Henderson active, Camarillo inactive

The impact linebacker is healthy enough to play. Wide receiver Camarillo is among those sitting this one out.

September 18, 2011 at 5:34PM
Vikings players took the field before their game aganist the Buccaneers. The Vikings faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their home opener Sunday afternoon, September 18, 2011 at Mall of America Field in Minneapolis, Minn.
Vikings players took the field before their game aganist the Buccaneers. The Vikings faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their home opener Sunday afternoon, September 18, 2011 at Mall of America Field in Minneapolis, Minn. (Dml - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Linebacker E.J. Henderson's knee is good to go. He's active and will start.

The Vikings inactives are: CB Brandon Burton, S Mistral Raymond, C Brandon Fusco, DE Adrian Awasom, T DeMarcus Love, WR Greg Camarillo and DE D'Aundre Reed.

Henderson practiced Wednesday, but woke up with swelling and soreness in his left knee Thursday morning. He missed practice Thursday and Friday and was listed as questionable on Friday.

Awasom has a knee injury and missed most of practice this week. The only surprise inactive is Camarillo. He wasn't on the injury report and practiced all week. The Vikings have only four receivers active: Michael Jenkins, Percy Harvin, Bernard Berrian and Devin Aromashodu. They combined for five catches last week, with Berrian and Aromashodu combining for zilch.

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Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).

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