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Vikings defense has come a long way since collapsing in wild affair vs. Ravens in 2013

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That game on Dec. 8, 2013, the most recent contest between the Vikings and Ravens, was the fifth that season in which the Vikings blew a lead in the final minute. It dropped the Vikings to 3-9-1, and no matter how turbulent the team’s quarterback situation had been that season, the defensive collapses effectively sealed Leslie Frazier’s fate as the Vikings’ head coach.
The Vikings hired Mike Zimmer on Jan. 15, 2014, in large part to fix a defense that had been the league’s worst the previous season, but had the 2013 Vikings simply been able to hold on to their late leads, they would have won the NFC North in a season where Aaron Rodgers missed seven games because of a broken left collarbone. It was the two-minute defense that needed the most immediate improvement, and after a bumpy start, Zimmer’s teams largely have cleaned it up.

http://www.startribune.com/vikings-defense-has-come-a-long-way-since-collapsing-in-wild-affair-against-the-ravens-in-2013/451920563/

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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DE
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(shudder)

How well I remember.

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