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Vikings LB Blake Cashman has found his home in NFL's most dominant defense

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Vikings LB Blake Cashman has found his home in NFL's most dominant defense — Savage Schools news

Blake Cashman faked a blitz at the line before dropping a couple of yards into coverage for the Minnesota Vikings and darting to his right and lunging to break up a third-and-short throw, forcing the Indianapolis Colts to punt.Cashman nearly picked off the first down pass by Daniel Jones on that drive, too, setting the tone for a remarkably productive afternoon by the eighth-year veteran linebacker who has been the heartbeat of the most dominant defense in the NFL this season. Cashman had 12 tackles, a career-high two sacks for a loss of 25 yards, three quarterback hits and four passes defensed in the 16-10 victory last week, the first player in the league to hit those thresholds for sacks and passes defensed since 2005.But Cashman, who's in his third year with his home-state team, quickly identified the room for improvement when he reviewed video of that game, another sign of how driven this Vikings defense is toward overall excellence.The Colts ran double slant routes on the left sid

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