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Full Injury Reports For Minnesota Vikings And Chicago Bears

There is one highly significant name on the injury report for both the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings going into their match-up at Soldier Field on Sunday night. We'll start by taking a look at the injury report for the Minnesota Vikings.


Minnesota Vikings Injuries

Probable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Jared Allen eye 10/16/2011
E.J. Henderson knee 10/16/2011
Husain Abdullah pelvis 10/16/2011
Kenny Onatolu hamstring 10/16/2011

Questionable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Percy Harvin ribs 10/16/2011

Doubtful

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Antoine Winfield neck 10/16/2011

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Jasper Brinkley hip 09/03/2011

It doesn't look likely that Winfield is going to play in this one, but if we hear differently we'll be sure to update you. As far as Harvin, he has a rib problem that dates back to the pre-season that he aggravated last week against the Arizona Cardinals. He'll be wearing extra padding this evening, but should be good to go. Nobody else on the injury report is really in danger of missing the game for Minnesota.

Now, on to the Chicago injury report.


Chicago Bears Injuries

Probable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Charles Tillman hip 10/16/2011
Corey Wootton hand 10/16/2011

Questionable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Earl Bennett chest 10/16/2011
Kellen Davis elbow 10/16/2011

Doubtful

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Julius Peppers knee 10/16/2011

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
J.T. Thomas knee 09/03/2011

The big name here, obviously, is defensive end Julius Peppers, who injured his MCL in Chicago's loss to the Detroit Lions last week. Peppers returned to the game, but was clearly slowed by the injury and is listed as "doubtful." The "doubtful" designation means that there's roughly a 25% chance that Peppers will play, and it is still legitimately up in the air as to whether or not he'll play this evening.

Peppers has had a field day against the Vikings the last couple of times he's seen them, whether it was when he was with the Carolina Panthers in 2009 or with the Bears last season, so if he was out of tonight's game it would be a plus for Minnesota. A member of the Chicago media has advanced that the theory that the Bears might be playing a bit of a cat-and-mouse game with Peppers' status in an attempt to throw the Vikings off, but this writer thinks that that's far-fetched at best.

Photographs by Micah Taylor, clairity, and Fibonacci Blue used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.