The Facts: Two days after a devastating injury that left him with a pair of torn patella tendons, the Vikings waived Childs.

Diehards Line:This is the first step in the process of getting Childs onto the injured reserve list prior to the team cutting down from 90 players. A team can lose that player while on waivers as we saw earlier this year when the Giants Greg Ballard was snatched by the Patriots under similar circumstances. It is not unreasonable to think that Childs may not be ready for NFL action until the 2014 campaign considering the severity of the injury. It's too bad for the rookie as his play had been garnering positive attention in camp up until the injury.