Last year, Alex Boone was the veteran who got the last-second cut. The guard refused a pay cut and the Vikings released him after he'd already started to lose his starting job in training camp. Which veterans are on the bubble this summer?
CB/PR Marcus Sherels
NFL season: ninth
2018 guarantee: $500,000
Sherels gets the annual dishonor of media questioning his security with the Vikings, just like this. Forgive the previous transgressions, Marcus. But this time, the 30-year-old's extension was less lucrative — $500,000 guaranteed for one year, down from $1.5 million on 2016's two-year deal — and the Vikings drafted a dynamic college returner in first-round pick Mike Hughes, also a cornerback.
K Kai Forbath
NFL season: seventh
2018 guarantee: $100,000
The Vikings re-signed Forbath, who has made 50 of his 57 field-goal attemps in two seasons with Minnesota, about six weeks before trading up to draft Daniel Carlson in the fifth round. Forbath's one-year deal included a $100,000 signing bonus. Otherwise, he has no guaranteed money from the Vikings. The 30-year-old veteran, who also has missed eight extra points in 25 games, will need a stellar camp to hold off Carlson.
DE Brian Robison
NFL season: 12th