It feels like forever since fans have seen wide receiver Justin Jefferson on the field. It looks like it is going to last for at least one more game.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson will miss the Week 12 ‘Monday Night Football’ game against the Chicago Bears as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports.
The 24-year-old continues to make progress and is reportedly “very closer to returning, but the Vikings “will play it safe and not activate him for tonight’s game vs. Chicago,” Pelissero wrote.
At most, he’ll miss one more game — which would be his seventh — due to the hamstring injury he suffered against the Chiefs in Week 5.
Minnesota enters its bye week after Monday’s game and Jefferson is reportedly “expected to be 100% after the bye.”
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Last week, Jefferson fired back at fantasy football owners who he claimed were trying to persuade him to return from injury sooner than necessary.
“My health is wayyyy more important than you winning your fantasy games. It doesn’t matter how many times y’all flood my dms talking about me selling your team. I DONT CARE,” Jefferson wrote.
After his injury, the Vikings won their next five games prior to a 21-20 ‘Sunday Night Football’ loss to the Denver Broncos.
Minnesota currently holds the final NFC Wild Card spot at 6-5.