At 56 days past his 29th birthday, Sheldon Day was the fifth oldest of 96 nonspecialists inside U.S. Bank Stadium still fighting, scratching and hoping for NFL employment beyond Tuesday, when all active rosters must be trimmed from 90 to 53.
"Keeps me young," the affable Vikings defensive lineman said after Saturday's 18-17 loss to the Cardinals.
Day was the third-oldest player to start the game behind Arizona's Kelvin Beachum (34) and Carlos Watkins, another 29-year-old who's got Day by about half a year. Day did, however, log the most snaps (39) of any graybeard older than 28 as he appeared to continue a roster-bubble tussle with 25-year-old Ross Blacklock, who played 30 snaps.