With rising star Christian Darrisaw dealing with concussion issues over the past few weeks, the Minnesota Vikings have been very fortunate to get some pretty solid play out of backup Blake Brandel. Brandel had to exit yesterday’s loss in Detroit near the end of the game, and now we know why. . .and the news isn’t great.
In his Monday press conference, Kevin O’Connell said that Brandel suffered a torn MCL towards the end of the game and that he would miss at least four weeks. If the team were to put him on injured reserve and designate him for return, that means he could be back for the start of the playoffs.