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Final Vikings-Bengals Injury Report: Jefferson, Mattison, O'Neill, Nailor

The Vikings will be without their starting RB and RT in Cincinnati.
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Final Vikings-Bengals Injury Report: Jefferson, Mattison, O'Neill, Nailor
Final Vikings-Bengals Injury Report: Jefferson, Mattison, O'Neill, Nailor

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The Vikings have officially ruled out RT Brian O'Neill, RB Alexander Mattison, and WR Jalen Nailor for Saturday's game against the Bengals in Cincinnati. O'Neill and Mattison are dealing with ankle sprains. Nailor remains in the concussion protocol.

WR Justin Jefferson and backup OL Chris Reed have been listed as questionable. Jefferson is expected to play after suffering a chest injury on Sunday against the Raiders. Barring any sort of setback in pregame warmups, he should be good to go.

O'Connell said that all three of O'Neill, Mattison, and Nailor are trending in the right direction towards potentially being available for next Sunday's big NFC North showdown with the Lions on Christmas Eve. Still, they'll sit for this week and look to get healthy as soon as possible.

With no O'Neill, David Quessenberry will make his second start of the season. The veteran previously appeared at left tackle against the Eagles and Falcons, starting the Atlanta game and playing 75 offensive snaps. He played the last 42 snaps at RT against the Raiders after O'Neill went down.

And with Mattison out, Ty Chandler will be the Vikings' lead running back in this game against the Bengals. Fullback C.J. Ham also figures to see plenty of snaps in the backfield, with Kene Nwangwu likely mixing in as the RB2.

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WILL RAGATZ

Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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