{"id":135836,"date":"2025-09-11T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135836\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:30:08","slug":"vikings-lb-blake-cashman-to-ir-out-at-least-next-four-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135836\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings LB Blake Cashman to IR, out at least next four games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin SeifertSep 11, 2025, 02:22 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n

EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings<\/a> have lost linebacker Blake Cashman<\/a> for at least a month because of a hamstring injury he suffered Monday night in the team’s 27-24 victory over the Chicago Bears<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Vikings placed Cashman, their primary defensive signal-caller, and running back\/kick returner Ty Chandler<\/a> (knee) on injured reserve Thursday, sidelining both for at least the next four games.<\/p>\n

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They are also watching the progress of safety Harrison Smith<\/a> (personal health issue), left tackle Christian Darrisaw<\/a> (knee), linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel<\/a> (concussion protocol), cornerback Jeff Okudah<\/a> (concussion protocol), tight end Josh Oliver<\/a> (ankle) and center Ryan Kelly<\/a> (toe) to see if any of them will be available for Sunday night’s game against the Atlanta Falcons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cashman suffered the injury while chasing Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams<\/a> down the sideline Monday night. He is likely to be replaced in the starting lineup by veteran Eric Wilson<\/a>, whom the Vikings signed as a free agent this offseason. The Vikings also signed tight end Nick Vannett<\/a> from their practice squad, a possible indication about Oliver’s availability.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, cornerback Tyrek Funderburk<\/a> and linebacker Sione Takitaki<\/a> were signed to the practice squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin SeifertSep 11, 2025, 02:22 PM ET CloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-135836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}