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As you may recall, five NFL players were slapped with respective four-game suspensions late last season -- though they never served them while their legal claims were being heard in court. Friday, a federal judge dismissed the claims of the players -- Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Vikings, Charles Grant and Will Smith of the Saints, and unsigned Deuce McAllister. Those five players -- well, four if McAllister doesn't sign somewhere -- will be forced to sit out the first quarter of the season for their respective teams.
This is a big blow to both the Saints and Vikings, but it's especially big for the Vikes. They look to be in a very competitive division with the Packers and Bears. Losing the Williams boys from the middle is a significant blow to their dominant run defense -- which was the best in the NFL last season, largely because of these two men clogging the middle.
They don't have a tough early schedule (opening with the Browns, Lions and Niners), but if they are tripped up in one or two of those three games and then lose in Week 4 to the Packers, they'll be off to a disappointing start for a team with such high aspirations.
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