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(NOTE: Would you like to be alerted when I post new content? Sign up here to get one — and only one, I promise — email delivered to your inbox.) Teams that eschew flashy moves at pro sports trade deadlines sometimes offer up some version of what Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday, a day before the NFL’s deadline for moves: The Vikings, who played their best all-around game of the season in defeating Detroit on Sunday, were also as healthy as they have been in a while. Those returning players “finally getting the chance to get out there with their teammates and play with the original intent of kind of what we hoped,” as O’Connell said, was an infusion of talent equal to making deadline moves. It’s a well-worn trope, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. O’Connell’s comments foreshadowed what turned out to be an extremely boring Tuesday when the Vikings made no moves. That was a wise decision on multiple fronts, as I talked about on Wednesday’s Daily Delivery podcast. Let’s examine a few reasons why I feel that way at the outset of today’s 10 things to know:
