It seemed throughout training camp as though the Vikings might make a move to add secondary depth to their roster before Saturday’s deadline to cut rosters down to 53 players. They kicked off cutdown day with a trade to help their defensive backfield.
The team is acquiring cornerback Mark Fields from the Kansas City Chiefs, a NFL source confirmed. Fields, a Clemson product the Chiefs signed as an undrafted free agent, showed some promise through training camp, but struggled as the preseason went on. The Vikings, though, are ostensibly betting on their ability to coax something out of him in their system now that he’s heading to Minnesota.