2 years agoMinnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell said on Monday that nothing has happened to alter the original timetable on tight end Irv Smith Jr. (thumb) returning for Week 1 against the Green Bay Packers. "If anything, I feel as confident as ever that we'll have him," O'Connell said. Fantasy managers will have a better idea of Smith's status for this Sunday when the team issues their first injury report on Wednesday. The 24-year-old should be active, though, and he's primed for a big year as the team's top pass-catching tight end after he missed all of 2021 due to injury. Smith is a solid backup tight end in fantasy, and he'll likely have TE1 streaming intrigue in the right matchups in 2022 in what should be a pass-happy Vikings offense.--Keith Hernandez - RotoBaller
Source: ESPN.com - Kevin Seifert