Cordarrelle Patterson is interested in re-joining the Vikings

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Former Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Cordarrelle Patterson is interested in returning to his old team for the 2021 season.

Last season, the Minnesota Vikings special teams really could not have been much worse. Just about every part of the unit had a performance to forget in 2020.

The Vikings missed way too many kicks, it felt like they couldn’t return a punt or a kickoff for more than five yards, and their return coverage decided to forget how to tackle during some very inconvenient moments.

Minnesota has already taken some steps to improve the unit, including firing special teams coach Marwan Maalouf and releasing kicker Dan…