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Gather ‘Round The Gjallarhorn, It’s A Vikings Thanksgiving

By Anthony Brousseau

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — What a year, Vikings fans.

After a division win and hard-fought playoff loss last year and promising preseason, the Vikings had plenty to be thankful for this summer.

Since Aug. 31, though, the Vikings have had a string of bad luck. That was the day franchise quarterback Teddy Bridgewater lost his season, and potentially more, to a devastating non-contact knee injury during practice.

On Sept. 18, in a victory against the rival Green Bay Packers in the first ever regular season game at U.S. Bank Stadium, Adrian Peterson tore his meniscus.