Welcome to the beginning of our 2023 season preview content!
Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at each player on the roster in-depth with backgrounds and how they currently project forward on the Minnesota Vikings roster.
What is the best-case scenario? What is the worst-case scenario? What should we expect from them during the preseason and beyond? We will break all of that down here.
As a staff, all of us at Vikings Wire ranked the entire 90-man roster 1-90 and will be releasing player profiles in reverse order.
Background
Name: Garett Maag
Rank: 90
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 210 lbs
Experience: Rookie
College: North Dakota
Stats: 162 receptions, 2,152 yards and 18 touchdowns
Best case scenario
Maag’s best-case scenario is making the 53-man roster as the fifth/sixth wide receiver and special teams player. Maag has something that the Vikings don’t have a lot of in the wide receiver room: size. At 6’4″ and 210 lbs, there is plenty of that to go around with Maag. A really good preseason in a wide receiver room with more than uncertain depth could land him a roster spot.
Worst case scenario
It’s simple: he doesn’t make the team. He was only signed to the roster because of tight end Ben Ellefson’s retirement. That immediately sets an expectation that you are just hear for training camp and that can make it difficult to make a name for yourself with more limited opportunities.
What to expect in 2023
We shouldn’t expect a lot from Maag in 2023. He is the last player on the roster and finished 90th in our poll. There won’t be a lot of opportunities for Maag to shine in training camp and preseason games, but if he does find a way to shine, fans will attach themselves to him as the new Adam Thielen. Maag played high school football at St. Croix Lutheran in Inver Grove Heights, MN, and fans love the local connection.
