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Eric Kendricks Out for Rest of Vikings-Packers With Quad Injury

The Vikings star linebacker will not return.

Will Ragatz

Eric Kendricks Out for Rest of Vikings-Packers With Quad Injury
Eric Kendricks Out for Rest of Vikings-Packers With Quad Injury /

Eric Kendricks has left the Vikings' game against the Packers with a quad injury and will not return, the team has announced. He was initially listed as questionable to return.

Kendricks suffered the injury while recovering his second fumble of the first half. He ran through multiple tackles on the first return, but didn't have much room to run on the second recovery and went down awkwardly.

He was able to walk off the field on his own after being looked at by trainers. Kendricks has had his helmet off ever since the injury.

Kendricks has been arguably the best player on the Vikings defense this season. He's also been maybe the best linebacker in the NFL, and was an inexcusable snub for the Pro Bowl.

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Will Ragatz
WILL RAGATZ

Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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