The Detroit Lions have been working through some injury troubles. Dan Campbell’s squad has moved James Houston and C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the IR, prompting Detroit to look for some reinforcements.
The Detroit Lions were hit by an awful injury bug this week, and the Minnesota Vikings rival may turn to a former Vikings defender for roster assistance.
NFL rosters are slowly coming together. The post-draft moves are always interesting because teams fix holes they couldn’t fix in the draft. Minnesota traded away edge rusher Za’Darius Smith and waived Kenny Willekes.
At least for now, the Kenny Willekes era in Minneapolis is over. The Minnesota Vikings signed XFL standout wide receiver Lucky Jackson on Monday, leaving Willekes evidently at the bottom of the 90-man roster and the odd man out with organized team activities underway.
The Minnesota Vikings sign XFL standout WR, waive former 7th round pick. The Minnesota Vikings have announced that they signed XFL WR Lucky Jackson and waived OLB Kenny Willekes.
The Minnesota Vikings announced they have signed WR Lucky Jackson and waived OLB Kenny Willekes in a corresponding move. Jackson played in the XFL this past spring season with the D.C.
That didn’t take long. Minnesota Vikings pass rusher Kenny Willekes was waived on Thursday to make roster space for defender Jonathan Bullard, a journeyman free agent who recently spent time with the Atlanta Falcons.
The Minnesota Vikings officially placed DE Kenny Willekes on injured reserve Friday after he passed through waivers unclaimed. Willekes, 24, is a former seventh-round pick of the Vikings back in 2020.
Some movement on the defensive front With OTAs starting to wrap up before mandatory mini-camp gets underway, the Minnesota Vikings have made some personnel changes along the defensive line.
The saga continued on Thursday as the Minnesota Vikings have signed a handful of players from their main division rivals, the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears, this offseason.
The Vikings have signed a couple veteran free agents this week in defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard and wide receiver Albert Wilson. To make room on the 90-man roster, they had to waive a couple players.
The Vikings have made a flurry of roster moves involving almost a dozen players ahead of Sunday's regular season finale against the Bears. DE Kenny Willekes and TE Zach Davidson have been signed from the practice squad to the active roster.
The Vikings activated DE Kenny Willekes from the Reserve/COVID list on Friday, but he won't play against the Packers this weekend. After he spent a week on the list, missing a game and several practices, the Vikings must've felt that Willekes wasn't quite ready to return to action.
Along with presumptive returns of Patrick Peterson, Harrison Smith, and Anthony Barr just in time for Sunday’s game with the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings are slated to get defensive end Kenny Willekes back, too.
Slowing down Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams, and AJ Dillon is no small feat. I hate to admit it, but those guys are pretty good at football. Of course, a surefire way to stop any star QB rests in hitting him repeatedly.
The Vikings' final injury report ahead of Sunday's huge game against the Packers is here, but it doesn't cover the full extent of players whose statuses are still up in the air.
The Vikings played against the Ravens without four key defensive pieces in Harrison Smith, Danielle Hunter, Patrick Peterson, and Michael Pierce. All four
Yes, another one On the Thursday injury report, the Minnesota Vikings listed defensive end Kenny Willekes as not having practiced due to an illness, and yours truly speculated that if the illness was COVID-related, we would know about it.
The Vikings promoted defensive end Kenny Willekes to the 53-player roster, the team announced Tuesday. Willekes is a COVID-19 replacement for safety Harrison Smith.
Players like Danielle Hunter aren't replaceable. The Vikings losing their superstar defensive end to a second season-ending injury in as many years was a brutal blow for both Hunter and the team, which is suddenly lacking proven depth at the position.
When the Vikings traded veteran defensive end Stephen Weatherly to the Broncos last weekend in what was essentially a salary dump that gives Weatherly a change of scenery, the natural inclination was to expect rookie Patrick Jones II to be first in line to take over those newly-available snaps at DE.
A mild surprise Today, the Minnesota Vikings are making the necessary moves to get their roster down to 53 players, and one of the players they’re waiving to get there is one that had a very solid preseason.
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