The Minnesota Vikings picked up a big win on Sunday over the Green Bay Packers but in the process might have lost their pro bowl cornerback Xavier Rhodes.

After watching the video, Dr. David J. Chao, a former NFL team doctor, worries the injury might be a proximal hamstring avulsion injury, one of the few hamstring injuries that require surgery.

After chasing down Devante Adams on a catch, Rhodes came up limp and needed help getting off the field. The hope initially was it was merely a cramp, but Chao doesn't think that is the case. In an article written in the San Diego Tribune by Chao, the doctor points up the “balling up” where Rhodes grabbed points to that type of injury.

Admittedly, I could be guilty of hearing a “zebra” – wherein a physician makes a rare diagnosis/analysis when there is actually a more common explanation. After all, this is not a typical injury. It happens league wide just once or twice a year. In my almost two decades as a team physician, I personally saw it twice.

Hopefully, my concern is for naught. But this video and mechanism has me worried.

Chao thinks even if Rhodes is spared from a season-ending injury, there isn't much of a chance that he is able to suit up on Sunday against the New England Patriots.

After the win on Sunday, the Vikings moved to 6-4-1 and currently sit in the fifth NFC playoff spot. Even though the playoffs are in sight, the next two games are on the road against the Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.