On the Thursday injury report, the Minnesota Vikings listed defensive end Kenny Willekes as not having practiced due to an illness, and yours truly speculated that if the illness was COVID-related, we would know about it.
Well, guess what?
On Friday morning, the Vikings placed Willekes on their reserve/COVID-19 list. To take his spot on the roster, the team has signed defensive end Eddie Yarbrough.
Willekes had been elevated to the 53-man roster for the past couple of weeks and has played some pretty good football during that time. Unfortunately, he’s now the sixth player that the Vikings have had to place on the COVID-19 list over the course of the past week.