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Jared Allen's goal is to dodge NFL draft

When your COVID-19 era to-do list has dwindled to making sure your normally hyperactive teenager doesn't sleep 23 hours a day, you improvise.

You maybe, I don't know, talk to Jared Allen. See how the four-time NFL All-Pro defensive lineman, who calf-roped 136 quarterbacks in his potential Hall of Fame career, is doing down in Nashville chasing after daughters Brinley Noelle, 8, and Lakelyn, 5.

"Just hanging out at the house doing home-schooling and all that good stuff," the former Vikings star said. "We have a pretty big yard. When it's not raining, we get out there and hang out.