The Minnesota Vikings visit the New Orleans Saints today for a Wild Card playoff game. The Vikings roster hasn't changed much during the season. That's due to the fortunate fact that they've been able to avoid injuries. The team is more healthy than most teams at this stage of the season. But that relative health took a hit in the last week. Cornerback Mike Hughes may or may not have injured his neck in practice this week. While the timing of the injury might be in question. The fact that he injured his neck isn't in question. He was placed on injured reserve on Friday. Long-time Vikings punt returner/emergency cornerback Marcus Sherels was signed to replace Hughes on the roster. The Vikings lost rookie defensive tackle Armon Watts in the season finale against the Chicago Bears. He'd worked his way into a productive part of the defensive line rotation over the last quarter of the season. He'll be missed in the playoffs. Hopefully he'll be back in time for offseason workouts. The Vikings signed defensive end Eddie Yarbrough off of the Buffalo Bills practice squad to fill Watts' spot on the roster. It also led to some juggling of the practice squad. Defensive tackle Curtis Cothran was brought back to provide some interior defensive line insurance. Cornerback Kemon Hall was also added to the practice squad. Defensive end Stacy Keely was placed on injured reserve and center John Keenoy was released to make room for Cothran and Hall on the practice squad.
Here's the Minnesota Vikings roster in advance of their big game with the Saints.
Offense (25 Players)
Quarterbacks (2)
8 Kirk Cousins
4 Sean Mannion
Running Backs (5)
33 Dalvin Cook
25 Alexander Mattison
23 Mike Boone
31 Ameer Abdullah
30 C.J. Ham-FB
Receivers (5)
14 Stefon Diggs
19 Adam Thielen
81 Olabisi Johnson
11 Laquon Treadwell
15 Alexander Hollins
Tight Ends (3)
82 Kyle Rudolph
84 Irv Smith Jr.
83 Tyler Conklin
Offensive Line (10)
71 Riley Reiff
65 Pat Elflein
56 Garrett Bradbury
64 Josh Kline
75 Brian O'Neill
69 Rashod Hill
78 Dakota Dozier
73 Dru Samia
76 Aviante Collins
74 Oli Udoh
Defense (25 Players)
Defensive Line (10)
97 Everson Griffen
93 Shamar Stephen
98 Linval Joseph
99 Danielle Hunter
91 Stephen Weatherly
92 Jalyn Holmes
94 Jaleel Johnson
96 Ifeadi Odenigbo
51 Hercules Mata'afa
52 Eddie Yarbrough
Linebackers (5)
55 Anthony Barr
54 Eric Kendricks
50 Eric Wilson
40 Kentrell Brothers
59 Cameron Smith
Cornerbacks (6)
29 Xavier Rhodes
26 Trae Waynes
20 Mackensie Alexander
24 Holton Hill
38 Kris Boyd
35 Marcus Sherels
Safeties (4)
22 Harrison Smith
41 Anthony Harris
34 Andrew Sendejo
27 Jayron Kearse
Special Teams (3 Players)
Kicker
5 Dan Bailey
Punter
2 Britton Colquitt
Long Snapper
58 Austin Cutting
Practice Squad (10)
35 Tony Brooks-James, RB
3 Jake Browning, QB
43 Reshard Cliett, LB
66 Curtis Cothran, DT
16 Davion Davis, WR
86 Brandon Dillon, TE
32 Mark Fields, CB
37 Kemon Hall, DB
44 Nate Meadors, CB
17 Dillon Mitchell, WR
Reserved/Injured
12 Chad Beebe, WR
61 Brett Jones, C
96 Armon Watts, DT
21 Mike Hughes, CB
Reserved/Injured: Designated for Return
61 Brett Jones, C
Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform
89 David Morgan, TE
Practice Squad/Injured
90 Stacy Keely, DE
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