The streak continues, and it’s not a good one.
Newcomer free-agent Marcus Davenport will miss Sunday’s Week 3 game for the Minnesota Vikings, a do-or-die matchup between two 0-2 teams (Los Angeles Chargers) hoping to avoid a dreaded 0-3 hole. He’s still nursing an ankle injury.
Vikings Will Again Be Shorthanded on Defense vs. LAC
Davenport, an outside linebacker, has essentially missed all three Vikings games in 2023 after joining the club as one of its keynote free-agent additions six months ago. The ex-New Orleans Saint played four first-quarter snaps in Week 2 against the Eagles but quickly headed back to the sidelines, and that was that.