EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings operating again Aaron Jones hopes to return to apply Thursday as he recovers from what the staff has reclassified from a hip damage to a proper hamstring damage.
Jones didn’t take part within the Vikings’ full-pads apply Wednesday. Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell has been noncommittal about Jones’ availability for Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Detroit Lions.
“Aaron goes to progress all through the week and hopefully has an opportunity to go on Sunday,” O’Connell mentioned.
Jones mentioned he first started feeling tightness in his proper hip throughout pregame warmups previous to the Vikings’ Week 5 recreation in opposition to the New York Jets in London. It loosened previous to kickoff, however he felt it once more after making a leaping seize of a 23-yard cross from backup quarterback Nick Mullens on the Vikings’ second possession of the sport.
“That play actually form of did it,” Jones mentioned. He took two extra carries after that play earlier than the staff’s medical workers determined to tug him from the sport.
“They mentioned, ‘We do not need you to go on the market and harm your self any additional,'” Jones mentioned.
If Jones cannot play in opposition to the Lions, backup Ty Chandler will begin. The Vikings additionally reacquired operating again Cam Akers from the Houston Texans this week, and Akers needs to be obtainable in opposition to the Lions as nicely.
