Vikings Face Mixed Injury News before Ravens Game
The Minnesota Vikings began the season with an onslaught of injuries, but that situation is finally starting to stabilize. The team enters Week 10 with a mixed bag of injuries. One might consider the injury report mostly ideal considering the last nine weeks.
Facing the Baltimore Ravens in Week 10, the Minnesota Vikings published a decent — but not perfect — injury report two days before the teams clash.
The Ravens, on the other hand, are sitting pretty. Here’s a look at the Vikings-Ravens injury report.
Final Injury Report: Vikings-Ravens
Both teams face semi-must-win stakes.
The Sweet
You don’t have to worry about any offensive linemen’s statuses, and in particular, fans won’t wait in suspense on Saturday and Sunday to determine if Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill are ready to go. Neither man is on the injury report at all.
The other sweet part? Fullback C.J. Ham is back after missing two games. He’s off the injury report entirely. And Aaron Jones, despite carrying a questionable tag into Sunday, has said all week that he will play against Baltimore.
Generally speaking, this will be the Vikings’ healthiest game since Week 1, and it may even be healthier, as Darrisaw didn’t play against the Chicago Bears to start the season.
The Salty
Theo Jackson, who sustained a concussion at Detroit, is questionable. Concussion recoveries in the NFL typically take nine days, and he’ll be on Day No. 7 at kickoff. It’s a safe bet to assume that Jackson will probably sit this one out.
Once again, Minnesota won’t have its run-blocking extraordinaire, tight end Josh Oliver, this weekend. He was ruled out on Friday.
Then, CB3 Jeff Okudah is still battling back from a second concussion in 2025. Let’s face it: quarterbacks have picked on Okudah this season, but in terms of depth, the Vikings will have one less cornerback versus John Harbaugh and friends.
The Ravens’ Mind-Boggling Injury Situation
On the other hand, the Ravens had no injured players at all until Friday. And the “injured” player was offensive tackle Ronnie Staley on a rest day.
Like Minnesota, Baltimore battled injuries for much of the season to date, but for Vikings week, it was as healthy as it can be.
Yes, Minnesota is facing Baltimore at a terrible time.
Ravens.com‘s Ryan Mink on Baltimore’s injury shift: “The Ravens are on a two-game winning streak, Lamar Jackson is feeling good, and the entire team is healthy. That’s a good place to be as the Ravens travel to take on the Minnesota Vikings in Week 10. While most teams are dealing with a laundry list of injuries at this point of the season, Baltimore has had a clean bill of health all week.”
“Every player on the 53-man roster is ready to play and nobody missed practice time this week due to injury. The perfect attendance streak was broken Friday when left tackle Ronnie Stanley took a rest day. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey was added to the report with a finger issue, but he practiced fully.”
Sportsbooks believe the Ravens have a 50% shot at reaching the playoffs.
Mink added, “It’s quite rare for a team to be this healthy in Week 10, and it’s a dramatic turnaround for the Ravens, who ruled out four Pro Bowlers and had 14 players with injury designations heading into their Week 5 game against the Houston Texans. The Ravens are still dealing with the effects of the season-ending injury to Nnadmi Madubuike (neck), and several other key defensive players, including Tavius Robinson (foot), Broderick Washington Jr. (Achilles), and Ar’Darius Washington (Achilles), are still on the shelf.”
“But Baltimore made two trades to plug those gaps, adding safety Alohi Gilman to the secondary and dealing this week for Dre’Mont Jones, whose versatility will help at multiple spots in the defensive front.”
Full List of IR, PUP Players
Of course, Minnesota, nor any other NFL team, is 100% healthy. For the record, these players remain on injured reserve or the Physically Unable to Perform list:
- Gavin Bartholomew (TE)
- Ty Chandler (RB)
- Zeke Correll (C)
- Ryan Kelly (C)
- Rondale Moore (WR)
- Matt Nelson (OT)
- Carson Wentz (QB)
Of those, seven Chandler and Kelly may be back within a few weeks, or so says the rumor mill.
Baltimore leads the all-time series against Minnesota, winning four of seven meetings. The Ravens, though, have never won a game in Minnesota.
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