A few notes that we did not get into the final edition of the paper Wednesday.

Veteran nose tackle Jimmy Kennedy is listed third on the Vikings' depth chart behind starter Pat Williams and Fred Evans. However, that's not the way things worked on Sunday as Kennedy was part of the 45-man game day roster against Cleveland and Evans was inactive. Kennedy, a first-round pick by the St. Louis Rams in 2003, got in for about 20 plays and had two tackles, including one for a loss. Williams was on the field for approximately 30 plays. Kennedy, 6-5, 320 pounds, said he has grown comfortable in the Vikings defense since being signed last December after he was let go by Jacksonville. "It's just about getting comfortable with the coaches and having them getting comfortable with me being out there," Kennedy said. "When I came in last year it wasn't that I wasn't comfortable, I just didn't know all the calls. So it's kind of hard when you [join a team] with guys who went through training camp and everything else." As for Evans it remains to be seen if he will be back in uniform this Sunday in Detroit. Evans started three games, including the playoff game against the Eagles, last season, after Williams suffered a shoulder injury. The Vikings thought enough of Evans that they extended a second-rounder tender ($1.545 million) to him as a restricted free agent last spring so another team wouldn't attempt to sign him. Coach Brad Childress said Kennedy had practiced "a little bit better" than Evans leading up to last Sunday's game. Back in the middle Middle linebacker E.J. Henderson played his first game Sunday after suffering a season-ending foot injury in Week 4 last season. Henderson appeared on track to earn his first Pro Bowl trip before his injury, and there seems to be little doubt that he has returned to that same level of play. Henderson led the Vikings in tackles against Cleveland with eight. He also had one sack, one tackle for loss and one quarterback hurry. "E.J. was all over again," Childress said. "He looked like he was having fun. Again he is the guy that sets up all that, sets the defense, sets the strength, sets where the blitzes are coming from. So he really is communication with the front and with the back end. He is the middle man. If he's not intentional and doesn't over communicate nobody knows where to go. Not only is he a good communicator, which I know you guys [media] find hard to believe since he is a man of such few words, but he plays lights out."