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Special Teams Hurts Vikings; Lose Shootout.

 
On Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings took to Soldier Field in Chicago,Illinois the mood was pretty upbeat and Vikings fans had reason to be. At (3-3) and narrowly sneaking out a victory*(and with help from officials) against the Detroit Lions and winning two straight in a row, the Vikings were looking for win number four to take a possible share of first place with the Green Bay Packers. The Vikings started off well on their first series against a injury plagued defense who was with out star defensive players Nathan Vasher and Charles Tillman. Bernard Berrian and the WR company were feeling good about the advantage they now had or so thought. Of course ex-Bear Berrnard Berrian was excited to come back to Chicago and face his old team. The Chicago Bears let him go because of money constraints this last offseason. But even with Berrian on the Vikings offense they couldn't stop the accuracy of Kyle Orton, bt it didn't start ot all bad. On their first series the Vikings marched down the field in ... (link)

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