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The Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday placed safety Andrew Sendejo on injured reserve due to a groin issue. Sendejo, who originally […]
The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers face off Sunday night at U.S. Bank Stadium. On Friday, the final final injury reports of the week were released. Key players on each team are expected to miss Sunday night’s game. For the Vikings, four players were ruled out. Meanwhile, the Packers ruled out two starters with several others listed as questionable.
Running back Roc Thomas is back. A day after waiving him, the Minnesota Vikings signed Thomas back to the team’s practice squad. Thomas was let go after the Vikings claimed former Detroit Lions running back Ameer Abdullah on Wednesday.
Storm Norton strikes again. The Minnesota Vikings have been shuffling around practice squad linemen since the Arizona Cardinals claimed Colby Gossett off the team’s practice squad last week. To replace Gossett, the Vikings signed Landon Turner to take his place.
The Vikings made a couple of roster moves prior to Sunday’s night game against the New Orleans Saints. Offensive tackle Storm Norton was promoted to the 53-man active roster and defensive tackle David Parry was waived.
The biggest story surrounding Vikings today was news of Everson Griffen’s return. The defensive end had been away from the team working through mental health issues. Apparently that wasn’t the only action happening Tuesday. According to Andrew Krammer of the Star Tribune, the Vikings also made a few practice squad transactions.
Following Monday’s announcement that rookie cornerback Mike Hughes would indeed miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, the Vikings were busy on Tuesday making roster moves.
In the wake of the news that Everson Griffen won’t return to the team until “at least Week 6,” the Vikings added some insurance to the roster.The Minnesota Vikings on Monday brought back defensive end Jonathan Wynn, who was with the team during training camp. In a corresponding roster move the team waived linebacker Garret Dooley.
The corresponding roster move to account for the Vikings signing defensive tackle Tom Johnson was announced Wednesday. Defensive tackle David Parry was waived in order to make room for Johnson on the 53-man roster.
As the Vikings prepare to face the San Francisco 49ers in the regular season opener Sunday, the team’s roster is all but set. So here we are, getting you caught up after a busy Labor Day weekend that included a whole bunch of roster transactions.