Cullen Loeffler was expected to be placed on the injured reserve list, after sustaining a second injury in Sunday’s game that can take up to six weeks to heal. His replacement was signed by the Vikings yesterday. The other players going to the IR list were less anticipated:
The downward spiral continues at Winter Park.
If it seemed things couldn’t get much worse for the Vikings, who are off to a 2-9 start and threatening to become the worst team in franchise history, they’ll now enter the final month with four key contributors lost for the season.
On Tuesday, a quartet of starters — receiver Michael Jenkins, long snapper Cullen Loeffler and safeties Husain Abdullah and Tyrell Johnson — were all placed on injured reserve, another major gut punch to a team that is sinking fast.
To fill the holes, the Vikings re-signed receiver Stephen Burton to the active roster and also agreed to terms with long-snapper Matt Katula and safeties Jarrad Page and Andrew Sendejo.
The loss of Jenkins registers as the most surprising news. The eight-year receiver, who had 38 catches for 466 yards and three touchdowns this season, suffered a knee injury at some point during Sunday’s 24-14 loss in Atlanta.
In other news, you can tell when your team is just playing out the string when both the fanbase and the professionals start talking about draft prospects with five games left in the regular season.
