The Vikings will have to take on the Philadelphia Eagles without their star running back Adrian Peterson today, who suffered a foot injury last week in Baltimore. They also won’t have his backup Toby Gerhart available as he is inactive today with a hamstring injury.
Running back Matt Asiata will start today and Joe Banyard, recently activated from the practice squad, will get the lion’s share of the action.
Their starting duo of cornerbacks are also out today. Chris Cook (knee) and Xavier Rhodes (ankle) will not be suiting up. The injuries and other issues have once again blown up the Vikings depth chart at cornerback, which seems to happen on an annual basis, and Marcus Sherels and Shaun Prater are going to be your starters today, according to 1500 ESPN. Not an ideal situation for those holding out hope for an upset win, but certainly can’t hurt Minnesota’s possible run at a top-three draft selection.
Guard Brandon Fusco is also inactive and will be replaced by Joe Berger as the starting right guard.
The good news is that Harrison Smith has been activated for today’s game.Smith suffered an injury on October 13th and hasn’t played since. It remains to be seen just how much playing time the Vikings are willing to give to their star safety, given the game is essentially meaningless, but Smith makes any game more fun to watch.
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no offensive or defensive backfield, wow. three games left and this one should be a blowout. just don't play jumpin joe at QB and we'll get good pick position
That was impressive! 48 points? Was this the start of a new version of 1998?
Clearly Peterson has been holding us back this whole time. Time to get rid of that dead weight.
Maybe we could trade him to Seattle aka Vikings west.
This story says the Vikings will look to trade Ponder...........http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/msn/report_vikings_will_look_to_trade_christian_ponder/15315554
Too bad this story isn't from 2012
great to see us win like that, but i'm not too excited, as the iggles looked flat as hell in this trap game, and our draft position just took a major hit. cassel might have gotten us further this year if he played from the start, but he's not our long term answer. we still need to draft a QB unless our vikes are gonna pull a rabbit out of a hat
Ya, but you can't expect to play a rookie QB and win.
Think they should keep Frazier. Don't know why, gut feeling. Coordinators? Different story. But, how are both starting corners out and we dominate more than any other game? This team is a mystery. Easy to play the way they did with no pressure. I think that's 85% of it. Let's do it when the heat is on for once. SKOL!
can't wait for Black Monday! (my prediction for a blowout in the Eagles game was partially correct )
When management decides to give a coach the power and control over his own roster, not a 'we're all in!' when they really aren't. We will win a Super Bowl. When owners and GMs stick their egos into the locker room and coach's office during the season, it's all over. Good owners and GMs are silent during the season.