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Minnesota's talented receivers among the players to watch in Packers-Vikings game

Nov. 19—1. Passing Vikings: While Minnesota running back Dalvin Cook probably went in the top five of your fantasy draft at the start of the season, and rightfully so, Minnesota's passing attack has been the most effective facet of the offense.

Second-year receiver Justin Jefferson is blossoming into one of the league's best. He's coming off his best game of the season, a nine-catch, 143-yard performance against the Chargers. Neither of his previous two games against the Packers was anything special, but those were a matter of circumstance more than anything else: These teams played in Week 1 last year, Jefferson's first-ever NFL game, and Cook steamrolled the Packers in the second meeting, rendering Jefferson's services unneeded.