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he Minnesota Vikings just showed the NFL they can win ugly and away from home by besting the New York Jets in London last week, but the game also exposed a potential weakness in Minnesota’s armor.

That weakness involves the run game, particularly absent starter Aaron Jones who suffered a hip injury that knocked him out of the Week 5 contest early and has left his status questionable moving forward. The ding to Jones couldn’t have come at a better time, as the Vikings enter their bye week and have 14 days to rest the 30-year-old running back before they take the field against the Detroit Lions on October 20.

Backup Ty Chandler has been better than perhaps most expected since he started getting work in place of Alexander Mattison late last season. However, Chandler stumbled against a good Jets defense last Sunday, accumulating just 30 yards on 14 carries.

The subsequent chatter from pundits around the league where Minnesota is concerned has turned toward potential options at running back the team can acquire ahead of the November 5 trade deadline. Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports suggested on Tuesday, October 8, that the Vikings pursue third-year player Dameon Pierce of the Houston Texans.

“Aaron Jones has been an electric upgrade in the Vikings’ backfield, but he’s nursing a hip injury and has missed extensive time before,” Benjamin wrote. “Pierce would offer bigger-body depth alongside Ty Chandler.”