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Article: Vikings size up offensive line.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- July 28, 2003
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Byline: Bob Sansevere
MANKATO, Minn. _ Mike Rosenthal is 6-foot-7 and weighs 313 pounds. That makes him the scrawniest starter on the Minnesota Vikings' offensive line.
He is just ounces lighter than the next, uh, skinniest member of the line. Center Matt Birk tips the ol' Toledo at 314 pounds. Birk, by the way, has a nickname for Rosenthal. Birk calls him "the runt of the litter."
Rosenthal came over in the offseason from the New York Giants. "Where I was the heaviest player on the line," he said. "I went from the heaviest guy in New York to the lightest guy here."
Rosenthal is several buffets and binge eatings away from becoming ...