National Football League

Vikes to play Winfield more, with injury improving

Published Jan. 13, 2010 8:15 p.m. ET

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The Minnesota Vikings plan to move cornerback Antoine Winfield back to the outside for parts of their playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Winfield's right foot injury prompted the Vikings to reduce his role in the regular season finale against the New York Giants. He was replaced in the lineup by Benny Sapp and took the slot position in the nickel defense package for that game.

Coach Brad Childress said Wednesday that Winfield ``seems to be pretty comfortable,'' three months after he first got hurt.

Winfield missed 6 1/2 games, returning for the last four. He aggravated the injury in his first game back and then played at less than full speed. Childress declined to elaborate on which matchups would dictate his positioning against the Cowboys.