The Vikings and Justin Jefferson are taking steps to avoid reinjuring the hamstring he tore last season, including having him sit out practices.
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"I'm so scared for it to happen again that I've been overly cautious about it," Jefferson said,"just trying to take care of my body in the right way, just trying to find new things that I can implement in my day-to-day life that can better help me throughout the season. I've definitely been working on my hamstrings a little bit more, making sure that I'm injury-proof.
Like most teams, the Vikings track exertion data during practices and use it to gauge whether a player is nearing the physical stress levels that can contribute to an injury. There is no evidence that Jefferson has so much as tweaked the hamstring or encountered any other health issues this summer, and coachJefferson learned"a lot about his body" during last season's ordeal, O'Connell said, and the Vikings are trying to avoid pushing him into the danger zone this summer.
"We want to make sure his training camp progression is the right kind of progression coming off a first time for him having the type of injury he had. "It's more a matter of the dialogue that he has with and myself and making sure that our plan for him as we progress forward through the month of August has him, in his prime, optimal, physical football shape and ready to roll while also still tactically getting him prepared.
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