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Vikings midseason report: Offensive line hitting its stride with Cleveland aboard

The Vikings are halfway through their 2020 schedule at 3-5. Every day leading up to Monday night’s game in Chicago, we’ll break down how each position has fared so far.

Roster

Starters: LT Riley Reiff; LG Dakota Dozier; C Garrett Bradbury; RG Ezra Cleveland, RT Brian O’Neill.

Notable backups: T Rashod Hill, G Dru Samia, T Oli Udoh, Brett Jones (practice squad)

IR: G Pat Elflein

Preseason expectations

The sense of improvement in Year 1 of line coach Rick Dennison’s zone-based scheme was tempered some by the line’s ineptness in the ugly playoff beatdown in San Francisco.