Ragnar No Longer Vikings Mascot After Contract Dispute
When the Vikings hosted the Detroit Lions on Sunday in their home opener, Ragnar was nowhere to be found.
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When the Vikings hosted the Detroit Lions on Sunday in their home opener, Ragnar was nowhere to be found.
The Detroit Lions played great last week, but couldn't keep it going for the entire game. In week two, the Minnesota Vikings just dominated from the start and the Lions really had no answer for Adrian Peterson whatsoever.
The Viking's Peterson had 192 total yards and the Minnesota Vikings rebounded for a 26-16 victory Sunday over the Detroit Lions.
The Detroit Lions don't really need all the help they can get because they showed last week that they can handle their own, but they simply need to play a solid 60 minutes. This week against the Minnesota Vikings, they have a few key injuries that could slow them down a bit.
"There were times we had Marvin Harrison at Indy where he might have only caught a couple balls in game, but obviously at the end of the season, he was a huge impact on what we did as well. It goes that way sometimes."
The Detroit Lions are hoping week two ends much differently than week one did for them, and that's with a win. LaAdrian Waddle is merely hoping that he will be able to play this week, but Everson Griffin thinks it will be a victory no matter what.
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Teddy Bridgewater air-mailed his tight end. He missed open receivers streaking down the field. He even checked down on a Hail Mary.
The Detroit Lions had a week one victory in their grasp, but somehow let it just escape them and in a huge way. The Minnesota Vikings may not have had a great season last year, but they're ready for the 2015 season and the biggest difference is...Adrian Peterson is back.
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William J. Brock fatally shot the driver after wrongly assuming she was in on a plot to get $12,000 in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said.
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved Thursday a three-year extension of subsidies for the Affordable Care Act.
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