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(Gambling911.com Sports Wire) - The Minnesota Vikings have lost one of their better offensive players.
Right tackle Phil Loadholt has what is believed to be a torn Achilles tendon on his left foot suffered in Saturday night’s win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
"We think it's a torn Achilles. It's not 100 percent sure yet, but we're pretty sure," Zimmer said. "It's disappointing for Phil, because he worked so hard and because he's a great person,"
A second-round pick in 2009, Loadholt, 29, missed the final five games in 2014 because of a torn pectoral muscle. He was credited for helping Adrian Peterson amass 2097 yards in 2012.
Loadholt was undergoing an MRI on Sunday (August 16). A timetable for his likely absence was not immediately known.
The Vikings were heavily favored to win 8 or more regular season games in 2015.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
