EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings had returned from a road trip, and their long-time equipment manager Dennis Ryan was bustling as usual in the back of the locker room preparing the team's gear for the next practices and game.
He pored over a clipboard, check-marking the piece of paper listing players and numbers to log the arrival of each white jersey used by the Vikings the day before.
"To make sure that we got 'em back," Ryan explained.
No, the charter airline didn't lose the luggage. This, rather, has become a weekly ritual for Ryan and his peers around the NFL.