twyman cut
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They have to waive him in order to put him on the restricted list. It's just a roster move. When he clears waivers he'll likely stay on the Vikings and then when he's ready to participate they can take him off the restricted list.
pittdan77
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This. Nobody is holding a roster spot for a 6th round pick that has questionable immediate value and few teams are going to try to poach that guy.
Procedural move per NFL writer
Waiving Twyman with an NFI designation is just a procedural move. Theoretically another team could claim him, but that's highly unlikely for a 6th-round rookie who's not yet fully healthy for NFL activity. I expect the Vikings will activate him as soon as he's back to 100%.
Waiving Twyman with an NFI designation is just a procedural move. Theoretically another team could claim him, but that's highly unlikely for a 6th-round rookie who's not yet fully healthy for NFL activity. I expect the Vikings will activate him as soon as he's back to 100%.
Regardless, Zelda will still be pissed that he opted out.
The problem is that if you claim him you are in the same boat that the Vikings are in. If he's not ready to play and you want to put him on the NFI list you have to waive him first. And if you don't then he takes up a roster spot.
I don't know about any of that stuff. But I suspect he is fine and good enough to take a roster spot.
I am pulling for JT! He opted out to see his body to help his family by making NFL $$$ and that is worth pulling for! Get well and H2P!
He protected his interest by reporting to camp. The Vikings protected their interest by waiving him. They have a mutual interest in his full recovery. He's closer to being physically ready for the NFL than I am, but he's not yet all the way there..
Oddly enough, the people who are actually in a position to know don't seem to agree with you.
While this might have been "breaking news" to Pitt fans, my guess is that Vikings management knew exactly what Twyman was going to do, and that Twyman and his agent knew exactly what the Vikings were going to do.
It really is strange that I know better than they do!
Shame for a kid who's really worked hard but took some really bad advice and ran with it.
As expected Twyman cleared waivers and the Vikings put him on their non-football injury list.
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