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Notebook: Five big plays sink Vikings

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Despite the odds stacked against the Vikings, they might have won the game if any of five big plays had gone the other way.

The Minnesota Vikings suffered a 23-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals Thursday night, but as close as the game was, the injury-depleted Vikings did the two things you can’t do and expect to win a football game – give up big plays and turn the ball over. In a game that the Vikings could have won, there were five critical mistakes that made the difference in winning and losing and changing the.