Vikings may continue to stubbornly avoid the obvious move with Christian Darrisaw

Todd Rosenberg/GettyImagesAfter he tore his left ACL and MCL in October of 2024, Minnesota Vikings left tackle Christian Darrisaw was going to miss some games to start this season. He made his season debut in Week 3 against the Cincinnati Bengals, playing 38 offensive snaps in that blowout win.

Darrisaw then played every offensive snap against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 4 in Dublin. In Week 5 against the Cleveland Browns in London, he was inexplicably off the field at the start of the fourth quarter as the Vikings were mounting a comeback.

Multiple Vikings reporters quickly revealed that Darrisaw had reached his snap limit for the game against the Browns. After the game, head coach Kevin…