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The Minnesota Vikings came out of their week three matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals as 48-10 victors , accomplishing their No. 1. priority on the day. But not that far behind on that same list was staying healthy.
After weeks of being ravaged by injuries throughout the starting roster, the Vikings needed the law of averages to help them out this week. And while we saw a few players go down on Sunday afternoon, including CB Jeff Okudah , who entered the injury tent momentarily, before returning.
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Defensive lineman Javon Hargrave also left the game, though he did not return. In all reality, it became difficult to decipher between who was exiting the blowout due to injury vs who was being pulled for garbage time rest.
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Thankfully, head coach Kevin O'Connell took to the press conference podium on Monday at TCO Performance Center to catch all of us up on how the MN Vikings came out of their win over the Bengals, from a health perspective.
Minnesota Vikings injury update heading into week 4
And for the first time all season, the news wasn't devastating. Hargrave will receive treatment on his undisclosed injury throughout the week, but is expected to be a go six days from now , when the Vikings play the Pittsburgh Steelers overseas in Dublin, Ireland.
The only other injury mentioned by KOC was on backup tight end Ben Yurosek (knee contusion). Unfortunately, the head coach was not as confident in his availability for week 4.
Head Coach Kevin O'Connell provides an injury update for Javon Hargrave and Ben Yurosek. pic.twitter.com/040eUWvMRv
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"Don't really have an update on [Javon] Hargrave. He came out sore but in a good spot. He should be able to work through the week and be available [on Sunday].
And then one more addition, Ben Yurosek came out with a knee contusion. I thought he did a great job battling through it, especially as we started pulling guys with quite a bit of the football game left. We'll see how his week goes. We do have Nick Vannett on the roster too so we will be in good shape at that position."
Vikings getting healthier…
In week 3, the Minnesota Vikings replaced an injured JJ McCarthy with veteran Carson Wentz . Not only did that allow the former some time to recover, but it also gave the offense a shot of competency that was palpable from the very start of the game.
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Wentz will be under center again in Dublin (and London). He will again have the help of Christian Darrisaw to protect his blindside, a luxury McCarthy did not get during his two starts. Andrew Van Ginkel , Harrison Smith and Jeff Okudah back also returned from various injuries last week.
In week 4, the offense will add another playmaker to the mix, with Jordan Addison coming back from his three-game suspension . On paper, barring some sort of unforeseen mid-week injury, the Minnesota Vikings will go overseas for the next two weeks with inarguably the best team it has rostered yet in 2025.
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