Pat Elflein opens Vikings camp on PUP list

Posted by Josh Alper on July 25, 2018, 11:36 AM EDT
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Vikings center Pat Elflein isn’t quite ready to practice.

The Vikings announced on Wednesday that Elflein has been placed on the physically unable to perform list. Elflein broke his ankle during the NFC Championship Game in January and did not participate in the team’s offseason program as he recovered from surgery.

Elflein is eligible to begin practicing whenever the Vikings deem him ready and activate him from the PUP list.

Elflein was a third-round pick in 2017 and jumped right into the starting lineup for the NFC North champs. He missed two games in the final stretch of the season with a shoulder injury, but otherwise was part of a much improved offensive line in Minnesota during his rookie year.

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22 responses to “Pat Elflein opens Vikings camp on PUP list”

  2. This guy is a stud. Get healthy Pat and let’s make sure you are ready to roll come opening day.

  7. They are just saving him for the regular season. If the Vikings were smart, they wouldn’t play Cook either. But if the Vikings were smart, they would have never signed Cousins so that’s the other side of the coin.

  9. ARod(in his collarbone) says:
    July 25, 2018 at 12:24 pm
    He will be fine. Dudes a steal in the 3rd round.

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    A guy making fun of an injured QB telling the world that a dude that got a shoulder injury AND broke his ankle will be fine is the epitome of hypocrisy.

    Love it. Keep up the delusions, Vikes fans! We laugh so hard at you with literally every new comment!

  11. chillyball says:

    July 25, 2018 at 12:46 pm

    Oh, MN Vikings…you are in for such a disappointing shock this year.

    9-7

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    lol Why? They improved at QB, anyone who thinks Case Keenum is better is basing it off of one good year, and several bad ones. They improved at Defensive Tackle, They still have a top 5 defense, the defense has been in the top 5 last 3 years. One bad loss doesn’t take that away. They still have Theilan and Diggs. Unless there is a total rush of injuries to the offensive line like 2016, or very key injuries (which can happen to any team) They should win at least 10 games. I don’t expect 13 wins again, some regression may happen, but this team is way too talented for 9-7 or lower.

  12. filthymcnasty3 says:

    There is going to be a lot of empty chairs in that position room.

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    Bandwagon fan. Disappears when his beloved Packers are losing, which means he’ll be disappearing again once the season starts. As for Elflein and the Vikes, Minnesota beat the Packers and won the division with a sub-par O-line and little offensive firepower. Man for man the Vikings are better.

  14. tokyosandblaster says:
    July 25, 2018 at 12:56 pm
    ARod(in his collarbone) says:
    July 25, 2018 at 12:24 pm
    He will be fine. Dudes a steal in the 3rd round.

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    A guy making fun of an injured QB telling the world that a dude that got a shoulder injury AND broke his ankle will be fine is the epitome of hypocrisy.

    Love it. Keep up the delusions, Vikes fans! We laugh so hard at you with literally every new comment!

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    You won’t be laughing come week 2, its gonna take more than Main Man 1 2 to beat this defense. If anything Vikes are laughing at Packers fans that are thinking they have the division won just because A A Ron is back. Talk about delusional….wth

  15. farewellfaircruelty says:

    July 25, 2018 at 12:58 pm

    Does it really matter? They’re completely irrelevant in the championship discussion even with him.

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    A 13-3 team who went to the NFC Championship is irrelevant? Or better yet, a team that hasn’t gone below .500, and has boasted a top 5 Defense for the past 3 years is irrelevant? Give me a break.

  16. Elflein is promising but is hardly a stud. He allowed a fair amount of pressure for the 22nd ranked offensive line (by PFF), which is the weakest link on the Vikings as a unit, and their best performing lineman, Joe Berger, is retired. Easton isn’t good, Rieff played worse for the Vikings than he did with the Lions, and now their leader, Sparano, is gone. If the Vikings are going to have problems, they’ll begin here.

  17. fake booth saying Berger was the Vikings best lineman last year. Laughable Fake, he was over powered with bull rushes for the last 3 years. Captain obvious with offensive line being the biggest question mark on the Vikings team. They have had several articles here talking about that same thing all spring. It is like saying your packer defense is the biggest question mark on their team.

  18. Remmers, Reiff, and Easton all graded out lower than Berger. Elflein gave up more pressures than Berger in less snaps. The consensus was that Berger was still their best linemen when he retired. Who do you think was their best? And bless your heart, you still think I’m a Packer fan.

  19. Actually, I’ll always be laughing at you.

    Until your team actually comes through and actually wins it all, like you kids say they’re going to do every year.

  20. Fake – PFF also rated Anthony Harris as the best db for the Vikings a few years back too.Better than Harry and Xavier, I don’t need a website to tell me who is good. That same year Harris cost the Vikings a game in Chicago when Cutler threw a punt into the end zone and Harris couldn’t make a play cost the Vikings a TD . You obviously didn’t watch many Vikings games if you say Berger was the best lineman.

  21. PFF had Harrison Smith ranked as the 22nd best player in the league in 2015 and the best DB on the Vikings followed by Munnerlyn and Rhodes.

    Newman, Smith and Rhodes were the highest graded Viking DB’s in 2016.

    Smith was the highest graded safety on the Vikings (and the league) in 2017 and Rhodes was the highest graded CB. I would rely on PFF rather than fmc651. Most would probably feel the same way.

  22. Also, it was a throw on a rope to Jeffery in that game in 2016 and it was Trae Waynes on the coverage the TD. However, Cutler did loft a ball to Jeffery over Xavier Rhodes earlier on the drive.

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