The Minnesota Vikings ' action-packed transaction day now includes a significant IR move. As it turns out, the Cam Akers signing will foreshadow an Aaron Jones trip off the active roster.

The Vikings are placing their starting running back on IR, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter . This could well precede an Akers trip back to Minnesota’s active roster. For the foreseeable future, though, it will be Jordan Mason operating as the Vikes’ starting RB.

Jones re-signed with the Vikings on a two-year, $20M deal — a raise from last year — after posting his fourth NFL 1,000-yard rushing season. The former fifth-round Green Bay Packers pick has been one of the league’s better backs since debuting in 2017, and he played a lead role in the Vikings’ 14-3 showing last year. Jones’ 1,546 scr

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