Almost all of the Minnesota Vikings starters and a handful of others will be watching the team's first preseason game from the sidelines, the team announced Saturday afternoon.
Cousins, Cook, Thielen, Smith, Hunter and in total 31 Minnesota Vikings will be sidelined for the team's first action of the preseason opening the door for many others to jump up and fight for a roster spot verses the Broncos.
Here's the full list of Vikings not expected to play today according to the team...
Minnesota Vikings Not Expected To Play
No. Name Pos.
7 Patrick Peterson CB
8 Kirk Cousins QB
9 Sheldon Richardson DT
12 Chad Beebe WR
13 Blake Proehl WR
14 Nate Stanley QB
18 Justin Jefferson WR
19 Adam Thielen WR
21 Bashaud Breeland CB
22 Harrison Smith S
23 Xavier Woods S
24 Mackensie Alexander CB
25 Alexander Mattison RB
30 C.J. Ham FB
33 Dalvin Cook RB
48 Blake Lynch LB
54 Eric Kendricks LB
55 Anthony Barr LB
56 Garrett Bradbury C
59 Nick Vigil LB
69 Rashod Hill LB
71 Christian Darrisaw T
72 Ezra Cleveland T
74 Olisaemeka Udoh G
75 Brian O’Neill T
83 Tyler Conklin TE
84 Irv Smith Jr. TE
89 Dede Westbrook WR
94 Dalvin Tomlinson DT
97 Michael Pierce DT
99 Danielle Hunter DE