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Former Murphy High School standout Captain Munnerlyn is entering his third season as a cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings.

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The Minnesota Vikings broke the Green Bay Packers' four-year hold on the NFC North title last year, posting an 11-5 regular-season record before falling in the playoffs.

The Vikings think they can do better than that in 2016, Minnesota cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said.

"The sky's the limit for this team," Munnerlyn said on Saturday, when he held his seventh annual free youth football camp at Murphy High School, his alma mater in Mobile. "We've got a great defense, great offense, great running back and a great head coach. He feels like defense wins championship. We're going to go out there, we're going to work hard in training camp and I really, truly believe this is the year we can make a run to the Super Bowl. We've all got one goal in mind. (Running back) Adrian Peterson came out and said, 'We're going to win the Super Bowl.' He's one of our leaders on our team, and I truly believe this is our year."

The Vikings' veterans are scheduled to report for training camp at Minnesota State University-Mankato on Thursday.

Minnesota returns its secondary from last season -- safeties Harrison Smith and Andrew Sendejo and cornerbacks Xavier Rhodes and Terrence Newman with Munnerlyn as the slot corner.

The Vikings used their second-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft on Clemson cornerback Mackensie Alexander. Last year, Minnesota drafted Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes in the first round. Munnerlyn started his NFL career in 2009 as a seventh-round draft choice of the Carolina Panthers.

"It's a business," Munnerlyn said. "They've been drafting cornerbacks on me since I've been in the NFL. It always seems like they're always trying to get younger. I'm getting older. I'm 28 now. It's definitely a business, but at the same time it's a good business. Competition brings out the best in everybody. I love it when they draft a cornerback. I know I've got to step my game up a little bit more and go out there and compete at a very high level."

After two seasons playing their home games outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota, the Vikings are moving indoors to U.S. Bank Stadium, which officially opened on Friday.

Minnesota's 2016 season ended in its final game at TCF Bank Stadium with a 10-9 loss to the Seattle Seahawks when Vikings place-kicker Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal with 26 seconds left in the game.

"It still hurts," Munnerlyn said. "And it was cold, too."

The kickoff temperature was minus-6 degrees and the wind chill was calculated to be minus-25 degrees, making the Seattle-Minnesota game the third-coldest contest in NFL history - which makes Munnerlyn happy to move into U.S. Bank Stadium.

"I can't wait," Munnerlyn said. "Me being from Mobile, Alabama, it was different."

On Saturday morning, Munnerlyn was on the practice field at Murphy High School for his football camp in typical July weather for Mobile - hot and humid.

"I told the guys I'm not even used to this heat no more," Munnerlyn said. "I'm like, 'Man, this is really hot.' But it was one of the worst things ever playing in negative-22 degrees and things like that. I'm excited I get to play inside and the only cold games I have are Chicago and Green Bay. Detroit's doing the right thing. They've got a dome."

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