We are right around ninety minutes from kickoff at U.S. Bank Stadium, and both the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers have released their inactive lists for this afternoon’s regular season opener. Let’s take a look at who will be sitting this one out for both sides.
Green Bay Packers
- G Aaron Banks
- DT Warren Brinson
- DT Anthony Campbell
- OL Travis Glover
- LB Ty’Ron Hopper
- WR J. Michael Sturdivant
Banks, one of the Packers’ starters at guard, is down for this one, which is a significant loss for the Packers up front. Zach Bako-Bewele, who was listed as “questionable” on the Packers’ final injury report, is active and will
start. No other significant surprises for Green Bay from what I can see. It doesn’t appear as though they’re carrying an emergency quarterback.
Minnesota Vikings
- RB Demond Claiborne
- QB J.J. McCarthy (emergency QB)
- OL Nick Samac
- OT Caleb Tiernan
- S Jakobe Thomas
- CB Zemiah Vaughn
- DL Elijah Williams
DeeJay Dallas, who was brought up from the practice squad yesterday, will serve as the third running back behind Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones. McCarthy is the emergency quarterback, with Carson Wentz serving as the backup to Kyler Murray for this afternoon’s game. Both of the Vikings’ third-round picks are inactive for today’s game, which seems not great. No huge surprises on the inactive list for the purple that I can see.
Those are your inactive lists for the Packers and the Vikings heading into this afternoon’s Border Battle, folks. We’ll have our Open Thread for today’s game up and ready for you at 3:00 PM Central Time, and we hope to see you all there!
