Reality of Vikings' Tuesday roster shuffling isn't particularly exciting

Robinson is a Georgia native who began his college career at Kansas, then played three seasons at Georgia Tech before finishing his career at Arkansas last season. He played nearly 2,500 snaps in college, all but eight of which came at left tackle. Robinson signed with the Bengals as a UDFA and played 24 offensive snaps at tackle in the preseason. He’s a bit undersized and has underwhelming athletic testing numbers.

This looks like GM Nolan Teasley continuing to do what he’s done all season, which is cycle through players on the practice squad and at the back end of the 53-man roster in the name of competition and evaluation.

It’s slightly interesting that the Vikings swapped a guard for a tackle this week. That may indicate that they’re now primary viewing third-round rookie Caleb Tiernan as a guard, not a tackle. Backup center Michael Jurgens is also an option at guard, as are practice squad players Henry Byrd and Josh Priebe. Robinson now becomes the Vikings’ fourth tackle behind their two starters and backup Ryan Van Demark.

It’s also worth keeping in mind that No. 3 running back and important special teams contributor DeeJay Dallas is out of practice squad elevations, so he’ll need to be signed to the 53-man roster as well.

It’s still possible that the Vikings end up making an exciting trade addition or two. But any speculation that Keegan’s release was a precursor to a big move appears to have been a false alarm.