And they made some other moves as well
In addition to waiving cornerback Akayleb Evans, the Minnesota Vikings made some other roster moves as they prepare to face the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Sunday.
The team has announced that they have activated tight end Nick Muse from injured reserve. They have also elevated long snapper Jake McQuaide to the active roster for Sunday’s game and downgraded edge defender Gabe Murphy to “out” for Sunday’s contest.
Muse suffered a broken hand in the Vikings’ win over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2 and has been on IR since then. He will fill the third tight end role on the roster this week behind T.J. Hockenson and Johnny Mundt with Josh Oliver having already been declared out with wrist and ankle injuries.
This is the third week in a row that McQuaide has been elevated to the active roster in the place of All-Pro Andrew DePaola, who is dealing with injury issues of his own. If DePaola is unable to come back next week, the team will have to formally sign McQuaide to the roster in order to have him available, but the fact that DePaola has not been placed on IR yet would signal that he’s going to be ready to go when the team faces Arizona next Sunday.
Murphy is still in his 21-day practice window after being designated to return from injured reserve and had been listed as “questionable” on the final injury report on Friday afternoon. He was designated for return on 6 November, so the Vikings will have until 27 November to place him on the roster or put him back on IR for the rest of the season. That is this coming Wednesday, so the team will have a decision to make on Murphy here very shortly.
Those should be the last of the roster moves that the Vikings make before tomorrow’s game in Chicago, but if anything else happens between now and then we will make sure you’re aware of it.
