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Emotional Cam Robinson gets first game ball in KOC's locker room speech

Robinson stepped in an immediately made an impact with the Vikings.
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Vikings left tackle Cam Robinson gets a game ball in the locker room after the win over the Colts.
Vikings left tackle Cam Robinson gets a game ball in the locker room after the win over the Colts. | Minnesota Vikings on X

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On Sunday night, just three days after his first practice as a member of the Vikings, Cam Robinson went out and played a solid game at left tackle in Minnesota's much-needed win over the Colts. He committed one penalty and was charged with four pressures allowed, but he earned an above-average PFF grade (66.1) across 73 offensive snaps.

As is always the case after a Vikings win, Kevin O'Connell handed out some game balls during his speech in the locker room. The first one went to Robinson, who appeared to get a bit emotional while embracing O'Connell and being cheered on by his new teammates.

"For anybody who's ever played played left tackle in the NFL, it's one of things, when you can go out and block the man across from you, you can wear purple, you can wear teal, you can wear white, you can wear red, you can wear whatever you want," O'Connell said. "But you show up on a Wednesday, have a couple days of work and go out and play like that, welcome to the Minnesota Vikings Cam Robinson!"

It was a pretty cool moment for the former Jacksonville Jaguar, who was acquired in a trade last Tuesday. It had to feel nice for Robinson to feel appreciated in the Vikings' culture, to be on a winning team, and to have some immediate success in a victory.

Another game ball went to Justin Jefferson, who continued his remarkable consistency this year with a season-high 137 yards. And to Jordan Addison, who O'Connell said the Vikings "gotta keep feeding." And to Josh Oliver, T.J. Hockenson in his return to action, Byron Murphy Jr., and Harrison Smith. It was a total team effort for the Vikings in their bounce-back primetime win.

O'Connell never misses with his energy level in these postgame victory speeches.

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Will Ragatz
WILL RAGATZ

Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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