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[BuckBackHome]

Sources: Jefferson, Vikings agree to historic deal

The Vikings and Justin Jefferson have agreed on a four-year, $140 million extension that includes $110 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN. The deal makes him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history.

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Good call on Jefferson's part. Sign that extension and get the huge guarantee number before spin passes start coming his way.

 

[BigWoof31]

Big deal for JJ - zero excuses not to grow and develop that offense. Having one of the games ELITE playmakers extended for the long term puts all the pressure on him.

Interesting to see how much this pushes up Jamar Chase's number.

 

[cincibuck]

So in Seattle we keep seeing signs for “Ecological crews” on the side of the road.

when I figured out that meant “picking up trash” back East I about wrecked laughing so hard.

Light casualties, mixed ordnance, body counts, Vietnamization, pin-point accuracy...

 

[cincibuck]

One man

One man highlight film.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Ex-Vikings QB Kramer, 69, says he has dementia

Former NFL quarterback Tommy Kramer, who played 13 of his 14 seasons with the Vikings, on Wednesday announced that he's been diagnosed with dementia.

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Ex-Vikings QB Tommy Kramer says he has dementia​

Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer has been diagnosed with dementia, he announced on social media.

The 69-year-old Kramer, who played 13 of his 14 seasons in the NFL with the Vikings and made the Pro Bowl after leading the league in passer rating in 1986, posted on his X account Wednesday that he was formally diagnosed with the cognitive decline a little more than year ago at the Cleveland Clinic as part of a health and wellness program for former NFL players.

Kramer said he was inspired to share about his condition after the revelation Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre made Tuesday during a congressional hearing that he has Parkinson's disease.

Kramer said his doctors told him at his one-year checkup that the dementia hasn't advanced and that he has stopped consuming alcohol to better cope with it.

"Please, no sympathy," Kramer wrote. "I've lived a great life and wouldn't change a thing. Nobody wanted to win more than me and I never gave up, and that's exactly how I'm going to battle
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