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• Illness keeps Stefon Diggs out of Tuesday’s practice

  07-01-2020 23:06
  
  The Vikings practiced without one of their starting wide receivers on Tuesday. According to multiple reports from the team’s facility, Stefon Diggs was not on the field during the open portion of the practice. Per those reports, an illness is the reason why Diggs was not participating. Tuesday’s session was a light one for the [more]
  
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• All The Kirk Cousins Haters Should ‘Shut Up,’ Says Inside The NFL’s Phil Simms

  07-01-2020 22:36
  
  (WCCO) — Kirk Cousins has a reputation for not rising up in the big moments, when the spotlight shines the brightest. It’s followed him from the Washington Redskins to the Minnesota Vikings, and through two regular seasons and multiple nationally broadcast games with his new team. Accurate or not, the reputation has stuck.
  Cousins led the Vikings to a 26-20 win over the New Orleans Saints in Sunday’s Wild Card matchup. In his 19-31, 242-yard performance, he honed in on Adam Thi
  
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• Browns’ Search For Coach Includes Vikings’ OC Kevin Stefanski

  07-01-2020 21:51
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns are the only team looking for a coach. That should make finding one a little easier.
  With the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants completing coaching hires on Tuesday, Cleveland’s job vacancy will be the last NFL opening filled. It’s still unclear how quickly that will happen.
  The Browns, who fired Freddie Kitchens after just one season, are in the second week of interviews and have scheduled meetings this week with Patriots offensive coordinator J
  
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• Jaquiski Tartt set for full participation at 49ers practice

  07-01-2020 20:47
  
  The 49ers may be getting a few defensive players back in the lineup against the Vikings this weekend and it looks like safety Jaquiski Tartt is going to be one of them. Tartt missed the final four games of the regular season with injured ribs, but there’s been optimism about his chances of playing in [more]
  
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• Dalvin Cook announces he’s “fine”

  07-01-2020 19:17
  
  Vikings running back Dalvin Cook missed the last two regular season games with what was described as a shoulder injury. But he said Tuesday there’s a difference between being injured and being sore at the end of a long year. “I’m fine, just to let y’all know,” Cook told reporters today. The fact he touched [more]
  
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• Mackensie Alexander to have arthroscopic knee surgery

  07-01-2020 18:40
  
  Vikings cornerback Mackensie Alexander wasn’t able to play in the team’s win over the Saints last Sunday and he won’t be playing in this weekend’s game against the 49ers either. Alexander went for further consultations with doctors about his knee injury this week and the diagnosis will result in a trip to the operating room [more]
  
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• Vikings sign former CFL cornerback Marcus Sayles to futures contract

  07-01-2020 08:21
  
  With the 2019 season for the Minnesota Vikings is not yet complete, the team is already planning for their 2020 campaign with a signing at a position of need. Via Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Vikings signed former CFL cornerback Marcus Sayles to a futures contract on Friday. Sayles tried to [more]
  
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• Clete Blakeman, Bill Vinovich, Walt Anderson, Shawn Hochuli head Divisional Round officiating crews

  07-01-2020 07:35
  
  The NFL announced the four head referees that will lead the officiating crews for this weekend’s Divisional Round playoff matchups. Walt Anderson will have the Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers matchup in the Saturday afternoon window with Bill Vinovich leading the Tennessee Titans at Baltimore Ravens Saturday night contest. Shawn Hochuli has the Houston [more]
  
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• Overtime rules still need to change

  07-01-2020 04:47
  
  After the Chiefs lost the AFC Championship in overtime, the Chiefs proposed a rule that would allow the team that kicks off to start the extra session a chance to match a first-possession touchdown. It wasn’t passed. It still needs to be, as evidenced by Sunday’s first-possession, walk-off touchdown from the Vikings in New Orleans. [more]
  
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• Skeptics Quieted By Vikings’ Playoff Win In New Orleans

  07-01-2020 02:46
  
  EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — In their boisterous locker room in New Orleans after the overtime victory, the Minnesota Vikings roared in celebration when coach Mike Zimmer gave the game ball to quarterback Kirk Cousins.
  “How does it feel to win a playoff game?” Zimmer asked Cousins with a question that needed no answer following the 26-20 decision that ousted the favored Saints.
  Cousins did his part to diffuse the skepticism about his inability to deliver a winning pe
  
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• Mike Zimmer isn’t complaining about short-week trip to California

  07-01-2020 02:27
  
  The Vikings’ reward for beating the 13-3 Saints in New Orleans on Sunday is a Saturday game in Santa Clara, against the 13-3 49ers. Hooray? Vikings coach Mike Zimmer realizes that it’s a difficult challenge. He’s not whining about it, however. “It is,” Zimmer told reporters when asked how tough the turnaround is, logistically. “I’m [more]
  
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