Final Injury Report | Vikings-Cardinals 🚑

Dustin Baker |

Nov 30, 2024

The Minnesota Vikings have won four straight, bouncing back adeptly after losing two games following their Week 6 bye.

Final Injury Report | Vikings-Cardinals 🚑

Next up is the Arizona Cardinals, a club firmly contending for the NFC West crown.

Minnesota’s injury report actually looks decent, all things considered, if one subtracts season-ending injuries to J.J. McCarthy, Mekhi Blackmon, and Christian Darrisaw.

Breakout Player — Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports.

Overall, the Vikings are decently healthy at this point on the calendar, a tendency that isn’t necessarily prevalent around the league.

These are each team’s injured players one day before Week 13.

Vikings Injury Report

Josh Oliver — OUT (TE, Ankle, Wrist)
Jay Ward — OUT (S, Elbow)
Cam Robinson — QUESTIONABLE (LT, Foot)

Patrick Jones II (OLB), Kamu Grugier-Hill (LB), Andrew Van Ginkel (OLB), Jonathan Bullard (DT), and Brandon Powell (WR) were sprinkled a bit on the injury report this week but carry no injury designation to Week 13.

Long-term Injuries

Mekhi Blackmon, CB (Knee, Out for season)
Christian Darrisaw, LT (Knee, Out for season)
Jeremy Flax, OL (Out for season)
Jordan Kunaszyk, LB (Out for season)
J.J. McCarthy, QB (Knee, Out for season)
Ivan Pace Jr., LB (Hamstring, Out at Least 4 Games)
Will Reichard, K (Quad, Out at Least 2 More Games)
Najee Thompson, CB (Knee, Out for season)

Cardinals Injury Report

Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon introduced some of his staff members and fellow coaches at the Cardinals facility in Tempe on March 8, 2023. NFL Cardinals Offensive Assistant Coaches Introduction. © Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK.

Jalen Thompson — QUESTIONABLE (S, Ankle)
Emeri Demercado — QUESTIONABLE (RB, Back)
Darius Robinson — QUESTIONABLE (DT, Calf)
Joey Blount — QUESTIONABLE (S, Hip)

Jonah Williams (OL) was limited in practice this week but will enter Sunday with no injury designation.

The Vikings are 3.5-point favorites to defeat the Cardinals in Week 13. The Vikings have won six of their last eight meetings against Arizona since the start of 2010.

injury report — Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Cam Robinson (74), left, holds up a signed jersey of Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Anton Harrison (77), and vice versa, after the game of an NFL football matchup Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, at Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Vikings defeated the Jaguars 12-7. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]

The Vikings remain in second place inside the NFC North, 1.5 games back of the Detroit Lions, a club that is straight crushing it right now. In fact, sportsbooks believe the Lions will win the Super Bowl.

Minnesota’s Super Bowl probability has climbed from +8000 to +2100 in the last three months, a signal that oddsmakers are beginning to buy what the purple team is selling. Nobody anywhere predicted Minnesota to be 9-2 at this point on the calendar. Instead, most would’ve guessed a mark closer to .500.

The Cardinals are unexpectedly battling for the NFC West and have a reasonable shot at winning the division.

Arizona’s offense is a Top 15 group in the NFL, led by Kyler Murray, James Conner, Marvin Harrison Jr., and Trey McBride. The defense ranks in the bottom 12.

Minnesota probably needs just one more win in the next six games to clinch a playoff spot.

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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.

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