Vikings celebrity Justin Jefferson left Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Chiefs within the fourth quarter with a hamstring shock and didn’t go back. Upcoming a lot suspicion circumstance the severity of the shock and the way lengthy he could be out, now we all know — Minnesota plans to park the celebrity WR on injured retain, in step with NFL Media and showed by way of CBS Sports activities Govern NFL Insider Jonathan Jones.

The precise timeline is TBD in keeping with how lengthy it takes Jefferson to heal and the way he responds to remedy. However he’s out no less than 4 video games in a crushing fritter to the Vikings.

Jefferson slipped at the U.S. Locker Stadium turf pace operating a course in opposition to Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie overdue in Kansas Town’s Future 5 27-20 victory. He was once dominated questionable to go back and did stay at the sidelines nearest limping off for scientific consideration. However he didn’t pull some other snap prior to the general buzzer, escape rookie Jordan Addison to lend as Kirk Cousins’ supremacy go goal.

Head schoolteacher Kevin O’Connell made a non-public consult with to Jefferson’s vault on his solution to the rostrum nearest the sport, making an attempt to console the wideout, who didn’t talk with journalists. On Monday, O’Connell informed journalists that Jefferson would solicit a couple of scientific reviews on his hamstring.

“We’ve got to get the MRI of it and take a look and find out exactly what it is, where it is, if there’s any other factors that go into it and determine what the best decision (is) for him to get him back to 100 percent as fast as possible,” O’Connell stated. “He’s down today. He obviously is one of the most ultra-competitors I’ve ever met, and shoot, he was trying to go back in the game as it was yesterday. So we’re gonna have to medically make a good decision and help kind of almost protect him from himself a little bit.”

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From CBS Sports activities Untruth Senior Writer Dan Schneier: With Jefferson out, maximum Untruth Soccer managers will flip their consideration to rookie first-round draft select Jordan Addison because the nearest guy up. Day it’s conceivable that is the chance Addison wishes, he’s much more likely to be these days rostered than Okay.J. Osborn, who’s in truth extra likelier to have an edge over the rookie on the subject of generation course participation, snap percentage and integrated rapport with quarterback Kirk Cousins.

As discussed by way of host Adam Aizer at the Untruth Soccer As of late podcast previous this moment, Osborn has scored no less than 14.6 PPR issues in 8 of eleven video games with no less than seven goals, averaging 16.1 issues in keeping with recreation in the ones 11 video games. Alternatively, in 48 overall video games with the Vikings, Osborn has best averaged 5.5 goals in keeping with recreation – together with the 4 video games that former Vikings WR Adam Thielen was once out for. Osborn’s goal percentage must pull a leap with out Jefferson at the farmland given the truth that Jefferson has averaged 11.75 goals in keeping with recreation in his 4 complete video games this past, however he’s extra of a WR3 pace Jefferson is out. 

Getting into Future 5, Osborn was once useless endmost (69th out of 69 vast receivers) at 0.69 yards in keeping with course run minus busted coverages. As for Addison, the rookie’s position is more likely to develop from a snap percentage point of view, and assuming he can do extra together with his routes than Osborn, his rapport with Cousins may manufacture rapid. Addison’s upside lands him within the borderline WR2/3 field. After all, T.J. Hockenson is about to pull a leap in goals as neatly. Hockenson has averaged six goals in keeping with recreation this season – that quantity may leap up to 25-50% in keeping with recreation. He’s already an every-week starter at TE, however all over Jefferson’s absence, Hockenson has the chance to grow to be extra of a weekly excess maker on the place.

Want backup changing Jefferson for your Untruth lineup? Take a look at the early waiver cord for Future 6 for conceivable choices.