Vikings rookies Domonique Orange, Caleb Banks ready for NFL debuts

The preseason gave them their first taste of NFL action. Sunday’s regular-season opener against the Packers is something entirely different.

For Vikings rookie defensive linemen Domonique Orange and Caleb Banks, the dream they’ve chased for years officially becomes reality when they take the field at U.S. Bank Stadium.

“I’m overly excited. I’m really excited,” Orange said. “It’s the first time I’m really around NFL guys, NFL vets. I get to play next to a guy like Theo Jackson. It’ll be cool. But I’m really excited. I can’t wait.”

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Orange expects only a small group of supporters in attendance.

“I only probably have like four people coming,” he said. “I keep my circle small. But they’re going to come and...