Henderson misses practice with shoulder injury

Add middle linebacker to list of beat up Vikings

November 30, 2011 at 10:43PM

In case anyone thought the Vikings weren't already beat up enough, add middle linebacker E.J. Henderson as a surprise addition to the wounded.

Henderson missed today's practice because of a shoulder injury. Also missing practice, as expected, was running back Adrian Peterson (ankle). And, of course, cornerback Chris Cook remains in paid exile, defending felony charges while the walls fall down around his teammates.

Limited in practice were CB Asher Allen (shoulder), RG Anthony Herrera (knee) and TE Kyle Rudolph (quadriceps). Players on the injury report who had full participation in practice were SS Jamarca Sanford (shoulder), OLB Erin Henderson (hamstring) and TE Visanthe Shiancoe (hamstring).

If E.J. Henderson can't play, it's possible that Erin would move into the middle and Kenny Onatolu would play outside linebacker.

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Mark Craig

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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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