The Minnesota Vikings are going young. The team announced on Friday that it has cut veteran quarterback Sage Rosenfels as it slims its roster down to 53 players.
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— Pioneer Press (@VikingsNow) September 1, 2012
Despite cutting Rosenfels, the Vikings still owe him his $500,000 base salary for the 2012 season along with a $50,000 "workout bonus." Letting go of Rosenfels means that the Vikings will enter the season with Christian Ponder, Joe Webb and McLeod Bethel-Thompson as their quarterbacks.
Rosenfels has spent nine years in the NFL, but has not thrown a pass in a regular season game since Week 13 of the 2008 season as a member of the Houston Texans.
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