Two Football Lifers Became Outcasts. With the Vikings, They’re Revered.

EAGAN, Minn. — The embrace was emphatic, a ground-shaking symbol of the Minnesota Vikings’ unlikely emergence as a Super Bowl contender. Late last month, just inside the visitors’ locker room at Lumen Field, two brash, muscular, headstrong men wrapped up each other in the wake of the Vikings’ 27-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, provoking knowing smiles from witnesses conscious of their budding bromance. A feel-good moment featuring Brian Flores and Ryan Grigson might not be on the bingo cards of most NFL fans, let alone either man’s former coworkers. Yet seeing Flores, once a Boston College linebacker, and Grigson, an ex-Purdue offensive tackle, lock arms while flashing massive

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