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Yannick Ngakoue arrives just in time to save Vikings' season

No pressure, Yannick Ngakoue. Now that you’ve moved your life to Minnesota, found a place to live, learned how to avoid our maskless fools, introduced yourself to teammates, learned where to park at U.S. Bank Stadium and contemplated the true, insidious meaning of “Minnesota Nice,’’ all we will ask you to do is to save a football season.

It’s all on you.

Well, OK, it’s not all on you. NFL games can be decided by a foolish decision by the last guy on the roster. But if we were going to identify the most pivotal non-quarterback in Sunday’s Vikings game at Indianapolis, it might be Ngakoue, the lone blue-chip defensive lineman on what used to be the most important position group on the roster.