On Wednesday, the Minnesota Vikings waived a player that many of us had high hopes for and signed a player that looks to be a bit of a project at the linebacker position.
The team announced that they have waived defensive lineman Hercules Mata’afa, who had torn an ACL during OTAs a couple of weeks ago. An undrafted free agent out of Washington State, Mata’afa had worked out at both linebacker and defensive line for the Vikings before getting injured.
Mata’afa was waived with an injury designation, which means that if nobody claims him off of waivers, he will revert to the Vikings’ injured reserve list.