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Minnesota's defense is turning heads and raising real questions about just how dominant this unit can be. Bill Barnwell is sizing up a Vikings squad that looks genuinely suffocating on that side of the ball, while also flagging some concern around Derrick Henry and Baltimore's struggling run game — two stories worth watching as the season tightens up.
Speaking of the Vikings, the power rankings are reflecting what everyone's already feeling — Buffalo and Minnesota are the teams to beat right now, and it's not particularly close. The forty niners, Patriots, and Packers are all sliding hard after Week seven, and the gap between the league's top tier and the rest is starting to feel significant heading into Week eight.
And shifting gears to Formula One, Red Bull's Laurent Mekies made a candid admission after the United States Grand Prix — Kimi Antonelli and Mercedes were simply faster than his car all weekend. Max Verstappen finished third, and with Antonelli on the verge of a championship that could be mathematically sealed before the next race even starts, the momentum in F-one has swung decisively toward the young Mercedes driver.
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