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• Here’s What The Vikings Need To Do To Make The Playoffs

  10-12-2019 17:21
  
  (WCCO)- Fourteen weeks into the regular season, and Mike Zimmer and the Minnesota Vikings are clinging to the final NFC playoff spot. The Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears are right behind them. With a 9-4 record and three games left before the end of the regular season, the Vikings have a 71% chance of making the postseason, according to FiveThirtyEight’s playoff projection model. ESPN’s Football Power Index is even more bullish, placing their chances at about 81%.
  While the odds s
  
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• NFC playoff picture: The 49ers get back on top

  10-12-2019 12:47
  
  There was no change to the six teams in playoff position in the NFC during Week 14, but there was a change to the way they stack up. The 49ers are back in the top seed by virtue of beating the Saints while the Seahawks stumbled to a loss in Los Angeles. The Packers beat [more]
  
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• ‘I Was In Shock’: Vikings Halftime Hot Air Balloon Disaster Recounted 50 Years Later

  10-12-2019 05:16
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In his downtown Minneapolis law office, attorney Rick Snyder recalls a big event as a little boy.“I was in shock,” Snyder said.
  Looking back all these many years, one clearly sees that there are special moments in everyone’s life that often define us.
  “Seeing the ground drop away from underneath me, I’d never been in a balloon that high before,” Snyder said.The defining moment came at the old Metropolitan Stadium on Dec. 14, 1969.&ld
  
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• ‘I’m A Tough Person’: Dalvin Cook Helps Get The Vikings Back On Track Despite Injury

  10-12-2019 00:46
  
  EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Despite a lingering injury to his collarbone area that forced him out of Minnesota’s previous game, Dalvin Cook never hesitated when asked if he’d be able to play against Detroit.
  The soft-spoken, hard-running tailback followed through on his promise, helping the Vikings recover from a costly loss in the NFC race with a stress-free 20-7 victory over the Lions on Sunday. Without Cook’s productivity and durability this season, it would be difficult to en
  
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