The small patch of grass between the feet of Sharrif Floyd and Linval Joseph is about all that separates the Vikings defensive tackles.
They line up shoulder by shoulder and hip by hip, teaming up on the interior of the defensive line.
When Floyd and Joseph step off the field, they are brothers — not blood related, but they may as well be.
At 26 years old, Joseph already owns a Super Bowl ring. He came to Minnesota from the New York Giants.