It’s time for the first injury reports of the week, folks! Yes, because the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions are facing off on Thursday, the first injury reports of the week are up as of today, and we’ve got them here for you.
It’s worth noting that these are probably best described as pseudo-injury reports. The Vikings didn’t actually practice today, so they’re really more of a wag than anything else, while the Lions just went through a walkthrough rather than an actual practice. Still, this is what we’ve got, so let’s get to them.
Detroit Lions
- OT Taylor Decker – DNP (shoulder)
- DB Avonte Maddox – DNP (back)
- WR Amon-Ra St. Brown – DNP (knee)
- OL Trystan Colon – Limited (wrist)
- DL Marcus Davenport – Limited (shoulder)
- C Graham Glasgow – Limited (knee)
- WR Tom Kennedy – Limited (abdomen)
- G Christian Mahogany – Limited (fibula)
- OT Giovanni Manu – Limited (knee)
- DT Alim McNeill – Limited (abdomen)
- DE Al-Quadin Muhammad – Limited (knee)
- DB Amik Robertson – Limited (hand)
Pretty lengthy list of names for the Lions, and a couple of pretty significant ones under the “DNP” heading. However, with their playoff hopes still alive, albeit somewhat on life support at this point, I can imagine it will pretty much be all hands on deck for the Lions on Thursday afternoon. I can’t imagine St. Brown not being out there, certainly.
Minnesota Vikings
- TE T.J. Hockenson – DNP (shoulder)
- C Ryan Kelly – DNP (concussion)
- RB Jordan Mason – DNP (ankle)
- QB J.J. McCarthy – DNP (right hand)
- OT Brian O’Neill – DNP (heel)
- RB Aaron Jones – Limited (ankle)
- DL Javon Hargrave – Limited (thigh)
- LB Eric Wilson – Limited (thumb)
- TE Gavin Bartholomew* – Full (back)
- RB Ty Chandler* – Full (knee)
- LB Austin Keys – Full (ankle)
That’s a lot of significant DNPs for the Vikings early on in the week. The McCarthy thing has been discussed ad nauseum already, but I’m sure we’ll continue to discuss it over the next few days. I’d be stunned if Kelly plays. . .frankly, I’d be surprised if he plays again at all, never mind either of the last two games of the season. O’Neill was a game-time decision last week, and I suspect he might be the same this week. It’s also worth noting that the final day of Chandler’s 21-day window for his return from IR is Wednesday, and if Mason is going to be out, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Chandler activated by then. A lot of moving parts here, folks.
Those are the first injury reports of this abbreviated week, ladies and gentlemen. We’ll keep tracking the injury situations throughout the course of the next couple of days here and be sure to point out any significant changes.
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