NFL Trade Deadline: Vikings Bring Back Kirk Cousins
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Today is the NFL trade deadline. This is the last day teams can trade players.
The Minnesota Vikings made a big trade. They got quarterback Kirk Cousins from Las Vegas. Cousins played for the Vikings before. Now he is back.
A quarterback is a very important player. He throws the ball and leads the team.
Other teams also made trades. The San Francisco 49ers got a wide receiver named Keenan Allen. A wide receiver catches the ball.
The Buffalo Bills got a safety named Amani Hooker. A safety plays defense. He stops the other team from scoring.
Not all trades worked. A deal between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Philadelphia Eagles did not happen. This is called a collapsed deal.
The deadline was at 4pm ET. After that time, no more trades can happen this year.
Fans and reporters watched all day. They wanted to see which players would move to new teams.
Vocabulary15 words
- trade deadline
- the last day teams can swap players
- quarterback
- a main player who throws the ball
- wide receiver
- a player who catches the ball
- safety
- a defense player who stops scoring
- collapsed deal
- a trade that did not happen
- reunite
- to be together again
- blockbuster
- a very big and exciting deal
- defense
- the team that stops the other side scoring
- fallout
- what happens after a big event
- cutoff
- the final time or limit
- league
- a group of sports teams
- roster
- the list of players on a team
- deal
- an agreement between two sides
- update
- new information about something
- live
- happening right now
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1. Minnesota Vikings 2. To throw the ball and lead the team 3. No
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Today is the NFL _____. This is the last day teams can trade players.
The Minnesota Vikings made a big trade. They got _____ Kirk Cousins from Las Vegas.
Cousins played for the Vikings _____. Now he is back.
A quarterback is a very _____ player.
The San Francisco 49ers got a _____ named Keenan Allen.
The Buffalo Bills got a _____ named Amani Hooker.
A deal between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Philadelphia Eagles did not happen. This is called a _____.
The deadline was at _____ ET.
Fans and reporters watched all _____.
They wanted to see which players would move to new _____.
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