NFL Week 5 Early Games Open Thread We’re almost ready to kick off Week 5 in the National Football League http://www.thevikingsfootballauthentic.com/andrew-sendejo-jersey-au... , ladies and gentlemen. As we know, the Minnesota Vikings won’t kick off their game until the later portion of Sunday afternoon’s slate, which means that we’ll have plenty of time to take in a lot of NFL action leading up to kickoff.As you’ve probably guessed, I’m going to be tuning into the Red Zone Channel to track all of the action for the early slate. If you don’t have the Red Zone Channel, check out the broadcast maps from 506 Sports to see which games are being shown in your area.The NFC North action is going to be limited today, as the Chicago Bears are on their bye week, and the other two NFC North teams will be fighting each other, as the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions will be doing battle at Ford Field.The biggest game of the early slate comes to us from the AFC side, as the Jacksonville Jaguars take their outstanding defense to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Kansas City Chiefs Youth Mike Hughes Jersey , the AFC’s last undefeated squad.Here is the full list of early Week 5 action.CBS gamesTennessee Titans at Buffalo Bills - Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta - DirecTV Ch 705Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals - Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon - DirecTV Ch 706Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns - Andrew Catalon, James Lofton - DirecTV Ch 707Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs - Jim Nantz, Tony Romo - DirecTV Ch 708Denver Broncos at New York Jets - Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts - DirecTV Ch 709FOX gamesNew York Giants at Carolina Panthers - Kenny Albert, Charles Davis - DirecTV 710Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions - Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman - DirecTV Ch 711Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers - Chris Myers, Daryl Johnston - DirecTV Ch 712Enjoy the early NFL action Womens Danielle Hunter Jersey , ladies and gentlemen, and we’ll have the Open Thread for the first quarter of our game up and ready to go at approximately 2:30 PM Central time.Dalvin Cook, Trae Waynes miss Wednesday practice On Wednesday, the Minnesota Vikings resumed practicing in preparation for their game on Sunday in Philadelphia. A couple of pretty significant players found themselves on the sideline during Wednesday’s festivities.Running back Dalvin Cook and running back Trae Waynes sat out of Wednesday’s practice. Cook is still nursing the hamstring injury that he suffered in Week 2 and left him on a “pitch count” against the Rams last Thursday, while Waynes is apparently dealing with the effects of a concussion suffered during that loss in Los Angeles.Waynes will have to pass the concussion protocol in order to get back onto the field by Sunday, but it still remains to be seen whether or not Cook will be able to take the field against what is, right now, the best run defense in the NFL. The Vikings’ rush offense is currently the NFL’s worst, so any spark that Cook could potentially provide would be welcomed.Several Vikings were limited participants in Wednesday’s practice Womens Dalvin Cook Jersey , including defensive tackle Linval Joseph (shoulder), defensive end Tashawn Bower (ankle), and punt returner Marcus Sherels (ribs). Sherels has missed the last two games for the Vikings, with rookie Mike Hughes handling punt returns in his absence.We will be keeping an eye on all of the Vikings’ injuries, especially those to Waynes and Cook, leading up to the final injury reports being released on Friday. However, it hasn’t gotten off to a good start for either of those two players this week.