Vikings-Saints Second Injury Report

The Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints released their second injury reports in advance of their Sunday afternoon matchup at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans. Here they are.

Minnesota Vikings

New Orleans Saints

Injury Report Terms and Glossary

• FP = Full participant in practice.

• LP = Limited participant in practice.

• DNP = Did not participate in practice.

• NIR = Not injury related.

• PUP = Physically unable to participate list.

• IR = Injured reserve. Note: only starters on IR are listed.

• Player Name* = Starter.

Injury designation definitions:

Probable = the league defines a Probable injury designation as a 75% or greater chance of playing. Historically, 95% of players designated probable are active and played on game day.

Questionable = the league defines a Questionable injury designation as being ‘uncertain’ of whether the player will play or not. This replaces the former definition of having a 50% chance of playing. Historically, 70-75% of players with a Questionable injury designation were active and played on game day.

Doubtful = The league defines a Doubtful injury designation to mean the player is unlikely to participate in the game. In practical terms, teams use the designation when a player has less than a 50% chance to suit up, and active game appearances from this designation remain rare. Historically only around 6% of players with a Doubtful designation are active and played on game day.

Out = will not play. Players with this designation are not active on game day and league rules prohibit them from playing.

Notes on Injured Players

For the Vikings, Jordan Addison being upgraded to a limited participant in practice on Thursday is a good sign for his availability on Sunday. His injury is thought to be minor.

Justin Jefferson continues to be limited in practice and he said yesterday that the plan is for him to play on Sunday but he will take it day to day. It doesn’t sound like his ankle is bothering him anymore but I wouldn’t expect him to play on Sunday unless he has a full practice beforehand. We’ll see what happens tomorrow.

Christian Darrisaw is in concussion protocol and missing another day of practice makes it less likely he’ll play on Sunday. I’d be surprised if he played at this point.

Charles Demmings being upgraded to limited means he has a shot to be active on Sunday as well.

Kevin O’Connell said he expects Brett Thorson to return as punter/holder for the Saints game and his full status for Wednesday’s and now Thursday’s practice would seem to confirm that. The Vikings also released Johnny Hekker from the practice squad, which is another indication that Thorson will be back on Sunday.

Michael Jurgens and Ben Yurosek had their 21-day windows to return from injured reserve opened on Wednesday and the fact that both were full participants in practice is a good sign. However, whether they will be activated for Sunday’s game or not make come down to other roster considerations.

Lastly, Brian O’Neill is dealing with what appears to be a minor knee injury he is likely to play through.

For the Saints, Alvin Kamara being upgraded to limited means he’s on track to play on Sunday.

Lorenzo Styles and Jaylan Ford have been designated to return from IR and have their 21-day window opened, but unclear at this point whether they will be activated for Sunday’s game or not.

Saints starting QB Tyler Sough being upgraded to full participant also means he’s on track to play Sunday as expected.

The one downgrade worth monitoring is to Chris Olave, their best receiver, who was limited with a foot injury. My guess is that he’ll play on Sunday but that could be an injury that limits him on the field.

The Saints also have three starters on IR which hurts.

Other than that, there is a long list but probably not of great consequence for Sunday’s game.

We’ll have the final report and injury designations on Friday.

Stay tuned.

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