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Best to keep your head on a swivel when Bengals come to town A lousy Cincinnati Bengals team will face one of the NFL's best success stories. Which means that one or two cheap shots from a cheap team could ruin the Vikings' season. The NFL is a thresher of humans. Sunday, when the nastiest team in a nasty league visits U.S. Bank Stadium, “survive and advance” will adopt new meaning.
In recent weeks, the Normalized Felony League has featured one of its greatest players, Rob Gronkowski, smashing a prone opponent in the head well after the whistle, causing a concussion.
And Houston quarterback Tom Savage taking a blow to the head, twitching in what appeared to be convulsions, then returning to the field.
And a Washington Post report about former star running back Larry Johnson, who says he believes he is suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and feels suicidal.
And a game between the Bengals and Steelers that offered everything but bloody folding chairs.
And the continued winnowing of stars, as Philadelphia’s Carson Wentz was lost for the season, joining a list of injured players almost as impressive as the list of healthy ones.
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