Vikings Release Brock Lesner

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

In a piece of breaking news, we can reveal that Brock Lesnar has been cut from the Minnesota Vikings. Dan Patrick reported the cut on ESPN Radio just minutes ago.

Lesnar, former WWE Champion, left World Wrestling Entertainment following his match with Goldberg at WrestleMania this past March with intentions to try out for the NFL. The Vikings were the primary goal for the Minnesota native, who won over the team's coaches with his work ethic. The general feeling was that Lesnar wouldn’t be able to play at the level of others who had continued to pursue a football career when he focused on his amateur and professional wrestling endeavors.

However, The St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota is reporting that Lesnar still has a chance to be added to the Viking's practice squad once final cuts are made this week.

We’ll have more details on this story as they come in.
Well so much for that..He can still play in NFL Europe right?

NOTE: Was gonna post this in the "OFFICAL" NFL Topic but I figured somebody would still post this w/o reading that topic anyways

[road doggy dogg]

LOL BROCK SOLD OUT AND HE'S SHIT1!1! :LOL: :ROFL: :lFOFL:lWe:lf

WRESTLING 4 LYUF

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I am assuming you are mocking wrestling forum posters there :D :p

Haven't gone to the wrestling forum in like 2 years :lol:

[road doggy dogg]

go on <s>MSN</s> the wrestling forum hun :p

[road doggy dogg]

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?p=546292#post546292

ahahahahaha

[BCWWF]

Yeah it was in the Star Tribune the other day that he was most likely going to get cut and not make the practice squad, but all reports say that the end product was that Brock was a great worker and had a great attitude the whole time. He sounded very thankfun and everything, and I respect that and really do expect him to try out again next year and probably make a team. I thought that he might have a chance making the Vikes as a special teams player or make the practice squad, but I guess my opinion was totally uneducated, but I don't think it was a failed effort.

[BCWWF]

I just laid it down on them

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

LOL@ People in that topic saying how he is going to be pumping gas. They do realize he probably has already made money in his life then any of them ever will?

[BCWWF]

Thats exactly what I said in there. He wouldn't have quit wrestling if he had no money, and he wouldn't be able to try out for an NFL team if he wasn't well off either. He tried out because that is the one thing in life he doesn't have that he wanted. Those wrestling forumites will be pumping his gas for years to come

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

He said he was sick or wrestling anyways, too much travel and time away from his kid I guess.

[BCWWF]

Yeah, I hate idiot red neck wrestling fans. I'm going to try to find the article in the Tribune from a few days ago. brb...

[BCWWF]

Credit Startribune.com

Vikings: Lesnar can't take giant step
Mark Craig,* Star Tribune
August 26, 2004 VIKE0826




