In the time leading up to the Vikings' first practice of the week on Wednesday afternoon, it was almost as though nothing had changed with Justin Jefferson. The Vikings' top receiver still was moving around their practice facility with his customary optimism, tight end T.J. Hockenson said.
"I've seen him throughout the building. I just talked to him; his mood's high," Hockenson said. "That's a credit to him. He's one of our captains, and a guy that has the same mood every day coming in. That's what we look for in those kinds of people.