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There are a mix of happenings in Minnesota's avian community worth checking out this month (and weeks to come). Whether it’s guys like Eric Kendricks, or Ameer Abdullah, Ant Harris, Anthony Barr, those guys have been very passionate about this, and it’s really educated the rest of us in the locker room, because me, myself as a white male, I’ve never had to deal with that kind of stuff, but now I can empathize with them because we’ve had those hard discussions.“I’ve sat with them in countless meetings, and I hear their stories and the problems they’ve had.

Eric Kendricks was unnamed on Pro Football Focus' 2020 top-50 players list after the Vikings linebacker was ranked No. Eric Kendricks isn't the kind of linebacker that is going to pick up double-digit sacks. Madden NFL 20 ratings for Eric Kendricks of the Minnesota Vikings. “They can get a little lonely in there, so it’s important for us to check in with them.”As he has chosen to speak out more often, Kendricks has been part of a group that tight end Kyle Rudolph said has helped enlighten its white teammates.“I’m really proud of Eric,” Rudolph said Wednesday. 4:12.

Get sports alerts, This Week in Sports and highlights of Minnesota's pro teams, the Gophers and outdoors coverage. Sarina Wiegman will leave her role as manager of the Netherlands' women's team after next year's Olympic Games to take charge of England as the replacement for Phil Neville. ­ Wild defenseman Matt Dumba “I love it,” Kendricks said. “Obviously, football is important, but these are our lives and it’s for the betterment of our country.”Speaking hours before Wednesday’s vote, Kendricks called for cities to take a more holistic approach to their relationships with the Black community, drawing on his own work with the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center and the All Square Institute — a south Minneapolis restaurant that offers jobs to former prison inmates — as part of the Vikings’ social justice committee.While saying, “obviously, having a police force is needed in certain areas,” he added that communities needed to shift some of their resources and “start getting at the root of all these problems” by investing in their youth.“I feel like every year, we see police budgets go up and we see the school system budgets go down,” he said. People can’t afford bail, they stay in jail, they come out and they’re on probation, they can’t get a job, they have no place to live, and it’s just a cycle.“We’ve got to start breaking these cycles, we’ve got to start rehabilitating the people who get in trouble versus just locking them in prison and forgetting about them, because it creates a further gap, it creates lack of education.

Eric Kendricks ranks among LBs in 2019: – 88.4 coverage grade (2nd) – 82.9 run defense grade (4th) In 2019, Kendricks recorded 110 total tackles (70 solo, 40 assisted), two fumbles recovered, two fumbles forced, and 12 passes defended. NFL and PFF player stats for Minnesota Vikings LB Eric Kendricks on Pro Football Focus. “I’m also really proud of our organization as a whole. That just creates the gap further and further.