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Justin Jefferson: ‘I want to be the best out of everyone’

It was Aug. 31, 10 days before the Vikings' opener against the Buccaneers at U.S. Bank Stadium, and a certain unanimous first-team All-Pro receiver with a catchy touchdown celebration sat down with the Star Tribune to discuss four topics for his fourth NFL season: an obsession with becoming the best ever, an unhurried patience before a likely historic payday, a connection with Kirk Cousins that's "come a long way," and what it takes to keep cocky cornerbacks from getting inside the head of a player who's become a face of the NFL. Here's what Justin Jefferson had to say.