Rules-based guide, not a validated prediction and not betting advice. Lineup call: Bench or hold if listed Out or Doubtful, or chance of missing at least 75%; Have a backup ready at 50% to 75%; otherwise Start with caution if chance of missing is 25% or more, he did not practice or was limited, he has the returning-from-injury flag, or his typical (median) fantasy points rank below the top 50% of players at his position with a range this update; Bench or hold if that rank is in the bottom 25% and he is not a QB; Start otherwise. Next man up is named when chance of missing is 25% or more. Ranges assume he plays. Every sentence is filled from the sourced fields elsewhere on this page.
Lineup call
Start with caution · Week 7 game (Oct 25)
Why: 21% chance of missing his Week 7 game (Oct 25); no fantasy range to compare this update.
Rule that fired: no fantasy range to rank → Start with caution. A simple rule, not a model.
21% chance of missing his Week 7 game (Oct 25).
Team impact
If he sits, about 14% of the Minnesota Vikings offense (his share of plays over the last 3 team games) shifts to others. Usage impact 3.1 (Medium) is that share times his 21% chance of missing.
If he sits: Myles Price offense snaps 13% → 33%; Jeshaun Jones offense snaps 6% → 23%; Ben Yurosek offense snaps 40% → 52%.
Roster status: Week 5 INA (nflverse weekly rosters).
Injury reports this season: Week 5 Questionable, Limited practice (Hamstring).
We have no return timeline or medical detail beyond the listed report.
Games without a snap while on the Minnesota Vikings roster: Week 5 (of 5 team games).
How long could he be out?
Does not apply: his chance of missing is 21%, below the 25% level where we show this, and he is not listed Out or Doubtful for Week 6.
Jordan Addison
If he sits, about 14% of the Minnesota Vikings offense (his share of plays over the last 3 team games) shifts to others.
WR
MIN · Minnesota Vikings
21%chance of missing Week 7 game (Oct 25)
Report: not on this week's report yet · Week 5 report: Questionable, Limited practice (Hamstring); inactive in Week 5 (nflverse roster); MIN had a bye in Week 6, so there is no Week 6 report
Usage impact ⓘ3.1 · Medium
Role impact ⓘn/a · not on the active roster in his team's latest roster week (Week 5: INA)
If he and T.J. Hockenson sit, teammates gain
Chance of missing: Frozen availability model (2026 blind test), prediction log update Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET. Usage shift: Frozen usage-redistribution model, prediction log update Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET. Status: nflverse injury report data (CC-BY-4.0), retrieved Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET. Usage impact: Share: nflverse player stats (CC-BY-4.0), last 3 team games, retrieved Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET; tiers fixed from 2017-2021 history (High at least 3.7, Medium at least 0.7 points). Role impact: Snaps: nflverse snap counts (CC-BY-4.0), last 3 team games, retrieved Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET; starter = top 2026 season snap share in his position group (no 2026 depth chart captured); backup experience = career regular-season snaps in nflverse snap counts; tiers fixed from 2017-2021 history (High at least 3.7, Medium at least 0.7 points).
Impact scores are small points on a fixed scale: his share of team usage (or role weight) times his chance of missing. High means the top 5% of 2017–2021 player-seasons, Medium the top 20%. The bold High badge appears only when a score is High and his chance of missing is at least 25%: 32 of 167 listed players this update.
Myles PriceWR · offense snaps13% → 33%+20
Jeshaun JonesWR · offense snaps6% → 23%+17
Ben YurosekTE · offense snaps40% → 52%+12
Jauan JenningsWR · target share5% → 11%+6
How the estimate changed
Why: the nflverse injury file has not changed since Oct 16, 2026 02:15 AM ET (same SHA-256 in the last 9 captures), and no nflverse input this model reads has changed since Oct 16, 2026 10:16 AM ET. nflverse posts injury updates about once a day, usually overnight, so the estimate moves when that file does. Source: manifest_live.jsonl.
No change yet: 21% in all 20 updates (Oct 15, 2026 06:15 AM ET to Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET).
Teammates who gain if he sits
Myles Price
80% range: low = the score he tops 9 weeks in 10 (10th percentile), typical = the middle outcome (median), high = the score he tops only 1 week in 10 (90th percentile). The curve is drawn through these three points for illustration only; its shape is not a modeled distribution. The range assumes the player plays (fit on played games only). Frozen range-of-outcomes model, prediction log update Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET, re-scored for the same game as the chance of missing.
WR
offense snaps: 13% → 33%
Jeshaun Jones
WR
offense snaps: 6% → 23%
Ben Yurosek
80% range: low = the score he tops 9 weeks in 10 (10th percentile), typical = the middle outcome (median), high = the score he tops only 1 week in 10 (90th percentile). The curve is drawn through these three points for illustration only; its shape is not a modeled distribution. The range assumes the player plays (fit on played games only). Frozen range-of-outcomes model, prediction log update Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET, re-scored for the same game as the chance of missing.
TE
offense snaps: 40% → 52%
Other Minnesota Vikings players we track
Page built Oct 16, 2026 06:44 PM ET from prediction log update Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET; injury report retrieved Oct 16, 2026 06:22 PM ET.