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We don't do Monday Morning Rousers (Wednesday edition) anymore since we killed off 5x8, but if we did, former Minnesota Viking Esera Tuaolo would be it.

He was a contestant this week on NBC's The Voice.

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'When I finished in the NFL, I came out to my family. When I said those words for the first [time], when I said that I was gay, it was like this huge mountain just crumbled,'  former Minnesota Vikings player Esera Tuaolo said this week on NBC's 'The Voice'.

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