One thing I learned hanging around Vikings coaches is that a big question they wanted to answer this offseason was how they were going to replace the retiring Jim Kleinsasser after 13 years of performing as one of the best, if not the best, blocking tight end in the NFL. Sure you have a number of super stars on the roster in Jared Allen, Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin, to name three. But talk to Vikings tight ends coach Jimmie Johnson, and he says that Kleinsasser will be almost impossible to replace. The running game is going to miss Kleinsasser without a doubt, so it will be up to newcomer John Carlson and second-year player Kyle Rudolph to come close to doing all the little things...
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