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Vikings’ Peterson: Beckham suspension too harsh

With two games to play, Martin is only 9 yards behind Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson for the National Football League rushing lead with 1,314 yards. He also owns seven TD receptions, producing more than 20 yards, which in return is tied for second in the league.

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Without Odell Beckham Jr. the Giants (6-8) will be tasked with defeating the Vikings (9-5) if they are to have any chance of keeping their playoffs alive.


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“If you make one mistake up front, he’s really good at finding it”, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo said. A Seattle win and an Atlanta loss earlier on Sunday can secure a postseason berth for Minnesota before it even steps on the field.2.


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NY could especially use Beckham with its playoff hopes dwindling. “We didn’t play anybody”, Zimmer said. “I’ve talked about it and thought about it, I know that if we did something different other than play our best football, I’m too much of a competitor in each game that I wouldn’t want to fight”.

“We got to go forward”.

GAME PLAN: Normally, the Vikings need to just pound the ball with Adrian Peterson and stop the run to set up their creative third-down blitz packages.

“I had the opportunity to reach out to the young guy, Odell, and tell him, ‘Hey, just learn from it and just keep your head up, ‘” Peterson said. The Giants defense is giving up an average of 308 passing yards per game, which is nearly 30 yards more than the next worse pass defense in the league. Cam Newton threw five TDs last Sunday and NY hasn’t picked off a pass in the last four weeks as opponents have a 105.8 passer rating in that span.

Peterson saw less action in the second half last week, but this was likely a precaution to prevent further injury from occurring. The over/under for this game is 45.5 total points. New York, which has been eliminated from the wild-card chase, can clinch the NFC East title by winning both of its remaining games and having Washington lose its final two.3.

That means safety Harrison Smith, linebacker Anthony Barr and defensive tackle Linval Joseph are also are expected to return Sunday night. Giants coach Tom Coughlin was asked during a conference call with Twin Cities media whether there was anything more he could have done to help the situation on Sunday. They’ve each essentially missed the last three games and Joseph played four seasons with the Giants and won a Super Bowl with them. Here’s a look at what to expect with our Sunday night football predictions for the Giants vs. Vikings game.

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He has not played in a regular-season game to date, but Singleton does boast rather impressive testing scores, according to Doug Kyed of NESN, which include a 4.65-second 40-yard dash, a 7.13-second three-cone, a 31-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot broad jump.

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is stopped by Chicago Bears linebacker John Timu and outside linebacker Sam Acho during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday Dec. 20 2015 in Minneapolis