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Kevin SeifertJul 25, 2025, 03:53 PM ET
- Kevin Seifert is simply a unit writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL astatine ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for implicit 20 years, joining ESPN successful 2008. He was antecedently a bushed newsman for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is simply a postgraduate of the University of Virginia.
EAGAN, Minn. -- Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson volition miss immoderate clip during grooming campy due to the fact that of a strained near hamstring, manager Kevin O'Connell said Friday.
Jefferson took himself retired of Thursday's signifier with astir one-third of the league remaining. He said afterwards that helium had noticed "tightness" successful some legs and didn't privation to hazard further damage, citing his acquisition with the torn close hamstring that outgo him 7 games during the 2023 season. The Vikings sent him for an MRI aft practice, and the trial showed what O'Connell called a "very mild" strain. O'Connell said the squad volition re-evaluate Jefferson adjacent week.
"The champion happening is we avoided thing serious," O'Connell said. "I spot nary concerns successful regards to [Week 1] and person nary interest astatine each that we'll beryllium capable to get Justin acceptable to spell for the regular season."
Jefferson participated successful astir each of the Vikings' offseason programme for the archetypal clip successful his career, astatine O'Connell's behest, successful portion to assistance physique chemistry with caller backmost J.J. McCarthy.
"I deliberation those guys person already developed a rapport," O'Connell said. "I person nary worries astir this having an wide interaction oregon effect connected that dynamic oregon thing with our offense."
Jefferson was not going to enactment successful the Vikings' preseason games, careless of his health, O'Connell said.
Speaking Thursday aft practice, Jefferson said: "With the past caller injuries and the worldly that I had gone done before, conscionable taking precautions and knowing that it's the 2nd time of campy -- not the 30th. Just making definite that I'm afloat steadfast and I'm bully to go, particularly erstwhile the play starts."
