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Some #Vikings updates prior to their London game…

Head Coach Kevin O'Connell announced earlier today that T Brian O'Neill suffered an MCL sprain and will be week-to-week. He will not be placed on IR. OLB Andrew Van Ginkel will not practice this week and the hope is that J.J. McCarthy practices some this week.

Week 4 RB usage! Workhorses playing 70%+ snaps: JT, Hampton, CMC, Pollard, Jeanty, Saquon, Javonte Williams, Gainwell, Achane, Skattebo, Cook, Brown, and Kamara. All auto starts in fantasy land except Pollard, Brown, and Kamara b/c their offenses blow, and Gainwell b/c he's on a bye, ya know. Still a bell-cow, wouldn't sweat it: Bijan, Kyren, Jacobs, ETN, Breece, Gibbs, Bucky, and Henry all getting plenty of touches even if it'd be cooler if they had more of an every-down role I know last week wasn't cool BUT: Keep on starting Trey Benson. The bigger the workload, the better, I get it: We're still looking at a second-year back who just commanded 67% of the team's designed rush attempts and was targeted on 23% of his routes, unfortunately "only" totaling 10.4 PPR points against the league's best defense in EPA allowed per designed RB rush. Side note: It does in fact feel ridiculous to type out an "own" centered around EPA allowed per designed RB rush. I'm sure that would go over great at the bar. The workload is there, but the efficiency and/or scoring upside is not: Guys who you generally probably will still start in fantasy, but maybe you don't NEED to if you can help it include: D'Andre Swift (sell high-ish during bye?), Jordan Mason (especially this week vs. Myles Garrett and company), and Chuba Hubbard (Panthers are a bottom-seven team in yards and EPA per play). Concerns, but I'm generally pushing through them: Feature Judkins and KWIII. The former because Judkins has BEAST'd his way to working as the RB2 in yards after contact per carry this season while displaying weekly 20-plus touch upside, and the latter is looking at 15-20 touches in his own right in a better-than-expected Seahawks offense hellbent on running the football. Would it be a lot cooler if Judkins' offense was better, and if Walker had more of a three-down role ahead of Zach Charbonnet? Of course, but life isn't fair, and these are still two clear-cut RB2s worth starting in far more lineups than not. Deal with it. These committees are gross, man: Chiefs, Commanders, and Patriots. Super fooking annoying all the way around. America loves a comeback: And it'd make a lot of sense if David Montgomery rebounds in a major way after turning nine carries into just 12 yards against Myles Garrett and company. Even after the performance the man is averaging a career-best 5.7 yards per carry. Gibbs is getting more pass-down work and fully cemented as a top-five RB, but Monty has 28 TDs in 32 games since joining the Lions in 2023 and continues to profile for 12-15 touches more weeks than not. That archetype is tough to complain about as a massive favorite against the Bengals. Changing of the guard in Denver?: Kind of! Things were closer than usual between Dobbins and Harvey; credit to both for making the most out of their touches against the Bengals' sad excuse for a professional football team. That said: Dobbins was basically pulled from the game after clearing 100 rushing yards–the first Denver RB to do so since Latavius Murray in 2022!–leading to Harvey racking up seven of his 18 touches with the game essentially sealed up. Still a step in the right direction, but when accounting for this garbage time usage we didn't actually see Harvey run more routes or play significantly more snaps than usual. Deep league handcuff alert: Not to hurt myself patting my own back, but last week we recommended scooping up Woody Marks (now firmly on the RB2 borderline at worst) before it was the cool thing to do. This week? We move our attention to Saints RB Kendre Miller (5% rostered on Yahoo), you know, at least in normal leagues that don't HAVE someone like Marks available on waivers (blow the budget on the man if so). Obvious injury handcuff upside *and* maybe the shitty Saints explore trading Mr. Kamara. Other guys who profile as great bench stashes: Blake Corum (27%), Tyler Allgeier (35%) and in DEEP leagues keep an eye on Raheem Mostert (1%), who took over as Jeanty's direct backup last Sunday.

