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Key for Vikings is addressing RB, MLB

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, July 7, 2006

Since 1992, the NFL has averaged almost 2.1 "rebound" franchises -- teams that qualified for the playoffs one season, missed them the next, but returned the year after. And in six of those 14 seasons, including three of the last four, there have been three such teams. So the odds seem pretty good that the Atlanta Falcons, who advanced to the NFC title game in 2004, then dropped six of their last eight games in 2005 to finish at 8-8, won't be the league's lone rebound contender this season: H ...

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