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The aura around the Woody Hayes Athletic Center is always cheerier after a big-game win. Though the coaches and players are happy to be coming off a big win, there’s still a lot of work to be done with a long season ahead. Ryan Day said as much in his press conference on Wednesday, then cornerbacks coach Tim Walton followed …

EAGAN, Minn. — They tend to save the best drill for last. It’s not that the second-and-long sequences don’t matter, and it’s not like Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell isn’t glued to practice during the other periods. But a two-minute drill? In a joint practice setting against the New England Patriots? Informative. J.J. McCarthy connected with tight end T.J. Hockenson …

CHICAGO — The result of the Chicago Bears’ preseason opener matched the message head coach Ben Johnson gave his team: Preseason games don’t count, but they matter, he said. The Bears and Miami Dolphins finished in a 24-24 tie on a hot — on-field real feel temperature reached triple digits — Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field. It was the Bears’ …