During his Wednesday morning press conference, Minnesota Vikings’ head coach Mike Zimmer announced that the team will be adding another name to their COVID-19 list.
This time, it’s defensive end Patrick Jones II, who has worked his way into the defensive end rotation for the Vikings over the second half of the season. Even with the new protocols, it appears that he’s in line to miss Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers.
Jones was the last of the Vikings’ four third-round selections in this past April’s NFL Draft, and the only one of the four that’s actually managed to find his way onto the field for meaningful snaps.