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MINNEAPOLIS -- After waiting most of the season for defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd to return from a knee injury, the Minnesota Vikings?decided to move on Monday.The Vikings placed Floyd on injured reserve, ending the former first-round picks season after he played in only one game this year. Floyd, who has struggled with knee injuries throughout his time in Minnesota, had a Sept. 22 operation on his right knee, but the Vikings didnt think at the time that Floyd would be out all season.Theyd kept the 25-year-old on their active roster until Monday, when they brought Toby Johnson up from their practice squad.We kept hanging around and hanging around, and it was just, we may need the roster spot at some point, said coach Mike Zimmer, who added that Floyd had not had another surgery after the Sept. 22 operation.Now the Vikings will have to decide what kind of a future Floyd has in Minnesota.The 23rd overall pick in the 2013 draft has been a productive player when hes been on the field, but injuries have often been part of Floyds story in Minnesota. After the 2014 season, when Floyd missed two games and was limited in two others because of knee issues, Zimmer said Floyd had to understand its a big mans game. Floyd missed three games a year ago, when he had an operation to remove cartilage from his left knee during the season, and didnt play after the Vikings Sept. 11 season opener in 2016.The Vikings picked up Floyds fifth-year option in May, but assuming his issues arent significant enough to trigger the options guarantee against injury for the 2017 season, the Vikings could cut him without penalty by the start of the league year in March. Floyds option would pay him $6.757 million if the Vikings kept him on the roster next year.Asked whether hed been able to fully assess Floyds work, Zimmer said, Yeah, I think I can assess him. I dont really want to assess him to the media. Ill assess him to [general manager] Rick [Spielman] when we sit down and talk. Nike Vapormax 97 Metallic Gold . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. 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Juventus says Pirlo underwent tests on Monday which revealed he has "a second-degree lesion to the collateral medial ligament in his right knee. WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Scott Dixon was in a league of his own at Watkins Glen International. Its sort of becoming old hat.Fastest in every practice and fastest in qualifying, Dixon won the IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen with a dominant drive Sunday in his No. 9 Chevy for Chip Ganassi Racing, leading all but 10 of the 60 laps around the 11-turn, 3.37-mile natural terrain layout.It didnt make up for his crushing eighth-place finish at Toronto in June, a race he led for 56 laps after starting from pole and lost because of pit strategy. It still felt awfully good, nonetheless.I wish it would happen a lot more often. These are weekends you dont forget, Dixon said after his 40th victory overall moved him alone into fourth place on the career list. You just think of problems or strategy not going your way. We got amazing fuel mileage.The New Zealander won for the second time this season and fourth time at The Glen to tie NASCARs Jeff Gordon for second place in track history behind Tony Stewarts five. Josef Newgarden was second, followed by Helio Castroneves, Conor Daly and Sebastien Bourdais.Simon Pagenaud finished seventh and increased his lead over Will Power to 43 points in the standings with one race remaining in the season. Pagenaud had to back off to save fuel in the closing laps and lost two spots on the track.Power crashed just past the midpoint of the race and finished 20th. He was not permitted to return because of concussion symptoms. Pagenaud said afterward that Power, who missed the first race of the season because of concussion symptoms, was OK. The two Penske drivers are the only ones still in contention for the title.It was the first IndyCar race at The Glen since Power won from the pole in 2010.When the series returned to the historic road course in upstate New Yorks wine country in 2005, Dixon won the first three races, his victory that first year snapping a 40-race winless streak.Dixon won the pole Saturday with a speed of over 147 mph in a record-shattering time that eclipsed the previous record by nearly six seconds on the tracks new pavement.In Sunday mornings warm-up, the New Zealander practiced his starts and nearly lost it once. Once the green flag waved, he consistently opened big leads and saved enough fuel over the final laps to win by 16.5 seconds in a flawless performance both on the track and in the pits.Dixon announced after the race that he was donating his winnings to the family of the late Justin Wilson, whoo died in August of last year after being struck in the head by debris from a crash in an IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway.ddddddddddddowers drive toward the championship suffered a damaging blow when his No. 12 Chevy made contact with Charlie Kimball on Lap 39 coming out of the high-speed esses. Kimball hit Powers left rear tire in the narrow section of the track at the top of the hill. He got a huge run on the outside and made contact, sending Power hard into the barrier and bringing out a caution as debris scattered all over the track.Other things to know about the IndyCar race at Watkins Glen International:RAHAL RUINED: Graham Rahal, who won a scintillating duel with James Hinchcliffe last week at Texas, saw his day end early. Trying to dive to the inside of Kimball coming out of the first turn on Lap 20, his No. 15 Honda was running eighth when it clipped the rear of Kimballs No. 83 Chevy.I went down on the inside. He decided not to give me any room, Rahal said. Its just a shame. We were looking really, really good. We were able to move up. We saved a lot of overtakes; our tires were better than everybody. Ive got to take the blame, too. I should know better.Rahal, who started 20th after being penalized in qualifying on Saturday, finished 21st.ROOKIE RUSH: Rookies Conor Daly and RC Enerson gave Dale Coyne Racing its best team finish of the season, placing fourth and ninth, respectively. Both took advantage of a full-course caution to make their final pit stop with 19 laps left in the race, four laps beyond the normal fuel window. Both succeeded and moved up as drivers ahead of them were forced to pit.We were just trying to hit the fuel number to make it to the end, the 19-year-old Enerson said after just his second IndyCar race. I think saving fuel is more of a mental thing. You have to keep reminding yourself to lift. It was tough, but we were able to fly up the field there at the end.WHOS HOT: Newgarden has four top-four finishes in the last eight races.WHOS NOT: Ryan Hunter-Reay finished 14th for Andretti Autosport as his late-season slump continued. Aside from a solid third-place run at Pocono two weeks ago, he has finished no better than 12th in the last six races after reeling off a seventh, third and fourth in consecutive weeks.UP NEXT: Sonoma Raceway Sept. 18. Dixon is the defending race winner. ' ' '