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Vikings' announcer curse is so ridiculous it feels scripted by the NFL itself

Heading into Sunday's Week 3 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Minnesota Vikings not only have to attempt to get the best of the opposing offense and defense, but they have to go head-to-head with a wild curse that has resulted in a bunch of losses for more than a decade.

What curse is that you ask? Well, that would be the curse of Jim Nantz. That's right, for whatever reason, whenever Nantz enters the building to do the play-by-play for a game broadcast on CBS, the Vikings typically put together their worst performance of the season, and he'll be calling the action on Sunday inside U.