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Ben Goessling
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@StarTribune Vikings beat guy, @KFAN1003 contributor, AV track/Augsburg CC ass't, husband, girl dad, sinner saved by grace. BSky/Threads/IG: @bengoessling
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    Ben Goessling
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    Sep 6, 2025
    I spent the summer learning about the QB development industry: the private coaches and elite camps that produces many of the country's top prospects. It's a complex, costly path to the NFL. But for the ones with the skills and drive to do it — like J.J. McCarthy — it can help
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    Ben Goessling
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    Sep 11, 2025
    J.J. McCarthy won’t be at #Vikings practice today; his fiancée Katya Kuropas went into labor, so he’s with her as she delivers the couple’s baby boy.
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    Ben Goessling
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    Nov 14, 2023
    Kirk Cousins, in a walking boot a couple weeks after his Achilles surgery, is serving Thanksgiving meals with Vikings teammates at the Salvation Army in St. Paul tonight.
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    Ben Goessling
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    Jan 30, 2019
    We’ve done it
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    Ben Goessling
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    Nov 1, 2020
    The first game in Vikings history for which Sid Hartman is not alive is today at Lambeau Field. Nice touch by the Packers to memorialize Sid in the press box.
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    Ben Goessling
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    May 7, 2024
    Watching a Minnesota team do this is like an out of body experience.
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    Ben Goessling
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    Jun 10, 2020
    Several players mentioned a heartfelt message from Mike Zimmer on a team-wide Zoom call. Ameer Abdullah: "He said, 'I don't understand, and maybe I haven't given this as much attention, but I love every single one of you guys and I'll fight for you like you're my sons."
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    Ben Goessling
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    Sep 11, 2025
    Justin Jefferson took responsibility for J.J. McCarthy’s interception on Monday night, saying he needed to take two more steps before breaking on the route. “J.J. wasn't ready for me to be out that soon. That's why the ball was thrown inside of me, where it needed to be outside.
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    Ben Goessling
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    Oct 6, 2024
    Vikings touchdown leaders this season: Justin Jefferson 4 Jalen Nailor 3 Andrew Van Ginkel 2
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    Ben Goessling
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    Aug 28, 2025
    New #Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz: “You walk down the halls, and see [pictures of] all the guys you grew up cheering for. It’s definitely cool to be back.”
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    Ben Goessling
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    Sep 12, 2025
    Kevin O’Connell said before J.J. McCarthy left for the hospital yesterday, he gave him some pointers on what to say in the car. “And, more importantly,” the father of four said, “what not to say.”
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    Ben Goessling
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    Apr 24, 2020
    Justin Jefferson on @SiriusXMNFL after the pick: " “That’s just something that I have to prove going to Minnesota -- that I can be that inside and outside receiver. Minnesota, I’m ready for you guys, and let’s go win that Super Bowl.”
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    Ben Goessling
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    Sep 9, 2025
    With the #Vikings down 17-6 in the third quarter, J.J. McCarthy said to teammates in the huddle, “Where would you rather be?” McCarthy said he’d never said that to teammates before. “It juiced us up,” Justin Jefferson said. “He never gave up. That was the big thing about it.”
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    Ben Goessling
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    Oct 22, 2019
    Mike Zimmer on the challenges of players preparing for a Thursday game: "I've asked a couple of them if they're tired or they're sore. They said, 'Maybe a little,' and I said, 'No one cares.' That's basically the extent of that conversation."