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• Dalvin Cook will play Sunday against the Lions

  06-12-2019 21:46
  
  Vikings running back Dalvin Cook will play Sunday as the team did not give him a designation. Cook left Monday night’s game after taking a shot to the chest against the Seahawks. He played 24 of the 54 snaps. “I don’t think this thing can get any worse,” Cook said earlier this week, via Courtney [more]
  
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• Matthew Stafford still out for Lions

  06-12-2019 21:09
  
  Matthew Stafford‘s back injury is going to keep him out for a fifth straight game. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions quarterback is out again for Sunday’s game against the Vikings, as is defensive end Da'shawn Hand. Stafford said this week the injury was  nothing that would hamper him in 2020, [more]
  
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• Adam Thielen doubtful for Sunday

  06-12-2019 19:47
  
  Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen is set to miss another game on Sunday. Thielen is officially doubtful on the Vikings’ injury report for Sunday’s game against the Lions. That’s no surprise: Thielen hasn’t been practicing while he rests his injured hamstring, and the Vikings are highly likely to beat the Lions whether Thielen is available [more]
  
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• Lions’ Rest Advantage Could Make Sunday’s Game Vs. Vikings Closer, Says SportsLine’s Larry Hartstein

  06-12-2019 19:19
  
  (WCCO)- The Minnesota Vikings have to be frustrated. After Monday night’s 37-30 loss to the Seahawks, the team sits at 8-4 on the year, with three of those four losses coming by one score or less.
  Each time that they have had a chance to make a statement this year, they have come up agonizingly short. Against the Packers in Week 2, they fell behind 21-0 and lost 21-16. Against the Chiefs, they got the ball back with the game tied 23-23 and four minutes to go and promptly went three-and-out
  
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• Still no Adam Thielen at Vikings practice

  06-12-2019 18:25
  
  Vikings coach Mike Zimmer mentioned the possibility that Adam Thielen‘s hamstring might be better today. (Narrator voice: It was not better today.) Via Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Vikings wide receiver is not practicing today. That makes it likely that he’s going to miss his fourth straight game because of the [more]
  
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• N.F.L. Week 14 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread

  06-12-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs look for revenge against the Patriots, the Saints host the 49ers, and the Ravens and Seahawks try to stay hot on what should be a chaotic Sunday.
  
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• Mike Zimmer: “No sense to push it” with Adam Thielen’s hamstring

  06-12-2019 12:51
  
  The Vikings know they need Adam Thielen, and there’s a general sense that he’s getting closer to being well. But the lack of concrete timeline makes it a difficult topic for them to discuss. Via Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said the wide receiver hasn’t suffered a setback with [more]
  
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