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Causes for concern, not panic with Vikings

September 16, 2015 at 12:54AM
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The Vikings' 20-3 loss to the 49ers did for at least one game bring a whole bunch of question marks to the forefront. In short, everything that a reasonable person could be worried about going into the game — the offensive line, Blair Walsh, the run defense, the evolution of Teddy Bridgewater and a potentially rusty Adrian Peterson — proved to be legitimate concerns for at least one game.

But again, it was just one game. The Twins looked like they were going to be historically bad this season after the first week, but things do have a funny way of working themselves out.

name game ESPN's Rece Davis is changing the spelling of his first name to Reese as part of a peanut butter cup sponsorship, per usatoday.com.

early success Opposing hitters are batting .125 against Twins P Tyler Duffey in their first plate appearance in a game. Third time through? .447.

FILE - This is a 2015, file photo showing Tyler Duffey of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. Twins pitcher Tyler Duffey wasn't entirely prepared when he got called up to the major leagues for the first time. The right-hander, who opened the season at Double-A, didn't have his passport with him when the Twins promoted him from Triple-A Rochester and picked him to start against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Early Sunday morning, Duffey's father flew from Houston to Rochester
FILE - This is a 2015, file photo showing Tyler Duffey of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. Twins pitcher Tyler Duffey wasn't entirely prepared when he got called up to the major leagues for the first time. The right-hander, who opened the season at Double-A, didn't have his passport with him when the Twins promoted him from Triple-A Rochester and picked him to start against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Early Sunday morning, Duffey's father flew from Houston to Rochester with both their passports. From there, father and son made the 170-mile drive across the border to Toronto. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) ORG XMIT: NY162 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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