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Vikings plan to send Kleinsasser out 'the right way'

Coach Leslie Frazier says there’s a plan in place Sunday to honor tight end Jim Kleinsasser, who is retiring after 13 years with the Vikings. Frazier says if Minnesota is on the Bears’ one-yard-line, Chicago will have to figure out how to stop No. 40.
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Coach Leslie Frazier says there’s a plan in place Sunday to honor tight end Jim Kleinsasser, who is retiring after 13 years with the Vikings. Frazier says if Minnesota is on the Bears’ one-yard-line, Chicago will have to figure out how to stop No. 40.

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