Kevin O'Connell updates status of Vikings RB Aaron Jones' hip injury, casts shadow of doubt in Week 7 vs. Lions
Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell updated the status of running back Aaron Jones on Tuesday during his press conference and described him as week-to-week. "Aaron Jones continues to be evaluated, but all the early information that we've got so far, it looks like we've avoided a long-term injury. I would classify him is really […]
Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell updated the status of running back Aaron Jones on Tuesday during his press conference and described him as week-to-week.
"Aaron Jones continues to be evaluated, but all the early information that we've got so far, it looks like we've avoided a long-term injury. I would classify him is really week-to-week at this point. He'll get treatment throughout this week, and I'll give you guys an update where he's at next week, as we kind of hopefully work him back into getting involved in practice and leading into whether we'll have him versus the Lions."
Jones was injured during Sunday morning's game against the New York Jets likely when Nick Mullens hit him on a double move down the field. Avoiding major injury was huge for the Vikings and he has two weeks to heal from the injury.
O'Connell also gave an update on cornerback Akayleb Evans, who also suffered a hip injury.
"Akayleb Evans is really on a pretty similar timeline as well. So I'll update you guys all next week and I'm most two players."
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