MN Vikings Practice Ends With Multiple Injuries

The Minnesota Vikings are just a couple of days from their final preseason action of 2025, which will come Friday when they travel to Tennessee to play the Titans. They’ll kick off their regular season schedule on September 8th, at Soldier Field, against the Chicago Bears.

This iteration of the Vikings is built to win now, despite breaking in a redshirt rookie QB, J.J. McCarthy, who they plan to prop up with major improvements on both sides of the ball, specifically in the trenches.

Unfortunately, a lot of that talent has been unavailable for parts of training camp and the 2025 preseason, due to injury or illness. Most recently, Andrew Van Ginkel has been held out of practice since August 7 with an unknown injury. Harrison Smith has been out even longer, with a mysterious illness.

Meanwhile, the Vikings continue to brac for the three game suspension of Jordan Addison to kick in, before week one. Injuries to Justin Jefferson, and more recently, Jalen Nailor, has turned wide receiver from a position of concern, entering camp, to one currently of desperation.

Multiple players ends Minnesota Vikings practice on the sidelines

Then, Wednesday’s practice ended with even more injuries. Of course, the Minnesota Vikings need to practice in order to get players ready for the regular season. But as these training camp sessions continue to go by, new injuries are seemingly cropping up daily.

Starters won’t play Saturday against the Tennessee Titans. That means more physical practices at TCO Performance Center. Today’s physicality caused the exit of two more receivers, Tai Felton and Jordan Addison, along with defensive back, Jeff Okudah.

Felton walked off the field with a wrap on his left hand and went straight into the trainer's room. Addison did not have any wrap and walked to the locker room. https://t.co/gCVDq5mdt5

— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) August 20, 2025

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Felton is probably the only wide receiver currently in camp — without the last name of Jefferson, Addison, or Nailor — who’s a lock to make the initial 53-man roster. Okudah has drawn rave reviews and is being considered for the final starting cornerback role.

If there’s a positive result from Wednesday’s action at TCO Performance Center, it’s that superstar wideout Justin Jefferson continues to work his way back from the hamstring strain he suffered earlier in training camp.

Justin Jefferson getting some work in at practice. 👀 pic.twitter.com/IZzd90EUKZ

— Reggie Wilson (@ReggieWilsonTV) August 20, 2025