Daily Norseman
The Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns have issued their second injury reports of the week in advance of their Sunday matchup in London. Here they are:
For the Vikings, same list as yesterday with no movement only Dallas Turner was added as a non-participant due to an illness. I imagine he’ll recover from that in time to play on Sunday. However, Michael Jurgens still not participating makes him more doubtful to play on Sunday. The Vikings had Blake Brandel, Joe Huber, Henry Byrd, and Vashon Lee taking reps at center during practice on Thursday. The initial take was that if Jurgens can’t go, then Brandel would slide in to play center and Joe Huber would play left guard. I suppose there is another scenario where Huber or one of the other two play center and Brandel stays at left guard. It’ll be interesting to see how it unfolds on Sunday. I like the idea of Huber at center- he’s got the skillset and IQ to do a good job- but he’s only played 16 snaps at center in college and a few more in the Shrine Game. Brandel hasn’t played center before but having the more experienced guy make the protection calls may be best for now, provided he can function well as a center and be consistent with his snaps.
Outside of the pile of injuries along the offensive line, Tyler Batty and C.J. Ham remain on track to be activated from IR and be active on Sunday. Vikings’ beat reporter for ESPN Kevin Seifert reported that J.J. McCarthy wasn’t participating with the team in practice but did make a couple of nice throws off to the side, so he is at least starting to do some physical activity as he ramps up from his high ankle sprain.
For the Browns, Mike Hall Jr. did not fly to London and has been ruled out for Sunday’s game. Most of the Browns players who were limited yesterday were full participants today, suggesting they’ll all play on Sunday. The exception was starting right tackle Jack Conklin, who remained limited and casting some doubt on...
