Who will be sitting this one out?
We are just under ninety minutes away from kickoff at U.S. Bank Stadium, and the Minnesota Vikings and Houston Texans have released their inactive lists for today’s battle. Let’s take a look at who will be watching this one from the sidelines.
Houston Texans
- CB Myles Bryant
- LB Jamal Hill
- WR Jon Metchie
- RB Joe Mixon
- C Jarrett Patterson
- RB Dameon Pierce
- DE Rashad Weaver
Mixon was downgraded from doubtful to out yesterday by the Texans and did not travel with the team, so the running backs for Houston will be led by former Viking Cam Akers. No other surprises on the injury report for the visitors. Juice Scruggs, the starting center for Houston, will play after being listed as “questionable” but Patterson, his backup, will not.
Minnesota Vikings
- WR Jordan Addison
- CB Dwight McGlothern
- LB Ivan Pace Jr.
- DL Levi Drake Rodriguez
- OT Walter Rouse
- QB Brett Rypien (emergency QB)
- OLB Dallas Turner
Addison, Pace, and Turner had been declared out for the Vikings on their final injury report, so no shocks there. Turner has already said he’ll be back next week.
Those are your inactive lists for today’s game for the Texans and the Vikings, folks. We’ll have our first Open Thread of the day ready to hit the site approximately 30 minutes before kickoff at 11:30 AM Central time. We hope you’ll join us!
