CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Though the Minnesota Vikings will have Xavier Rhodes active for the first time this year on Sunday, their 2015 first-round pick (cornerback Trae Waynes) will start at cornerback. Their 2016 first-round pick, on the other hand, will not be active.
The Vikings deactivated receiver Laquon Treadwell for Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers, putting Jarius Wright on their 46-man active roster for the first time this season. Wright, who lost his job in the Vikings' top three-receiver set to Adam Thielen, had expressed some frustration with his role, but it will be him, not Treadwell, who suits up on Sunday.