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After an off day Saturday, the Vikings return to TCO Performance Center on Sunday for a situational practice designed to push the players closer to a game situation.
"It's not a scrimmage," coach Mike Zimmer said. "But we're going to [simulate] the last 10 minutes of the fourth quarter."
The Vikings won't risk injury to front-line veteran players. Some of the younger players trying to prove themselves will be given more contact.
Best wishes to Rivera
Zimmer opened Friday's videoconference by sending the team's "wishes and prayers" out to Washington coach Ron Rivera, who has been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma.
"He's been a good guy, known him for quite a while," Zimmer said. "I hope he pulls through this thing and stays healthy like the rest of us."
The Washington team says the cancer is in an early stage and is considered "very treatable and curable."
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