The Minnesota Vikings have been bit the injury bug quite a lot to start the season. None have been major since the season started, of course the preseason saw the team lose J.J. McCarthy for the year with a torn meniscus.
Fast forward to Week 2, and they have another major injury scare that isn’t as bad of news as McCarthy’s.
Late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s win, All-Pro wide receiver Justin Jefferson was hit in the knee and went down immediately. Most people were immediately panicked, but it seems that may have been an exaggerated reaction.
Speaking to the media after the win, Justin Jefferson told them that he was “not overly concerned. It’s just a little thigh bruise, contusion, whatever you want to call it. Something that happens.”
The team has yet to respond to his medical diagnosis officially. The injury report will be published on Wednesday, so we will have to wait until then for any official designation.