Infirmary Report | Vikings-Jets 🚑
The Minnesota Vikings survived a late advance by the Green Bay Packers last weekend, winning the Week 4 contest by a score of 31-29.
Infirmary Report | Vikings-Jets 🚑
Next up? Minnesota travels to London for a date with the New York Jets, a city where the purple team has never lost.
Minnesota’s injury report actually looks quite promising, all things considered.
Overall, the Vikings are decently healthy at this point on the calendar, a tendency that isn’t necessarily widespread around the league.
These are each team’s injured players one day before Week 5.
Vikings Injury Report
- T.J. Hockenson — OUT (TE, Knee)
Akayleb Evans (CB), Josh Oliver (TE), Ivan Pace Jr. (LB), and Brandon Powell (WR) were limited in practice this week but carry no injury designation to Week 5.
Long-term Injuries
- Mekhi Blackmon, CB (Knee, Out for season)
- Jeremy Flax, OL (Out for season)
- Jordan Kunaszyk, LB (Out for season)
- J.J. McCarthy, QB (Knee, Out for season)
- Gabriel Murphy, OLB (Eligible to return from IR but practice window not opened)
- Dalton Risner, OG (Back, Eligible to return from IR but practice window not opened)
- Najee Thompson, CB (Knee, Out for season)
Jets Injury Report
- Morgan Moses — OUT (OT, Knee)
- C.J. Mosley — DOUBTFUL (LB, Back)
- Leki Fotu — DOUBTFUL (DT, Hamstring)
Aaron Rodgers (QB) and Alijah Vera-Tucker (OG) were limited in practice this week but will enter Sunday with no injury designation.
It’s worth noting that “doubtful” statuses in the NFL almost always result in a player’s absence.
The Vikings are 2.5-point favorites to defeat the Jets in Week 5. New York is 8-4 (.666) against Minnesota all-time.
Vikings-Jets will feature Sam Darnold playing against the team that drafted him in 2018 — and gave up on him after the 2020 campaign.
Minnesota’s Super Bowl probability has climbed from +8000 to +1600 in the last four weeks, a signal that oddsmakers are beginning to buy what the purple team is selling. Few predicted a 4-0 record to start the season, and virtually no one prognosticated 5-0. But that’s within Minnesota’s grasp this weekend.
New York hasn’t beaten Minnesota since 2010, losing its last three matchups against the purple team.
Rodgers’ team only mustered nine points last weekend against the Denver Broncos, as the Jets’ offense has not found a groove to start the season. Inconveniently, Minnesota’s defense ranks tops in the NFL per DVOA and EPA/Play.
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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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