Kevin O'Connell gives multiple injury updates that could loom large when the Vikings face the Lions
The Minnesota Vikings now sit at 14-2 after a dominating win over the Green Bay Packers. Yes, the score might have been 27-25, but the game didn't feel that close in the slightest. The Vikings got ahead of the Packers by 17 points on two separate occasions and dominated the game from early on. It […]
The Minnesota Vikings now sit at 14-2 after a dominating win over the Green Bay Packers. Yes, the score might have been 27-25, but the game didn't feel that close in the slightest.
The Vikings got ahead of the Packers by 17 points on two separate occasions and dominated the game from early on. It got stressful at the end but the Vikings found a way to do what they have done all season: get the win
The game was really good for the Vikings and they continued to beat teams with a winning record.
Kevin O'Connell gives injury updates on Pat Jones II and Aaron Jones
Not everything was good for the Vikings. They had two players leave the game with injury with the first being Jones.
"It's a right knee injury," said O'Connell. "Hopefully we avoided kind of a super long term injury, but I won't know much more than that until he gets fully evaluated. Expecting him probably to miss a little amount of time. Like I said, I don't know what that looks like right now.
Jones injured the knee in the first half and didn't return. He's dealt with knee issues for a good portion of the season. What we don't know is if this injury was to the same knee or not.
After the game, edge rusher Jonathan Greenard called out Packers tight end Tucker Kraft for the low hit that caused the injury.
The other injury was to the other Jones on the team at running back. He got stepped on during the game and tried to come back, but ultimately was pulled.
"Aaron Jones did get a quad contusion at some point. He was working his way through it, had some really good runs, but we decided to kind of pull him. I thought Ty Chandler showing up, having some physical runs, getting downhill fresh. Pairing him with Cam there in the second half was a winning formula to then get some of those plays off either in tempo or some of the play-pass role."
The Vikings were able to find a way to get production at running back without Jones, including a touchdown and the game-winning catch from Akers. Not having Jones against the Detroit Lions could loom large.
Sam Darnold’s career day and Jalen Nailor stepping up highlighted the Vikings’ huge win vs. Packers
That was way closer on the scoreboard than it was on the field
