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Vikings DE Griffen (illness) inactive vs. Chiefs
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Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen, who leads the team with three sacks, is inactive with an illness for Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Vikings will have just three defensive ends — Brian Robison, Danielle Hunter and Scott Crichton — active for the Week 6 game.
Vikings wide receiver Charles Johnson also will miss his second consecutive game with a rib injury. Rookie Stefon Diggs will start at split end.
Chiefs linebacker Tamba Hali is active after being listed as questionable with a sore knee.
In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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