The collection of passports for each member of the nearly 200-person traveling party the Minnesota Vikings began more than five months ago, when team operations staff initiated preparations for an unprecedented NFL road trip.

Regular reminders to players, coaches and everyone else in the organization going to Dublin and London — to either locate or renew this nonnegotiable prerequisite for an overseas trip — continued throughout the spring and summer until all of them were secured together in one case.

Having played four international games over the past 12 years, the Vikings had a plan for the passports — and just about everything else.

“It's really nice peace of mind to know that we've got them in hand and the dog didn't eat them the night before," director of team operations Pa

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