OAKLAND, Calif. -- As an autumn wind whipped across the visitors' sidelines at O.co Coliseum on Sunday afternoon, and an unlikely division leader's fifth consecutive win loomed, three Minnesota Vikings at different stages of their football lives converged to lament what might have been. The triumphant trio -- Terence Newman, a cornerback who launched his NFL career before the dawn of Facebook; Teddy Bridgewater, a second-year quarterback on a quiet path to stardom; and Adrian Peterson, a rejuvenated
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