TL;DR - Kirk’s injury probably messes with Vikings momentum and they may be more cautious with Justin Jefferson’s return.

When Justin Jefferson was initially injured the Vikings had a bad record, and there was a lot of speculation that they wouldn’t rush JJ’s return this year due to it being a lost season. Over the past few weeks with Vikings stringing a few wins, their season seems to have gotten back on track and everyone assumed JJ would return right after IR stint is he is fully healthy.

With Kirk’s recent injury, not sure how the backups would do, but do you think it probably makes more sense for Vikings to protect their star WR and have him healthy for next year and work out a contract extension for him?