Vikings defensive line coach Brian Baker could shout "I told you so!" He could argue the merits of Jeff Womble, a four-year starter at Florida State, whom the Vikings had to let go. Or he could declare the whole Brock Lesnar experiment unsuccessful.
But he won't.
Not because he knows Lesnar is going to make the active roster or survive the first cuts Tuesday -- or even make the eight-man practice squad on Sept. 6. Lesnar has no chance of making the final roster and a slim chance of surviving the first 13 cuts. At this point, it's doubtful he'll even be added to the practice squad.
"I definitely was upset at first, but the thing about Brock is he flat-out earned my respect the past four weeks," Baker said. "I don't know how else to put it."
That is the consensus among assistant coaches and players who once were skeptical the Lesnar signing was anything more than a publicity stunt by the Vikings and/or World Wrestling Entertainment, Lesnar's former employer.
"I thought we would have been the last team in the world to sign him," guard Chris Liwienski said. "And then they signed him and we kind of went, 'Oh my gosh, what's this guy going to be all about? Is he going to come in here and tie me in a knot?' But Brock came to work, and guys took notice."
Or, as Pro Bowl center Matt Birk pointed out: "Brock didn't come in here thinking he was a big shot. He took it seriously and kept his mouth shut."
Unfortunately for Lesnar, his nine-year layoff from football and lack of college experience have proved impossible to overcome in one training camp. After an initial boost, his progress at defensive tackle leveled off, and he is duplicating his mistakes. He needs more repetitions at a time when his are being scaled back because the start of the season is only 18 days away.
"I know it's not feasible for them to keep me around [after the first cuts on Tuesday]," Lesnar said. "These other guys have been doing this stuff their whole lives. Me? I'm only doing the best I can."
Lesnar said he remains hopeful of making the practice squad. He said he hasn't allowed himself to think about a Plan B, even though he got only three snaps in the last preseason game at Atlanta.
Ed Hitchcock, Lesnar's agent, said he doesn't expect Lesnar to walk away from football without exhausting all of his opportunities. One of those could include a stint in NFL Europe next spring. The Vikings might have an interest in re-signing Lesnar and allocating him. Or Lesnar could try to join the league on his own, probably with a recommendation from Baker or other Vikings coaches.
Lesnar's age, 27, and years of wear and tear from pro and amateur wrestling at the University of Minnesota are working against him in football. Lesnar hasn't ruled out a return to the WWE, although he might try something different, such as endorsements.
For now, he is all football all of the time.
"Initially, I didn't understand why we signed him, and I was mad that we cut a young rookie player [Womble] who at least knew how to play football," Baker said. "But Brock earned it. You could pick 1,000 guys in his situation and not one of them would have lasted this long."
Baker said Lesnar hasn't attempted one shortcut. He sits in the front of the defensive line meeting room. He works on fundamentals with defensive assistant Jim Panagos for 45 minutes before and after most practices. He takes criticism very well. And probably most important, Lesnar hasn't missed a single rep, despite the fact his groin still isn't 100 percent from a serious motorcycle accident in April.
"My body's not real good right now," Lesnar said, laughing. "But what the heck. For now, I'm living the NFL experience. Who else like me did what I did this summer?"
How long will it last?
"Hey, I don't know what's going to happen," linebacker Chris Claiborne said, "but all I know is the guy turned out to be real cool."

[AlphaBean]

Yeah it was in the Star Tribune the other day that he was most likely going to get cut and not make the practice squad, but all reports say that the end product was that Brock was a great worker and had a great attitude the whole time. He sounded very thankfun and everything, and I respect that and really do expect him to try out again next year and probably make a team. I thought that he might have a chance making the Vikes as a special teams player or make the practice squad, but I guess my opinion was totally uneducated, but I don't think it was a failed effort.
The Vikings realized they can't afford to invest any more time than they did into Brock; had they continued to give him more attention, he may have progressed to a point where he would have worked on special teams or on a practice squad, but basically he needs to find a retired lineman (RANDLE!!!) and get some individual training on technique, and he needs to keep up his insane workout routine so that he doesn't lose his edge -- the whole "too fast, too strong, to agile, too athletic for a guy his size" thing. If he spends too much time on technique he'll be just another player.

If they put him as a free agent on Madden's updates, and I think they should, he could be rated like 80. Why? Because he'll have like 90+ speed, acceleration, jumping, agility, with 90+ strength, and 20 awareness. He has the skills, and Madden can't really judge for someone's technique, which is why Kevin Williams is only a 90, when he can slice through double teams like a hot knife through butter.

Yeah, that's it. Brock needs to train with K-Dub in the offseason. :love:

[YOUR Hero]

If it never works out, at least he won't wonder what might have been. Credit for that.

[AlphaBean]

Don't forget: The only people who don't respect Brock for what he did, are the ignorant wrestling fans who didn't witness just how hard he worked.

This WILL work out, btw. He'll have a few good seasons. After all, Ted Washington is 10 years older than Brock and was one of the top Free Agents at the same position.

Brock will be ok.

[BCWWF]

Don't forget: The only people who don't respect Brock for what he did, are the <i>ignorant wrestling fans</i> who didn't witness just how hard he worked.


Thats the most true thing I've heard all day

[Gonzo]

If he keeps at it, I'm sure he can manage a positive career out of it all.