{"id":63448,"date":"2025-08-12T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63448\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T21:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:04:08","slug":"knee-injury-ends-rondale-moores-season-for-second-year-in-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63448\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee injury ends Rondale Moore’s season for second year in row"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin SeifertAug 13, 2025, 06:10 AM<\/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. — Vikings<\/a> receiver\/punt returner Rondale Moore<\/a> suffered a season-ending left knee injury in Saturday’s preseason game against the Texans<\/a>, the team confirmed Tuesday after reviewing his MRI test results.<\/p>\n

The news means that Moore will miss a full season for the second consecutive year. The Vikings placed him on season-ending injured reserve Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Moore has struggled to stay healthy since the Cardinals<\/a> made him a second-round draft pick in 2021. He missed nine games in 2022 because of a variety of ailments and then all of 2024 after suffering a dislocated right knee when he was in training camp with the Falcons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He signed a one-year contract with the Vikings this offseason and was in line to be the team’s punt returner and potential No. 4 receiver. On his first return, Texans linebacker Jamal Hill<\/a> tackled him as he ran out of bounds after a 2-yard gain. In the process, Hill pulled Moore awkwardly over his left leg.<\/p>\n

Athletic trainers quickly brought out a cart. Moore’s frustration was evident. He slammed his hands so hard on the back of the cart that the sound could be heard throughout the stadium.<\/p>\n

Afterward, coach Kevin O’Connell called the injury “heartbreaking” and added: “It’s one of the most painful things for me as a head coach when I feel that emotion. I make a life out of trying to leave others better than I found them. In that situation, there is nothing I can do, which is the worst feeling as a coach. So you just consult with him and make sure that he knows he’s not going to be alone.”<\/p>\n

In other moves Tuesday, the Vikings waived linebacker Brian Asamoah II<\/a> and waived\/injured offensive lineman Zeke Correll<\/a>. Correll will revert to injured reserve if he clears waivers. Asamoah, a third-round pick by the Vikings in 2022, has appeared in 46 games over three seasons, registering 30 tackles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin SeifertAug 13, 2025, 06:10 AM CloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-63448","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\/63448","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=63448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}