Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen is still dealing with a hamstring injury and coach Mike Zimmer is not willing to push it.
“I think he’s getting really close, but there’s really no sense to push it,” Zimmer said via Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Like today, there’s really no sense to push it. We’ll see how it goes next week or, uh, tomorrow. . . .”
“He’s frustrated.”
Thielen first went down with the injury on October 20th against the Detroit Lions. He sat out the next week against the Washington Redskins before trying to return the next week against the Kansas City Chiefs.
If he wouldn't have had that setback against the Chiefs, he probably would already be back, so the team has to make sure he is 100 percent ready to return when he does step back on the field.
“If the MRI looks pretty good, you trust the player. If the player says he can play, then you let him play. That’s kind of what happened a few weeks ago against Kansas City. That’s what happened. The MRI looked good, the player said he could play. Started to play and he couldn’t end up playing. So we’ve been cautious with it. We’ve had a couple more MRIs.”
All signs are pointing towards Thielen missing the Vikings' game against the Lions and there really is no timetable for when he may come back. With Thielen out, Kirk Cousins has been looking a lot more in the direction of tight ends Kyle Rudolph and Irv Smith Jr.
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