01-01-2023, 04:58 PM
For the fourth straight game, the Vikings will be without starting center Garrett Bradbury. Dealing with a back injury that has kept him out since Dec. 4, he will not play against the Packers on Sunday in Green Bay.“He’s feeling better and better,” coach Kevin O’Connell said Friday. “It’s just a matter of getting him back into a full workload and then being able to see how he can respond down the stretch here. We want to make sure when he’s able to go. Hopefully have a few more games out in front of us.”
Perhaps the Vikings are exercising some caution with Bradbury given their hopes of a playoff run. It helps that backup center Austin Schlottmann has performed well in Bradbury’s absence.
“We feel like he’s running the show,” O’Connell said of Schlottmann. “He’s making the calls and handling everything that we ask the center to do here, which is a lot, working in conjunction with our quarterback, and he’s getting better every time he goes out there. My expectation is for Austin to play well.”
The Vikings also have ruled out defensive tackle James Lynch. He injured his shoulder last week when the Vikings beat the Giants on Christmas Eve.
There were no other players with an injury designation heading into Sunday’s game. Though cornerback Cam Dantzler (ankle) and left guard Ezra Cleveland (shoulder) popped up on the injury report this week, according to O’Connell, both players are back to full strength
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Perhaps the Vikings are exercising some caution with Bradbury given their hopes of a playoff run. It helps that backup center Austin Schlottmann has performed well in Bradbury’s absence.
“We feel like he’s running the show,” O’Connell said of Schlottmann. “He’s making the calls and handling everything that we ask the center to do here, which is a lot, working in conjunction with our quarterback, and he’s getting better every time he goes out there. My expectation is for Austin to play well.”
The Vikings also have ruled out defensive tackle James Lynch. He injured his shoulder last week when the Vikings beat the Giants on Christmas Eve.
There were no other players with an injury designation heading into Sunday’s game. Though cornerback Cam Dantzler (ankle) and left guard Ezra Cleveland (shoulder) popped up on the injury report this week, according to O’Connell, both players are back to full strength
https://www.twincities.com/2022/12/30/vikings-center-garrett-bradbury-ruled-out-for-sundays-game-against-packers/