfolds over the next year or two.