Minnesota Vikings Clear Spot on Practice Squad

The Minnesota Vikings returned home from their two-week stretch in Europe and announced a significant amount of roster news on Monday. Kevin O’Connell highlighted that multiple players will return to practice. That also meant making a couple of roster moves to accommodate people being active.

With the team being on a bye, there are more things going on behind the scenes that may not immediately reach the media. Sessions with the head coach are limited during the week off, and practices aren’t held.

That didn’t stop the team from making another roster cut to open up a spot on the practice squad.

Matt Waletzko released by MN Vikings

Signed last week in order to provide offensive line depth for the Minnesota Vikings, Matt Waletzko’s time with the team never took place stateside. He flew to London and joined the practice squad. Now he’s looking for his next home.

The Minnesota Vikings have released OT Matt Waletzko.

Clears a roster spot on the practice squad.

— Ted (@tlschwerz) October 7, 2025

The 25-year-old Cold Spring native didn’t get any run with his hometown team. A couple of practices and a plane ticket to London was a decent experience I’m sure.

Dallas drafted Waletzko in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of North Dakota. He played the last three seasons for the Cowboys and appeared in 11 games.

What Minnesota does with the open roster spot remains to be seen. They have players returning from injured reserve that will need to rejoin the active roster. Practice squad spots could be used to stash currently rostered talent.

The Cincinnati Bengals also just traded for Joe Flacco. That puts former Vikings quarterback Jake Browning back on the bench, but also caused Brett Rypien to be released. Minnesota has not by shy about their love of Rypien, and the former practice squad quarterback could return as depth with Carson Wentz now banged up as well.