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Dan Wiederer began covering the Vikings in 2011, enthusiastically delivering insight on the team across the Star Tribune's print and digital products. Prior to joining the Access Vikings team, he spent seven seasons covering ACC basketball at The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. He also covered the Chicago Bears in 2003 and 2004. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
Well, we're back in the Metrodome. Players already are warming up for tonight's game against the Cowboys, and some guy is screaming the national anthem.
I have to admit, it looks a lot better with the new roof. And by a lot better, I mean a lot less dumpy than before. I'd give the lighter, brighter roof a B-plus in terms of temporary fixes for stadiums that need to be replaced.
We'll be updating the blog some later on, but I thought I'd take a quiet-before-the-storm moment to throw out a quote from owner Zygi Wilf in this month's Twin Cities Business magazine. Wilf recommited his intentions to keep the team in Minnesota despite having only a year left on the least at the Metrodome and no agreement on building a new stadium.
Asked if a move to Los Angeles is a possibility if the team's plan to build a new stadium in Arden Hills doesn't materialize, Wilf said, "Los Angeles is not on my radar. There's nothing, there's no deadline for me to tell them anything."
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