Anthony Barr is an American football outside linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He played college football at UCLA from 2010 to 2013, where he was a consensus All-American in 2013. He was drafted by the Vikings in the first round, ninth overall of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Anthony Barr: Injury update| Aaron rodgers| Injury| News| PFF
Injury update:
Linebacker Anthony Barr is notably absent from the final injury report. That means he’s good to go for this week’s game after missing last week with his ongoing knee injury. It sounds like this is something Barr is going to be dealing with all season (and perhaps beyond).
Coming off 98 snaps in Baltimore, he was unable to go last week. But Barr rested up, returned to practice this week, and is back to play against the Packers. That will return Nick Vigil to the No. 3 LB role and push Blake Lynch out of the rotation.
Aaron Rodgers:
For the Packers, Aaron Rodgers will play as expected despite missing a couple practices with a toe injury. David Bakhtiari and Aaron Jones are out and Allen Lazard is doubtful. Rashan Gary is questionable.
Kickoff is at noon central on FOX on Sunday from U.S. Bank Stadium.
Injury:
The Vikings also have two other players not listed on the injury report who may or may not play against Green Bay: Peterson and defensive end Kenny Willekes.
Peterson practiced all week after missing the last three games with a hamstring issue, but he’s still on injured reserve at this point so he hasn’t been included on any of the injury reports. Peterson spoke yesterday about his time away from playing and his excitement to get back on the field.
News:
Peterson appears to be on track to play, but hamstring injuries can be tricky and it’s possible the Vikings won’t want to rush the 31-year-old back too quickly. They could really use him against Davante Adams and the Packers, though. We’ll just have to wait and see if he’s activated off IR at some point prior to the game.
As for Willekes, he was activated from the Reserve/COVID list on Friday morning. But it can take a little time for players to get back to full speed following stints on the COVID list, so Zimmer wasn’t sure if Willekes would play. He missed last week’s victory.
PFF:
Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr impressed early on in his Vikings career, but since then, he has fallen off in his level of play, at least according to one outlet: Pro Football Focus.
In 2015, Barr built off his rookie year and finished with a PFF grade of 89.6 out of 100. He was the second-best linebacker in terms of his score.
