With the star receiver still bothered by a groin injury, his status for Sunday's game is up in the air.
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With the Vikings traveling across the pond to help the NFL showcase its product in London on Sunday, they'll do everything to put their best foot forward.
Right?
Wrong.
Sort of.
Minnesota, at 5-2, has a one-game lead – plus the tiebreaker – on the Green Bay Packers in the NFC North.
But it also has its bye lurking around the corner.
And it also has the NFL's worst team in its immediate future.
What does that add up to?
Barring word that Stefon Diggs has a zero percent fear – so you're telling Jim Carrey there's not a chance – of reaggravating his groin, the Vikings shouldn't think about overexerting their star receiver in what should be an easy win over the Cleveland Browns.
On Wednesday, Star Tribune Vikings reporter Andrew Krammer wrote: "Receiver Stefon Diggs donned his helmet and ran through drills with his fellow receivers Wednesday, a step forward for the injured Vikings star before the team travels to London later tonight.
"Before Wednesday [Diggs] had not done that much in practice since suffering the injury Oct. 9 in Chicago."
That certainly doesn't sound like a player who's in tip-top shape, let alone being on a good track to play.
If Minnesota holds him out (or he's unable to play), that would give the third-year pro out of Maryland four-plus weeks off to recover by the time the Vikings next take the field Nov. 12 at Washington in Week 10.
Combine all that with the fact that the Vikings play at 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday – so unless you want to awake early to follow injury reports – and planning on Diggs for your fantasy football starting lineup Sunday sounds like a self-induced headache.
If you've got another option, employ it.
If you've got no other option and need to shop the waiver wire, here are three wide receivers owned in less than 60 percent of ESPN leagues (at the time of this publication) that you should consider picking up (in standard or PPR leagues):
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