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This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Minnesota VikingsOverall: 50 Title track: 74 Ownership: 41 Coaching: 12 Players: 35 Fan relations: 60 Affordability: 83 Stadium experience: 24 Bang for the buck: 35 Change from last year: +36A 36-spot jump in these rankings is no small feat, but even more impressive: a 71-spot jump in stadium experience (the Vikings trailed only the Packers in the NFL in votes on a great stadium). And thanks to an 11-5 2015 record and a playoff berth, the Vikes saw a 45-spot increase in bang for the buck. All things considered, the Vikings are on their way up -- in these standings and, perhaps, the NFC North.Whats goodLast year, Mike Zimmer became the first coach in NFL history to lead a team to a division title while playing in a temporary stadium. The Vikings response? Giving Zimmer, originally on contract through 2017, an extension that adds a reported two years to his deal. Vikings fans, too, showed their love: Zimmer jumped 15 spots in these rankings, all the way to 15th overall. Fans have swooned over Zimmers blunt, candid style, and under his leadership the Vikings jumped from 32nd to fifth in points against. The Vikings bowed out of the playoffs after one round last season, and if Zimmer patches together another playoff team after injuries to running back Adrian Peterson, left tackle Matt Kalil and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, he may make believers out of the few remaining holdouts.Whats badNew stadiums are expensive, and as many teams have, the Vikings asked fans to shoulder a large chunk of the cost. Ticket prices remain around the NFL average, at $85, but its one of just two areas in these rankings in which fans placed the Vikings in the bottom half. The team did roll out a personal seat license program to cover $125 million of U.S. Bank Stadiums $1.1 billion cost, but the prices of concessions (though the Vikings still have the NFLs cheapest hot dog, at $3.00) and many of the stadiums better seats have jumped.Whats newFor perhaps the first time in their history (unless you accept the theory that the Metrodome was cutting-edge for a few years in the early 1980s), the Vikings have a state-of-the-art stadium to call their own. Thats no small feat to Minnesota fans, who bumped up the teams Stadium Experience an astonishing 71 spots. U.S. Bank Stadium opened with some logistical hiccups, but offers striking views of downtown Minneapolis and plenty of natural light through the clear roof on the stadiums south side. 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Weatherspoon ruptured his right Achilles tendon in a 48-33 win Sunday over Carolina.The 32-year-old Hawk had 24 tackles with Cincinnati in 2015, his only season with the Bengals.Atlanta rookie starting outside linebacker DeVondre Campbell missed the Carolina game with an ankle injury while backup Pauul Worrilow was held out with a groin injury.dddddddddddd Rookie starter Deion Jones left the game with a calf injury.Former starter Paul Worrilow also was held out against Carolina with a groin injury.The Falcons also released linebacker OBrien Schofield, waived linebacker Davis Tull off the practice squad and signed punter Michael Palardy to the practice squad.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '