We’re currently sitting at about three and a half hours before the NFL’s deadline to reduce rosters to 53 players, and the Minnesota Vikings have given us their first move that can really be classed as a surprise.

Multiple sources are reporting that the Vikings are set to waive outside linebacker Gabriel Murphy if they can’t find a trade partner for him before today’s deadline.

Murphy was a highly-heralded undrafted free agent out of UCLA in 2024. He signed with the Vikings for a significant signing bonus but missed much of the season with an injury. The team had placed him on injured reserve as part of their final cutdowns with a designation to return, and he wound up on the practice squad for the final month of the year.

The move comes as a bit of a surprise because, by all appearance

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