Inspired by ESPN’s The Last Dance, I decided to look back at the best season of the decade for the Minnesota Vikings in long form, from training camp to the Minneapolis Miracle to the impact the ‘17 season had on the future.
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In the second episode of our five-part series, associated press reporter Dave Campbell joins to talk about the first four weeks of the 2017 season. Sam Bradford and Dalvin Cook explode in Week 1 against the New Orleans Saints but Bradford suffers a non-contact injury that would essentially end his season. Case Keenum’s debut is rocky but he bounces back and then Dalvin Cook goes down, giving us the feel of another long year of bad breaks.
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PODCAST: Behind the Vikings miracle 2017 season: Part 2, Bradford goes off