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ORIGINAL: David Levine

EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have released the following statement regarding the four remaining scheduled home games of 2020:

After much consideration and discussion with U.S. Bank Stadium partners, the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis, we will no longer pursue hosting more than 250 fans for the remaining 2020 Vikings regular season home games.

While we have worked hard to develop a safe and responsible plan to bring back a limited number of fans, our decisions have been based on medical guidance with public health as the top priority. We take seriously Minnesota's rising COVID infection rates and increasing hospitalizations and believe closing the final four home games to fans is the right decision to help protect our community.

Players, coaches and staff have missed the energy and passion Vikings fans bring on game day and appreciate the unwavering remote support as we enter the second half of the 2020 season. We look forward to welcoming fans back next season and recreating the special environment we all enjoy at U.S. Bank Stadium. To be in a position to do that, we strongly encourage everyone in Minnesota to take the necessary precautions to minimize the spread of this virus by wearing face coverings, practicing proper social distancing and limiting social gatherings.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

More on Armon Watts. He may be a key to a solid finish to the season.

https://twitter.com/DanielHouseNFL/status/1326320564345004032?s=09

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

More on Armon Watts. He may be a key to a solid finish to the season.

https://twitter.com/DanielHouseNFL/status/1326320564345004032?s=09

something like this in 2021?

hunter - watts - pierce - wonnum

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

A little bit off topic here, but I thought this was interesting:

ESPN laid off Chris Cote, a producer on the Dan Le Batard show, last week. Dan announced on the show today that Chris will stick around and that Dan is paying his salary + a raise.

(Kevin Draper on Twitter)

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Le Batard

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Hunter had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck, so his decision to miss the season was the right move, despite how badly it hurts the team. While all signs point to Hunter being healthy enough to play in 2021, there is one huge dark cloud looming over his return: Reportedly, Hunter has told the team he wants to be paid like the best defensive end in the league. He’s currently well under that mark, sitting at 15th behind players like Dante Fowler Jr., Jurrell Casey and Melvin Ingram.

If those contract demands are true, the Vikings could find themselves in a major pickle. While Rob Brzezinski has repeatedly signed players to extensions with virtually no cap space, him pulling it off to appease Hunter seems like a long shot. If Hunter is genuinely upset about his contract, he could hold out. If it lingers into the season, it could be two years in a row that the team is without their star pass rusher.

Unsure where these rumors of Hunter wanting to be the highest paid DE. He just signed a contract a little ove a season ago and is now on the shelf.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Hunter had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck, so his decision to miss the season was the right move, despite how badly it hurts the team. While all signs point to Hunter being healthy enough to play in 2021, there is one huge dark cloud looming over his return: Reportedly, Hunter has told the team he wants to be paid like the best defensive end in the league. He’s currently well under that mark, sitting at 15th behind players like Dante Fowler Jr., Jurrell Casey and Melvin Ingram.

If those contract demands are true, the Vikings could find themselves in a major pickle. While Rob Brzezinski has repeatedly signed players to extensions with virtually no cap space, him pulling it off to appease Hunter seems like a long shot. If Hunter is genuinely upset about his contract, he could hold out. If it lingers into the season, it could be two years in a row that the team is without their star pass rusher.

Unsure where these rumors of Hunter wanting to be the highest paid DE. He just signed a contract a little ove a season ago and is now on the shelf.

We'll talk about that as soon as you pay us back this season's salary.

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Hunter had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck, so his decision to miss the season was the right move, despite how badly it hurts the team. While all signs point to Hunter being healthy enough to play in 2021, there is one huge dark cloud looming over his return: Reportedly, Hunter has told the team he wants to be paid like the best defensive end in the league. He’s currently well under that mark, sitting at 15th behind players like Dante Fowler Jr., Jurrell Casey and Melvin Ingram.

If those contract demands are true, the Vikings could find themselves in a major pickle. While Rob Brzezinski has repeatedly signed players to extensions with virtually no cap space, him pulling it off to appease Hunter seems like a long shot. If Hunter is genuinely upset about his contract, he could hold out. If it lingers into the season, it could be two years in a row that the team is without their star pass rusher.

Unsure where these rumors of Hunter wanting to be the highest paid DE. He just signed a contract a little ove a season ago and is now on the shelf.

