Minnesota Vikings star wide receiver Justin Jefferson left Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth quarter with what the team described as a hamstring injury.
He finished the day with three catches on six targets for 28 yards.
Speaking Monday, Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell revealed that Jefferson will seek multiple medical opinions on his hamstring injury. He also said he’s unsure if Jefferson will play this coming Sunday against the Chicago Bears.
“Justin’s still going through the evaluation process on that hamstring strain,” O’Connell said Monday, according to Kevin Patra of NFL.com. “I’ll keep you guys posted on what that timeline may look like and how his availability may be for this week or moving forward.”
O’Connell went on to state that due to Jefferson’s competitive nature, the team might have to protect their star wide receiver from himself if he tries to play through a serious injury.
“I think there will probably be a couple different opinions on it, but we’ve got to get the MRI of it and take look and find out exactly what it is, where it is, if there’s any other factors that go into it and determine what the best decision for him to get him back to 100 percent as fast as possible,” O’Connell said.
“He’s down today. He obviously is one of the most ultra-competitors I’ve ever met, and shoot, he was trying to go back in the game as it was yesterday. So we’re gonna have to medically make a good decision and help kind of almost protect him from himself a little bit in a way where we’ve got to take care of him and get him back to 100 percent.”
The Vikings opened as three-point favorites on the road against the Bears.
[NFL.com]