The Minnesota Vikings have placed guard Nick Easton on injured reserve with a neck injury that required surgery and has likely ended his season.
The Vikings filled Easton’s roster spot by signing guard Kaleb Johnson.
Easton started 12 games at left guard last year. He had a procedure done last week to repair a bulging disk in his neck.
The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Johnson has joined his sixth NFL team. Undrafted out of Rutgers in 2015, Johnson has not appeared in a regular-season game.