We'll talk about that as soon as you pay us back this season's salary.

Why would he do that?

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Hunter had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck, so his decision to miss the season was the right move, despite how badly it hurts the team. While all signs point to Hunter being healthy enough to play in 2021, there is one huge dark cloud looming over his return: Reportedly, Hunter has told the team he wants to be paid like the best defensive end in the league. He’s currently well under that mark, sitting at 15th behind players like Dante Fowler Jr., Jurrell Casey and Melvin Ingram.

If those contract demands are true, the Vikings could find themselves in a major pickle. While Rob Brzezinski has repeatedly signed players to extensions with virtually no cap space, him pulling it off to appease Hunter seems like a long shot. If Hunter is genuinely upset about his contract, he could hold out. If it lingers into the season, it could be two years in a row that the team is without their star pass rusher.

Unsure where these rumors of Hunter wanting to be the highest paid DE. He just signed a contract a little ove a season ago and is now on the shelf.

We'll talk about that as soon as you pay us back this season's salary.

Why would he do that?

So that we will talk about making him one of the highest paid DEs

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Hunter had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck, so his decision to miss the season was the right move, despite how badly it hurts the team. While all signs point to Hunter being healthy enough to play in 2021, there is one huge dark cloud looming over his return: Reportedly, Hunter has told the team he wants to be paid like the best defensive end in the league. He’s currently well under that mark, sitting at 15th behind players like Dante Fowler Jr., Jurrell Casey and Melvin Ingram.

If those contract demands are true, the Vikings could find themselves in a major pickle. While Rob Brzezinski has repeatedly signed players to extensions with virtually no cap space, him pulling it off to appease Hunter seems like a long shot. If Hunter is genuinely upset about his contract, he could hold out. If it lingers into the season, it could be two years in a row that the team is without their star pass rusher.

Unsure where these rumors of Hunter wanting to be the highest paid DE. He just signed a contract a little ove a season ago and is now on the shelf.

We'll talk about that as soon as you pay us back this season's salary.

Why would he do that?

So that we will talk about making him one of the highest paid DEs

At the very least he needs to prove he's healthy and still one of the best DE's before he gets a raise.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Hunter had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck, so his decision to miss the season was the right move, despite how badly it hurts the team. While all signs point to Hunter being healthy enough to play in 2021, there is one huge dark cloud looming over his return: Reportedly, Hunter has told the team he wants to be paid like the best defensive end in the league. He’s currently well under that mark, sitting at 15th behind players like Dante Fowler Jr., Jurrell Casey and Melvin Ingram.

If those contract demands are true, the Vikings could find themselves in a major pickle. While Rob Brzezinski has repeatedly signed players to extensions with virtually no cap space, him pulling it off to appease Hunter seems like a long shot. If Hunter is genuinely upset about his contract, he could hold out. If it lingers into the season, it could be two years in a row that the team is without their star pass rusher.

Unsure where these rumors of Hunter wanting to be the highest paid DE. He just signed a contract a little ove a season ago and is now on the shelf.

We'll talk about that as soon as you pay us back this season's salary.

Why would he do that?

So that we will talk about making him one of the highest paid DEs

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Hunter had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck, so his decision to miss the season was the right move, despite how badly it hurts the team. While all signs point to Hunter being healthy enough to play in 2021, there is one huge dark cloud looming over his return: Reportedly, Hunter has told the team he wants to be paid like the best defensive end in the league. He’s currently well under that mark, sitting at 15th behind players like Dante Fowler Jr., Jurrell Casey and Melvin Ingram.

If those contract demands are true, the Vikings could find themselves in a major pickle. While Rob Brzezinski has repeatedly signed players to extensions with virtually no cap space, him pulling it off to appease Hunter seems like a long shot. If Hunter is genuinely upset about his contract, he could hold out. If it lingers into the season, it could be two years in a row that the team is without their star pass rusher.

Unsure where these rumors of Hunter wanting to be the highest paid DE. He just signed a contract a little ove a season ago and is now on the shelf.

We'll talk about that as soon as you pay us back this season's salary.

Why would he do that?

So that we will talk about making him one of the highest paid DEs

He's fully entitled to his pay for this year; there is no question about that.