The Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers have issued their final injury reports along with injury designations for their game on Sunday in Dublin. Here they are:<\/p>\n
What has been a long and varied injury report for the Vikings has become short and simple. The four above are ruled out for Sunday\u2019s game against the Steelers with no other injury designations. Kevin O\u2019Connell said that Van Ginkel\u2019s neck injury isn\u2019t a long-term or ongoing thing and that they were just being cautious in ruling him out for Sunday\u2019s game. Not sure the extent of Yurosek\u2019s knee injury, but McCarthy and Jackson should be good to go after the bye week.<\/p>\n
For the Steelers, safety DeShon Elliott, who has missed two games with a knee injury and was limited a couple days in practice this week will play on Sunday without an injury designation. Joey Porter Jr., who has also missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, remained limited all week in practice and is questionable on Sunday. That probably means either he will be inactive or limited in his snap count on Sunday.<\/p>\n
There was also a couple surprises from the Steelers on Friday as Jaylen Warren and Jonnu Smith, who had been listed as limited and having veteran days off this week, showed up as limited on Friday with knee and hip injuries. Both are now questionable for Sunday. Warren in particular would be a key loss as the Steelers try to get their ground game going this season. In any case, the Steelers will be without Highsmith and possibly Joey Porter Jr. again defensively.<\/p>\n
Bottom line, the Vikings continue to add rather than subtract from their starting roster as key players return from injury and suspension. The Steelers progress getting players back is a bit slower this week but we\u2019ll have to wait until Sunday to get a clearer picture.<\/p>\n
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