{"id":406797,"date":"2026-09-22T02:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406797\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T02:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:31:21","slug":"kyler-murray-clears-concussion-protocol-and-will-start-for-vikings-against-tampa-bay-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406797\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyler Murray clears concussion protocol and will start for Vikings against Tampa Bay Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dakich and Carton Are DONE with Aaron Rodgers\u2019 Antics | Don’t @ Me w\/ Dan Dakich<\/a> <\/p>\n

Carton: “Most veteran quarterbacks say \u2018with my own performance, I. You know, I need to be better. I’m supposed to be the leader of this team.\u2019 That’s what most leaders do, right? No, not our Rogers. He said I need to do a better job, as you just said, then of pointing out to Mike McCarthy how bad a job he’s doing when he calls.”<\/p>\n

Kyler Murray<\/a> is back for the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n

Coach Kevin O’Connell announced Monday afternoon that the quarterback has cleared the NFL concussion protocol and will start on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n

Murray missed Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears<\/a> because he was knocked out of the Week 1 game against the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

KYLER MURRAY KNOCKED OUT OF VIKINGS DEBUT AFTER FOREARM TO THE HELMET AND BLOW TO NECK BY TWO PACKERS<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Kyler <\/p>\n

Quarterback Kyler Murray of the Minnesota Vikings sets up to throw a pass during a preseason game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 15, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The hit was ugly, and although Murray walked to the locker room and seemed totally responsive in the hours afterward, he was placed in the NFL concussion protocol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Murray, who won the starting job in training camp against J.J. McCarthy, was thus subjected to testing by independent physicians to determine his status.<\/p>\n

And while that happened, Carson Wentz<\/a> directed a comeback win against the Packers and then a victory over the Bears on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Javon <\/p>\n

Javon Bullard of the Green Bay Packers reacts after tackling Kyler Murray of the Minnesota Vikings during the first quarter on Sept. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

MINNESOTA VIKINGS SURPRISINGLY DEMOTE FORMER FIRST-ROUND PICK JJ MCCARTHY TO THIRD STRING<\/a><\/p>\n

The Vikings lead the NFC North with a 2-0 record.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s victory was not exactly an offensive explosion, which might explain why O’Connell didn’t hesitate in handing the starting job back to Murray.<\/p>\n

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Wentz completed 11 of 20 passes for a modest 143 without a touchdown or interception in the 9-3 victory over the Bears.<\/p>\n

\"Kevin <\/p>\n

Minnesota Viking head coach Kevin O’Connell interacts with Carson Wentz (11) on the sideline during the first half of a game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Brooke Sutton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The time Wentz played in his place was not wasted by Murray, according to O’Connell.<\/p>\n

VIKINGS QUARTERBACK BATTLE MEETS EXPECTED END AS KYLER MURRAY BEATS OUT JJ MCCARTHY FOR STARTING JOB<\/a><\/p>\n

“I think the starting point is he’s just watched Carson really function in a way that there wasn’t, Carson wasn’t, you know, doing crazy things,” O’Connell said. “He was just protecting the football, making good decisions, making some big-time throws when he could, and running the show.<\/p>\n

“And and I think [Murray] saw some plays get made. I think he saw our team play totally connected and complimentary of all of the other two phases and what that can do for the Minnesota Vikings on a Sunday.”<\/p>\n

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Armando Salguero is OutKick’s Senior NFL Writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dakich and Carton Are DONE with Aaron Rodgers\u2019 Antics | Don’t @ Me w\/ Dan Dakich Carton: “Most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4640,161620,77966,12216,119,105742,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-406797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-betting","tag-carson-wentz","tag-kyler-murray","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfl","tag-outkick-sports","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}