Starting to think that maybe it isn't the offensive linemen the Vikings are drafting that are the issue.

Fuller O'Connell on Van Ginkel: "He's feeling like he's progressing, but we are evaluating every avenue and all options to get him feeling 100% to get back out there, and I'm hoping that timeline is ongoing and we're on our way to doing so."

Vikings HC Kevin O'Connell said his hope is that QB J.J. McCarthy will practice in some fashion this week. "As we get into Thursday and Friday, I'm hoping we can at least get him out there. And get him taking some drops, and starting to get back into the normal rhythm."

Fan reactions to yesterday's game against the Steelers are addressed in this week's mailbag.

#Broncos dress three tight ends in Evan Engram, Adam Trautman and Nate Adkins. Lucas Krull the odd man out.

#Broncos WR Marvin Mims is active after questionable with hip. Inactive for Broncos: RB Jaleel McLaughlin, OLB Que Robinson, TE Lucas Krull, T Frank Crum, emergency QB Sam Ehlinger & DL Jordan Jackson for first time this year, Instead rookie Savion Jones active for first time .

The MRI has confirmed that #Vikings RT Brian O’Neill sprained his MCL on Sunday, taking him off the field. He’s week-to-week, but no surgery is required. Coach Kevin O’Connell had indicated this was the case.

Vikings right tackle Brian O’Neill suffered a sprained MCL Sunday in Ireland, per sources. Two-time Pro Bowler could miss some time.

Vikings right tackle Brian O’Neill suffered a sprained MCL Sunday in Ireland, per sources. Two-time Pro Bowler could miss some time.

Advisory at Empower Field with rain falling

Denver Gazette #Broncos pre-game video with the wind blowing and I am several months removed from my last visit to Great Clips.

incredible 3 play sequence for the Vikings

#Broncos LB Garret Wallow, who's played well on special teams past 2 games after elevated off practice squad, is strong candidate to be elevated again for tonight by 2 pm deadline. If that indeed is the case it'd be his 3rd & final elevation & he'd need to go to 53 to play again.

Asked several times if he's sticking with Joe Flacco as the starting QB, #Browns coach Kevin Stefanski says it's not about one person: "My focus is on making sure this offense plays better." Not ruling out, or committing to, a change. They face the #Vikings in London on Sunday.

Players who started season on IR and are eligible to return after Week 4: 🏈Titans RB Tyjae Spears 🏈Panthers WR Jalen Coker 🏈Cowboys WR Jonathan Mingo 🏈Bills CB Maxwell Hairston 🏈Browns WR David Bell 🏈Packers RB MarShawn Lloyd 🏈Dolphins K Jason Sanders 🏈Vikings FB C.J. Ham 🏈Patriots LB Jahlani Tavai 🏈Saints TE Foster Moreau

In the Vikings' first game with Jordan Addison back on the field, here is how the WR snaps were distributed among 76 total plays. (To be fair, the deficit knocked them from their initial game plan.) Jefferson: 76 Addison: 73 Nailor: 48 Thielen: 12

Harrison Smith has been a sub package player in each of his first two games back from a personal health issue. He recorded 17 snaps Sunday in Dublin after playing 22 in Week 3 vs. Bengals. That's roughly 35% of the Vikings' defensive snaps over the 2-week period.

Minnesota Vikings fans: We're not happy unless we're not happy.

if vikings fans want to question KOC, another organization will gladly trade for him

Incredible that it got to this point, but the loss ends the Vikings’ streak of seven consecutive victories in one score games.

After a big second half last Sunday at the Chargers, #Broncos RB J.K. Dobbins again has a higher career average per carry than the legendary Jim Brown. Brown averaged 5.22 from 1957-65. Dobbins is now at 5.26 since entering the NFL in 2020.