Who’s Out? Who’s In? | Packers-Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings thwacked the Houston Texans last weekend, winning the Week 3 contest by a score of 34-7.
Who’s Out? Who’s In? | Packers-Vikings
Next up? Minnesota travels to Lambeau Field for a date with the Green Bay Packers, the purple team’s first division game of 2024.
Minnesota’s injury report was a little spottier this week than past editions but cleared up nicely on Friday.
Overall, the Vikings are decently healthy at this point on the calendar, a tendency that isn’t necessarily widespread around the league. They’ll still be without some key players, though.
These are each team’s injured players one day before Week 4.
Vikings Injury Report
- Ivan Pace Jr. — OUT (ILB, Quad/Ankle)
Jordan Addison (WR), Garrett Bradbury (C), Jonathan Bullard (DT), Sam Darnold (QB), Christian Darrisaw (LT), Kamu Grugier-Hill (LB), Josh Oliver (TE), Dallas Turner (OLB), and Jay Ward (S) were limited in practice this week but carry no injury designation to Week 3.
Long-term Injuries
- Mekhi Blackmon, CB (Knee, Out for season)
- Jeremy Flax, OL (Out for season)
- T.J. Hockenson, TE (Knee, Out at least one more game)
- Jordan Kunaszyk, LB (Out for season)
- J.J. McCarthy, QB (Knee, Out for season)
- Gabriel Murphy, OLB (Out at least one more game)
- Dalton Risner, OG (Back, Out at least one more game)
- Najee Thompson, CB (Knee, Out for season)
Packers Injury Report
- Jordan Morgan — OUT (OT, Shoulder)
- Carrington Valentine — DOUBTFUL (DB, Back)
- Jordan Love — QUESTIONABLE (QB, Knee)
- Jaire Alexander — QUESTIONABLE (CB, Quad/Groin)
Kenny Clark (DT), Luke Musgrave (TE), Josh Myers (C), Jayden Reed (WR), Zach Tom (OT), and Devonte Wyatt (DT) were limited in practice this week but will enter Sunday with no injury designation.
Green Bay will evidently milk Love’s staus all the way to kickoff on Sunday.
The Vikings are three-point underdogs to the Packers in Week 4. Green Bay is 8-9-1 (.472) against Minnesota since the start of 2015.
Packers-Vikings will feature the revenge-reunion angle with running back Aaron Jones. Green Bay signed Josh Jacobs back in March, while Jones promptly signed in Minnesota thereafter.
Minnesota’s Super Bowl probability has climbed from +8000 to +2000 in the last three weeks, a signal that oddsmakers are beginning to buy what the purple team is selling. Few predicted a 3-0 record to start the season, and virtually no one prognosticated 4-0. But that’s within Minnesota’s grasp this weekend.
The Vikings haven’t won a game at Lambeau Field in the season’s first seven weeks since 2003.
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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