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• Vikings’ Mark Fields Endured Punctured Lung From Opponent’s Cleat

  02-11-2020 22:47
  
  (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings beat the NFC North-leading Green Bay Packers Sunday. But the 28-22 win came at a cost to their defensive secondary, with three injuries just among the cornerbacks.
  Mark Fields endured the strangest among them. It was a punctured his lung from the shoe of the receiver he was tackling. The injury occurred late in the third quarter, when Fields brought down Packers receiver Equanimeous St. Brown after a 12-yard catch from Aaron Rodgers. It was just his second ga
  
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• NFL suspends Javon Wims two games

  02-11-2020 21:37
  
  Bears wide receiver Javon Wims has been suspended for the next two games for sucker punching Saints cornerback Chauncey Gardner-Johnson on Sunday. The NFL announced the suspension, which was issued by V.P. of Football Operations Jon Runyan, less than 24 hours after the Sunday afternoon incident. The suspension will force Wims to miss the Bears’ [more]
  
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• Kenny Golladay is expected to miss at least a week with hip injury

  02-11-2020 19:58
  
  Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay was limited to 18 snaps in Sunday’s loss to the Colts because of a hip injury and it looks like it will keep him out of action a while longer. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Golladay is expected to miss the team’s Week 9 game in Minnesota as [more]
  
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• AJ Dillon is Packers player who tested positive

  02-11-2020 17:33
  
  Monday morning brought word of a Packers player testing positive for COVID-19 and that player was identified a short time later. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that rookie running back AJ Dillon is the player. Dillon was active for Sunday’s game against the Vikings. He played 10 offensive snaps and seven special teams snaps. [more]
  
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• One Packers player tests positive for COVID-19

  02-11-2020 17:22
  
  A Packers player has tested positive for COVID-19. The Packers will have team meetings remotely today after the positive test, according to multiple reports. There’s been no information on the identity of the player or whether he played in yesterday’s loss to the Vikings. The Packers play at San Francisco on Thursday night, so they [more]
  
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• Aaron Rodgers suggests league office influenced key PI non-call

  02-11-2020 17:10
  
  The NFL has had few officiating controversies this year, relative to other years. One happened on Sunday, when the officials called pass interference against the Vikings on a key fourth-down play and then the officials picked up the flag. The video clearly suggested that interference happened, and that the call should have remained interference on [more]
  
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• Aaron Rodgers sensed lack of energy on Sunday

  02-11-2020 16:39
  
  The Vikings upset the Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday, giving Green Bay only its second home loss of the Matt LaFleur era. After the game ended, quarterback Aaron Rodgers tried to pinpoint the reason(s) for the team’s second loss of the season — and its second in three games. “I don’t think we overlooked [more]
  
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• Report: Mark Fields punctures lung on receiver’s cleat, remains in Green Bay

  02-11-2020 01:58
  
  Vikings cornerback Mark Fields II punctured a lung during Sunday’s victory over Green Bay, Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press reports. Tomasson received a text message from Fields’ father, who said the injury likely keeps his son sidelined a few weeks. “The wide receiver’s shoes punctured Mark’s lung,” the elder Fields wrote to Tomasson in [more]
  
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• Cameron Dantzler traveling home with Vikings after hospital visit

  02-11-2020 00:44
  
  Vikings cornerback Cameron Dantzler was released from the hospital and is traveling home with the team. That was good news for the Vikings, who pulled off the 28-22 upset of the Packers. “Cam is doing better,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said, via Eric Smith of the team website. “He went to the hospital and was [more]
  
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• What We Learned From Week 8 of the N.F.L. Season

  02-11-2020 00:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Dalvin Cook shredded the Packers, the Steelers stayed undefeated and Joe Burrow and the Bengals shocked Tennessee.
  
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