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Tight ends accepting their (blocking) role

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Kyle Rudolph and MyCole Pruitt were expected to be more involved in the Minnesota Vikings passing game, but duty calls to help out with blocking these days.

Coming into the start of the 2015 season, tight end Kyle Rudolph was one of the players highlighted on the Minnesota Vikings roster. He missed a lot of the previous season recovering from a sports hernia and it was believed that he would be able to have a big season in offensive coordinator Norv Turner’s scheme with his health renewed. However, because of injuries to the offensive line he has had to take on more of a blocking role than originally expected.