Defensive end Jared Allen said he felt disgusted with their latest loss. The team has dropped 9 straight games now to division rivals and the 45-7 trouncing got Allen saying that the team had obvious issues that needed to be cleaned up. Talk about an understatement again. Allen also said that he didn’t remember ever losing this badly. So far however, whatever issues the Vikings have seem to be thickening rather than dissipating. To put the cherry on the cake, Cornerback Antoine Winfield came down with a clavicle injury that has pretty much put an end to his season. Winfield is a member of an already ailing, short-handed secondary unit, the quality of which will dip to further depths due to his absence.
Chris Cook is working through legal problems concerning domestic battery charges and Hussain Abdullah is uncertain for Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders. The list of injuries goes on, but according to Frazier, several of those casualties need to go through further evaluation before “someone off the street” is brought in. Veteran cornerback Benny Sapp is likely to join workouts in order to fill at least a gap in the lineup.
