Ex-gopher Sherels played a lot today for Vikes.

[Sportsfan24]

Don't forget, Sherels came to the U as a walk-on wide receiver and worked his ass off to become a solid Big 10 corner. He earned a spot on the hometown NFL team due to his dedication, ability, and football IQ.

Sherels did not cost the Vikings one game this season and his error tonight didn't even lead to any Packer points. Sherels is a very serviceable NFL backup and is not worth of any of the criticisms in this thread.

These dudes are hilarious! Not to mention clueless. First Marcus was a lousy cb for the gophers and couldn't tackle. Now 3 years into his NFL career (a career where he has made about $1 million) his days are numbered in the NFL. I suppose some day they will be right and Marcus will be cut or retire. For the guy who said Marcus is slow...there aren't two DB's on the roster who will out run Marcus, also HOF Antwoine Winfield in his prime couldn't come close to out running Marcus. Point? Marcus isn't slow and contrary to popular belief, not every player is a burner in the NFL.

Even Winfield the guy he replaced has had bad days, that's the nature of the
beast. Is Marcus a all pro shut down corner? Nope. Is he a NFL corner? Yep,that's why he was on a playoff team this year.

Here are the facts. Guys who get paid for a living to make roster decisions in the
NFL have staked their lively hoods and made Marcus part of the roster.

Instead of being known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota should be known as
the Land of 10,000 haters.

 

[Killjoy]

Boy aren't you a cranky poster. Mr. Sherels was one of the last decisions the team made in setting their roster and he has had an average season returning punts (9 yard average). Sorry, but if he can't step in and spell a DB on occasion his return skills alone are not going to make it easy to keep him. So mistakes like tonight do not help with his status on the Vikings. So keep feeling great about your expertese, we all know you're special

It is not I who is claiming to be an expert per your statement “His minutes as a Viking may be numbered. Got burned often last week as a DB and a terrible mistake fumbling a punt return tonight.” The life of a player of an NFL player can certainly be a short one but I don’t put too much credence in what an angry fan says after a dropped punt.

 

[kellyleeks]

These dudes are hilarious! Not to mention clueless. First Marcus was a lousy cb for the gophers and couldn't tackle. Now 3 years into his NFL career (a career where he has made about $1 million) his days are numbered in the NFL. I suppose some day they will be right and Marcus will be cut or retire. For the guy who said Marcus is slow...there aren't two DB's on the rostr who will out run Marcus, also HOF Antwoine Winfield in his prime couldn't come close to out running Marcus. Point? Marcus isn't slow and contrary to popular belief, not every player is a burner in the NFL.

Even Winfield the guy he replaced has had bad days, that's the nature of the
beast. Is Marcus a all pro shut down corner? Nope. Is he a NFL corner? Yep,that's why he was on a playoff team this year.

Here are the facts. Guys who get paid for a living to make roster decisions in the
NFL have staked their lively hoods and made Marcus part of the roster.

Instead of being known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota should be known as
the Land of 10,000 haters.

Let me get this straight, you think NFL coaches have a better understanding of players' abilities and how to put together a roster than the posters here? To each his own...

 

[mplsbadger]

Wouldn't that make him average?

Who knew afurry is really Garrison Keillor.

 

[Ron Johnson Super Fan]

If you assume each team has about 5 players who receive practice time returning punts and kicks then that is roughly 150 punt/kick returners. If you are in the top 50, I would consider you above average.

That is more than 1 per team, so I'm not sure that the statement that "if every team has an above average punt returner, then you are simply average" is accurate at all.

By that logic every starting quarterback in the NFL is an above average starting quarterback. IMO you need to look at starters to determine what an average player is.

 

[Sportsfan24]

Let me get this straight, you think NFL coaches have a better understanding of players' abilities and how to put together a roster than the posters here? To each his own...

Okay...you got me.

I got a little carried away. Of course some guy who can't work a dvd player, let alone know what he's looking at on film has amuch better insight as to who is and isn't an NFL caliber player.

 

[Pewterschmidt]

I'm proud of Sherels. Nice underdog story.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Let me get this straight, you think NFL coaches have a better understanding of players' abilities and how to put together a roster than the posters here? To each his own...

Usually yes, but I'd imagine most people on here would have wanted the Vikes to sign a backup QB after seeing Webb in practice.

 

[50PoundHead]

Sportsfan24 is correct, as he usually is. The guys who get paid pretty good money (and don't have a ton of job security) to judge football talent decided Sherels was good enough to play at a high level of competition. I didn't see a lot of the Vikings this year, but Sherels never seemed to be physical enough to play every CB in the NFL when I watched him in college. That doesn't mean he couldn't develop into a decent nickel/dime package cover guy (except that position usually requires jamming of inside receivers and he might not be strong enough to do that). But there are guys (think Jarret Bush with the Packers) who couldn't cover a bed with a blanket that carve out decent careers by playing on special teams and Sherels has the speed to do that.

Sherels' success should give hope to both Stoudermire and Carter. Stoudermire isn't a burner, but he does have pretty good "football speed" which might give him a shot. Carter has really good coverage skills, but I wonder if he is physical enough against the run. I guess we'll find out, because I suspect both of these guys will be in pro camps drafted or not.