Injuries are a very unfortunate part of the NFL, and few players understand these injury risks as well as former Vikings receiver Bisi Johnson. The receiver has had multiple seasons marred by injuries throughout his career, but he’s working to get back on the field this season.
The Houston Texans are scheduled to win 6.5 games in 2023, an over-under formulated by sportsbooks in rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud’s first season. And if one former Minnesota Viking plays his cards right, he may be catching passes in September from Stroud — Bisi Johnson.
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The Minnesota Vikings wide receiver room was always going to be one of the best units in the National Football League this season. That’s what happens when Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen headline a group.
The Vikings didn’t just lose the first two games. They also couldn’t pull off a victory against the Denver Broncos in the third and final preseason game.
For the second consecutive year, Olabisi Johnson has suffered a season-ending knee injury. The Vikings wideout tore his ACL, as confirmed (on Twitter) by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The injury occurred during Minnesota’s preseason finale and affects the other knee than the one which caused him to miss the 2021 campaign.
Ian Rapoport reports that the Vikings’ fears of WR Olabisi Johnson suffering a torn ACL in the preseason finale on Saturday came true when it was confirmed via an MRI, ending his 2022 season.
What is important to remember about Johnson is that he missed all of 2021 with a torn ACL that he suffered in training camp.
To this point in his NFL career, Olabisi Johnson has really drawn the short end of the stick. After being selected in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft, Johnson had to work his tail off to earn a roster spot.
In 2021, University of Miami alumnus K.J. Osborn stepped up as the Minnesota Vikings WR3, a position on the team not maximized since the days of Jarius Wright.
Drafted in the seventh round back in 2019 by the Minnesota Vikings, Olabisi Johnson enjoyed his start to life in the National Football League, encountering a debut season well over the expectation of a seventh-round pick.
Minnesota has suffered a blow to its receiving corps
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