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The Minnesota Vikings will likely have a new starting running back for the third time in three years.
The team informed Alexander Mattison on Thursday they will release him after a single season as their starting running back, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The move will save the Vikings $3.3 million in cap space against the two-year, $7 million contract Mattison signed as a free agent last offseason, per OverTheCap.
Mattison took over starting duties last season following the departure of Pro Bowler Dalvin Cook, whom the Vikings released to gain $9 million in cap space. The move made enough sense at the time. Cook was a perennial 1,000-yard rusher, but teams love to save at the running back position and Mattison had been solid in four seasons as Cook's backup.
Mattison was primed for bell cow duties in the Vikings backfield, but he struggled to provide a consistent rushing threat. He averaged only 3.7 yards per rush in his first eight games and failed to score a touchdown on the ground the entire season.
The Vikings finished the season 28th in the NFL in rushing attempts and 29th in rushing yards.
With Mattison on the way out, the Vikings are left with the likes of Ty Chandler, Kene Nwangwu and DeWayne McBride as the running backs on their roster. Cam Akers is also a restricted free agent. Chandler is the most experienced runner of the group, with 461 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 102 attempts last season.
That will likely leave the Vikings looking for help in either the 2024 NFL Draft or free agency.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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