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Albert Breer

Justin Jefferson Explains His Milestone Day Against the Patriots

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It’s always interesting seeing where a player will take a conversation on reaching individual milestones. Justin Jefferson, just 23 years old, has already had some practice doing it.

So when I raised the record with the Vikings’ receiver about breaking the best three-year start in NFL history—he’s now at 4,248 yards, which bests the mark of 4,163 by Vikings legend Randy Moss, and he still has six games left in his third season—Jefferson wasn’t at any loss for words. And he didn’t hesitate to push things over to the guys he was surrounded by in a victorious Minnesota locker room, as we talked Thursday night.

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