The Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills released their second injury reports in advance of their Monday Night Football matchup at U.S. Bank Stadium. Here they are:
Minnesota Vikings
Buffalo Bills
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, Kyler Murray is out as expected, as are both Demond Claiborne and Jauan Jennings. Claiborne suffered a knee injury in practice and from Kevin O’Connell’s comments on Saturday, could be out for a while. It wouldn’t be surprising therefore if he was placed on Injured Reserve. It doesn’t appear at the moment that Jennings’ calf injury is a longer-term concern, but we may learn more about that next week.
Beyond that, safeties Theo Jackson and Jay Ward are questionable for Monday night. I’m guessing at least one of them will play, but KOC also talked about potentially having Jacob Thomas and/or Tavierre Thomas on the active roster for Monday night to fill in at safety and special teams.
For the Bills, backup wide receiver Joshua Palmer is out. But they also have two starting offensive linemen listed as questionable- left tackle Dion Dawkins and left guard Alec Anderson. Dawkins has not practiced all week with a rib injury, so he would seem to be less likely than normal to start with that designation. Anderson was upgraded to limited on Saturday after missing Thursday and Friday practices with an ankle injury. My guess is that if either of them play on Monday night they will be less than 100%, so the left side of the Bills’ offensive line could be a bit more vulnerable than normal.
Beyond that, Tyrell Shavers and Jordan Hancock are listed as questionable, but the Bills will need to activate them from the PUP list and IR for them to be eligible to play on Monday night. We’ll see if that happens.
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