Ian Rapoport reports that Vikings RT Phil Loadholt has a torn achilles tendon.
#Vikings OT Phil Loadholt suffered a torn Achilles, source said. After he’d worked his way back from last year. Brutal.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 16, 2015
Loadholt injured himself on the Vikings’ first possession of the game and was replaced by rookie T.J. Clemmings.
Loadholt looks like he's in some pain on the sideline, head in hands as he's checked out by athletic trainer Eric Sugarman.
— Andrew Krammer (@Andrew_Krammer) August 16, 2015
It wasn’t immediately apparent what happened to Loadholt but he was able to leave the field under his own power.