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• Legendary Vikings Linebacker Matt Blair Dies At 70

  22-10-2020 23:25
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Vikings fans are mourning a legend. Matt Blair died Thursday at the age of 70.
  The Vikings drafted him out of Iowa State in 1974 and he played all 12 of his NFL seasons in Minnesota.
  Blair played linebacker and had more than 1,400 career tackles, the second-most in team history.
  He is one of only about two-dozen players in the Vikings Ring of Honor.
  
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• Former Vikings linebacker Matt Blair dies at 70

  22-10-2020 22:19
  
  Former Vikings linebacker Matt Blair died Thursday, the team announced. He was 70. “A player of unmatched skill on the field, Matt’s generosity and spirit in the community was equally unique,” the Vikings said in a statement. “Always willing to help a teammate or support a worthy cause, Matt’s life was vibrant. He brought joy [more]
  
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• As teams fade from contention, COVID-19 concerns will grow

  22-10-2020 18:58
  
  Through six weeks of the season, 10 teams have one win or fewer. While some of those teams are destined to win more games when they play each other (two of the one-win franchises square off tonight), multiple teams could soon be slipping out of contention, even with seven teams per conference in the postseason [more]
  
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• Vikings put George Iloka on injured reserve

  22-10-2020 18:54
  
  It’s been a busy Thursday for the Vikings and their roster shuffling continued with a move involving veteran safety George Iloka. The team announced that Iloka has been placed on injured reserve. The team did not specify what injury led to the move, but Andrew Krammer of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports he tore his [more]
  
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• Rick Spielman: No one thinks the season’s over

  22-10-2020 18:42
  
  The Vikings traded defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Ravens on Thursday in a move that netted them a third-round pick a couple of months after they traded a second-rounder to the Jaguars for the pass rusher’s services. Ngakoue’s departure was followed by the news that defensive end Danielle Hunter will not return this season [more]
  
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• Danielle Hunter done for the year

  22-10-2020 18:20
  
  Before the season began, Vikings fans thought the team’s pass rush would have both Danielle Hunter and Yannick Ngakoue. Currently and for the rest of the year, the Vikings will have neither. On the same day the Vikings traded Ngakoue to the Ravens, news has emerged that Hunter will have season-ending surgery. According to NFL Media, [more]
  
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• After 6 Games, Vikings Trade DE Yannick Ngakoue To Baltimore Ravens

  22-10-2020 17:26
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After just six games, the Minnesota Vikings have traded defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens.
  The team announced the move Thursday morning.
  That… didn’t last long. https://t.co/svSFKGpVag
  — Norman Seawright III, M.S.(@SeawrightSays) October 22, 2020The Vikings did not say which draft choices they received. However, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that his sources say the team got a 2021 third-round pick and a 2022 conditional fift
  
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• Eric DeCosta: We’re not done building this team

  22-10-2020 17:24
  
  The Ravens added a big piece to their defense when they traded for Calais Campbell this offseason and they added another one on Thursday by trading for one of Campbell’s former teammates in Jacksonville. Defensive end Yannick Ngakoue didn’t come directly from the Jaguars as he was traded to the Vikings before the start of [more]
  
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• Yannick Ngakoue on the move again, from Vikings to Ravens

  22-10-2020 16:59
  
  Just before the start of the season, the Vikings thought they might be one big-time pass rusher away from Super Bowl contention, and so they acquired Yannick Ngakoue from the Jaguars. It didn’t work out. Now Ngakoue is on the move again, being traded from the Vikings to the Ravens. The Ravens are sending a [more]
  
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