Few developments in the Minnesota Vikings 2021 offseason are as strange as the at-least-temporary fall of Cameron Dantzler. He entered the offseason with a CB1 trajectory for 2021. The NFL regular season begins in four days, and Dantzler is the Vikings CB6 on the Week 1 depth chart.
The tumble from CB1 to CB6 is absolutely mind-boggling.
Dantzler did not bolt to a magnificent start in his rookie year – who would with Davante Adams as the first assignment? – but he did totally circumvent his early season tribulations. He was injured versus the Green Bay Packers in Week 8, a scary moment as Dantzer was carried off the Wisconsin field on a stretcher.