A source has confirmed the Vikings' coaches are deciding right now whether to place backup middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley on season-ending injured reserve. It appears that's the way the team is leaning and an announcement is expected as early as Wednesday morning.
Coaches now deciding whether to IR Brinkley
Hip injury could end backup middle linebacker's season.
August 31, 2011 at 12:20PM
Brinkley went to see a hip specialist on Monday for an injury that coach Leslie Frazier said dates to the end of last season. Brinkley was supposed to challenge Erin Henderson for the starting weak-side linebacker position, but struggled before being sidelined for last week's third preseason game.
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
