The Vikings announced on Sunday that the club has signed seven players to the team's practice squad. NFL teams can carry up to eight players on the practice squad so one spot remains empty as of Sunday morning. The players signed were: RB Joe Banyard, G Travis Bond, DT Everett Dawkins, TE Chase Ford, T Kevin Murphy, WR Rodney Smith and WR Adam Thielen. The practice squad doesn't hold too many surprises, and the Vikings were able to retain drafted rookies Travis Bond and Everett Dawkins, as well as practice squad holdovers from last year, Joe Banyard and Kevin Murphy. Two players on last year's practice squad—George Johnson and Chase Baker—made the roster, while Bobby Felder was invited to camp but evidently not to the 2013 practice squad. Source: SBNation.com
