Overview
- Jones suffered an AC joint sprain in Week 9 against the Lions that multiple reports characterize as minor, and he has said he expects to play.
- Minnesota’s injury reports list Jones with shoulder and toe issues, moving from did not practice on Wednesday to limited participation on Thursday.
- Head coach Kevin O’Connell called early evaluations “pretty positive” and said the plan is to gradually ramp Jones’s workload.
- If Jones cannot go, Jordan Mason is expected to handle the primary backfield role, with Mason profile as more early-down focused compared with Jones’s passing-game usage.
- Baltimore reported no players on its midweek injury reports, whereas the Vikings listed several, sharpening the importance of Jones’s availability for the matchup at U.S. Bank Stadium.