Antoine Winfield missed his second consecutive day of practice, but Vikings coach Leslie Frazier has not ruled the starting left cornerback out of Sunday's game against the Cardinals.
"We'll know more [Friday] where he stands," Frazier said after today's practice. "He didn't do anything today. We're going to try and see if he can go tomorrow. If not, it'll probably become a game-time decision."
Winfield got hurt making a tackle in Sunday's game against the Chiefs.
"He came in Monday pretty stiff in the neck, so we did an MRI and things turned out to be fine there," Frazier said. "But there is something that's creating a stiffness in his neck, and anytime you deal with necks, of course, you're very cautious. He's getting a little bit better, so we'll just see how he is tomorrow."
Frazier said there is nothing stucturally wrong with the neck or the spinal cord. He said it would be accurate to call the injury muscular in nature. In other words, it's a muscle strain.
"Everything I've been told, it's soreness and stiffness," Frazier said. "It should dissipate over time."
Frazier also said it's not expected to be a long-term injury, but the team is still being very careful.
"Until he feels comfortable to say, `You know what, I'm ready to get out there and try it, nobody is going to urge him to do anything more than he's comfortable doing," Frazier said.
