The Minnesota Vikings are set to take on the Buffalo Bills Monday night in a game that feels like a must-win.

We already knew that Kyler Murray was going to miss this game, and Carson Wentz would be getting the start. Then, the nature of the injury slowly leaked out over the next few days, going from hamstring tightness to a strain, and that finished up as a Grade 2 hamstring strain on Saturday morning.

It was very interesting how the reporting went down, but the reality is it won’t be Murray as the quarterback. Who else will miss the game? The final injury report says everything.

Vikings Friday injury report

Player	Injury	W/T/F	Designation
S Theo Jackson	Quad	DNP/DNP	Questionable
QB Kyler Murray	Hamstring	DNP/DNP	Out
RB Demond Claiborne	Knee	Limited/DNP	Out
LT Christian Darrisaw	Shoulder	Limited/Full	—
LB Jake Golday	Calf	Limited/Full	—
WR Jauan Jennings	Calf	Limited/DNP	Out
CB Isaiah Rodgers	Ankle	Limited/Full	—
EDGE Andrew Van Ginkel	Chest	Limited/Limited	—
S Jay Ward	Knee	Limited/Limited	Questionable

Observations

• No injury designation for Darrisaw is massive for the Vikings, especially with Wentz being much less mobile.
• Claiborne and Jennings missing the game is due to injuries suffered during practice. “We did have Demond Claiborne and Jauan Jennings [during] Thursday practice sustain some injuries. Jauan got a calf strain, and then Demond Claiborne got a knee. We don’t necessarily think it’s going to be a surgical thing, but it could be something where we’re still in the process evaluating how much time he may miss. Don’t think his season’s necessarily over, but it was an unfortunate injury during the practice the other day.”

Bills Friday injury report

Player	Injury	W/T/F	Designation
CB Dee Alford	Ankle	Full/Full/Full
OL Alec Anderson	Ankle	DNP/DNP/Limited	Questionable
LB Joe Andreessen	Knee	Full/Full/Fulll	—
RT Spencer Brown	Back	Limited/Limited/Full	—
EDGE Bradley Chubb	Chest/Thumb	Full/Full/Full	—
WR Keon Coleman	Shoulder	Limited/Limited//Limited	—
LT Dion Dawkins	Rib	DNP/DNP/DNP	Questionable
DL Greg Gaines	Calf	DNP/DNP/Limited	Questionable
DB Jordan Hancock	Hamstring	Limited/Limited/Limited	Questionable
RB Ty Johnson	Illness	DNP/Full/Full	—
TE Dalton Kincaid	Chest	Limited/Full/Full	—
WR D.J. Moore	Shoulder	Limited/Limited/Limited	—
DT Ed Oliver	Knee	Full/Full	—
WR Josh Palmer	Hamstring	DNP/DNP/DNP	Out
EDGE T.J. Parker	Knee	Full/Full/Full	—
OG Ar’maj Reed-Adams	Back/Elbow	Full/Full/Full	—
DT T.J. Sanders	Shoulder	Full/Full/Full	—
WR Tyrell Shavers	Knee	Full/Full/Full	Questionable
DB Sam Franklin Jr.	Illness	None/DNP/Full	—
WR Khalil Shakir	Personal	None/DNP/Full	—
DT Deone Walker	Thumb	None/Full/Full	—
LB Terrel Bernard	NIR-Rest	None/None/DNP	—

Observations

• Dawkins not practicing all week is tough for the Bills, but it also makes sense with a rib injury that he could still possibly play on Monday night.