Vikings-Bills Second Injury Report

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, Christian Darrisaw and Isaiah Rodgers were upgraded to full participants in Friday’s practice, which bodes well for their availability on Monday night. However, it looks increasingly like Theo Jackson, Demond Claiborne, and now Jauan Jennings may have injury designations and may or may not be available for Monday’s game.

For the Bills, they have two starters on their offensive line not practicing for a second straight day- left tackle Dion Dawkins and guard Alec Anderson. Those would be significant losses if they were not available on Monday night. There are a few other starters that remain limited in practice as well, including right tackle Spencer Brown, who could play but be less than 100% on Monday night as well. Backup wideout Joshua Palmer also looks increasingly like he might not be available on Monday night, having missed his second day of practice.

We’ll see how it plays out with injury updates and designations tomorrow.

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