Minnesota Vikings center Pat Elflein will finish out the remainder of the preseason on the sideline.
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said the second-year player will not return to practice this week ahead of the team's final preseason game on Thursday. Elflein was placed on the preseason physically-unable-to-perform list on July 25 and has remained there since.
Elflein had two surgeries in the offseason after fracturing his left ankle in the NFC Championship and injuring his shoulder in Atlanta in Dec. 2017.
The center has been limited to working out with trainers in the weight room and on a rehab field over the last month.