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• Vikings add a kicker to practice squad

  08-09-2020 19:49
  
  The Vikings filled in their practice squad Tuesday, adding another kicker for insurance. The team announced the additions of kicker Chase McLaughlin, linebacker Hardy Nickerson, and defensive tackle Albert Huggins. McLaughlin was actually with them on the practice squad the first week of last season as well, before making his way to three teams (Chargers, [more]
  
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• Minnesota Vikings Detail How $1 Million Will Be Spent On Social Justice

  08-09-2020 16:54
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings announced Tuesday that the team is investing nearly $1 million in social justice efforts focusing on voter registration, criminal justice and law enforcement reform, and the teaching of Black history.
  The money is just part of a $5 million pledge the Wilf family, which owns the Vikings, made earlier this year following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The team’s social justice committee determines where the financial resources will
  
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• Mike Zimmer on only having two safeties: The roster is flexible

  08-09-2020 12:56
  
  NFL teams released their first depth charts of the year on Monday and the Vikings didn’t have to spend much time thinking about how to list their safeties. Anthony Harris and Harrison Smith are both returning starters and the only safeties on the team’s 53-man roster. Smith called it “kind of funny” to see the [more]
  
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• Lions center “freaking out” about adding his idol Adrian Peterson

  08-09-2020 12:03
  
  One of Adrian Peterson‘s new Lions teammates admits to the running back being his boyhood idol. Which, is kind of just another way to say he’s old. Either way, 24-year Lions center Frank Ragnow grew up in Minnesota, so he had a great view of the 35-year-old Peterson’s glory years with the Vikings. Now, he’s [more]
  
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• Vikings Choose Rookie Dan Chisena For Speed On Special Teams

  08-09-2020 02:37
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dan Chisena was the only undrafted rookie the Minnesota Vikings kept on their initial active roster for the regular season.
  The former Penn State track star was simply too fast to let slip away.
  The Vikings have six other wide receivers in front of Chisena on their depth chart, so he’s unlikely to see much if any time with the offense this year. There’s no guarantee how long he’ll stay with the team, either, particularly in this pandemic-altered season.
  
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