The Minnesota Vikings lost All-Pro safety Jamal Adams to a season-ending injury on Monday. The former sixth overall pick suffered a torn quadriceps tendon in the team’s first preseason game the weekend prior against the New York Giants.
In his place the Vikings added undrafted rookie corner Bryce Phillips, thus reducing the team’s total depth at safety â which was already thin to begin with.
And Minnesota could face even more issues at the heart of the secondary as starter Theo Jackson went down during practice on Thursday and was subsequently helped to the medical tent, per The Athletic’s Alec Lewis.
“Vikings safety Theo Jackson was down and in some discomfort after leaping and getting a hand on a deep ball. Able to walk gingerly off the field under his own power”, Ragatz reported after the incident.
Undrafted rookie Jacob Thomas, who has had an excellent training camp so far, replaced Jackson with the 1st team, leapfrogging former fourth round pick Jay Ward and rookie third rounder (+ similarly named) Jakobe Thomas â the latter of whom has been dealing with back stiffness over the past week of camp.
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The emergence of the UDFA Thomas is certainly a boon for the Vikings, especially if it turns out that Jackson’s injury is severe and/or sidelines him for some portion of the forthcoming NFL season, which kicks off in four weeks minus a day.
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