The Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers have issued their first injury reports in advance of their Sunday game in Dublin, Ireland. Here they are:
Judging by Kevin O’Connell’s press conference comments on injuries, the only starters who will be inactive for Sunday’s game on the injury list are Donovan Jackson and JJ McCarthy. Jackson is likely out through the bye-week after having wrist surgery and McCarthy is looking at a similar schedule before he is active. Ben Yurosek is questionable at this point, but both Ryan Kelly and Justin Skule being full participants on Wednesday likely means they’re on track to clear concussion protocol and be active on Sunday. Hargrave suffered a chest contusion that kept him out of the last half of the game against the Bengals, but he should be able to ramp up for Sunday’s game with the Steelers. Van Ginkel is dealing with some ongoing issues with the neck injury that caused him to miss some time in training camp, but it sounds like this is something that may limit him in practice this week but that he’ll be able to play through. The injuries to Redmond and Metellus appear to be minor things they will play through.
In addition to the above, the Steelers had a number of veterans not practicing on veterans rest days. These included Darius Slay, Jaylon Warren (limited), Isaac Seumalo, Jonnu Smith, TJ Watt, and Cameron Heyward. None of the players on veterans rest days rest days are likely to miss Sunday’s game.
However, the four listed above are all defensive starters that could have an injury designation at the end of the week. Alex Highsmith suffered a high ankle sprain during week two, and has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Vikings. Joey Porter Jr. has also missed time with a hamstring injury he suffered in week one, but his being limited on Wednesday could potentially be a ramp up to play on Sunday. We’ll see. The same is true for DeShon Elliott, who suffered an MCL sprain week one. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said both are questionable to play Sunday. Patrick Queen was limited but has been playing through his oblique injury and is likely to play Sunday as well.
Overall, the Vikings are slowly getting starters back, which includes Jordan Addison this week who was finished his three game suspension. Jackson and McCarthy are the exceptions. For the Steelers, they will still be without a key edge rusher in Alex Highsmith, and both Joey Porter and DeShon Elliott could potentially miss Sunday’s game or be on a pitch count as they recover from injuries that have caused them to miss the past couple games.
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