The 2008 Vikings report to Mankato tomorrow afternoon. The feeling that something special is on the horizon is palpable. Either special good or special like sex boat special…time will tell. If we’re lucky maybe both.
Things I’m looking forward to:
1. Seeing what AP version 2.0 has in store for us.
The most highly anticipated return since Jesus and the iPhone…This guy is simply amazing. Last year he gave a desperate Vikings nation hope. This year he’ll hopefully deliver on the promise of being the gamebreaker and workhorse that this team needs him to be. Defense or not this team will live and die by what Purple Jesus produces
2. Jared Allen
I think he was the key addition of any team in the NFL 
this offseason but let’s hope that his presence alone can create a pass rush. To say that one player on defense will turn a JV pass rush into a feared defenese is a little much to ask. I’m pretty sure I saw Tom Brady smoke a cigarette and have sex with Giselle on a third down in the pocket last year( the picture is amazing in HD). Last year we had the Williams Wall at D-Tackle and yet our D-ends can’t seem to get around the end and even make a QB sweat. I fully believe he’ll be a stud and fit into Minnesota and it’s D much like Sharper did just a few years back. Ray Edwards and Brian Robison will probably benefit most on the line but that secondary has to feel like a weight has been lifted from their shoulders. Robison is freak and in on 3rd down that guy will be a huge asset. The draft picks were a lot to give up for a guy that’s a couple whiskey cokes away from a year in spin dry but the return far outweighs the risk.
3. T-Jack
The spin machine was putting in some much needed work last year after we didn’t go after Garcia and stuck with Tavaris. He was decent at times and made me long for Spurgeon Wynn at times. All he needs to do is not suck. Not often do you hear that at your job. “Look all we need you to do is make sure that when we leave the office we have 4 walls to come back to.” I’m sure we’d all love that type of pep talk from our bosses at work. I’m not saying he’s going to be great or even good but I don’t think he’ll be bad this year which is all he needs to be. The old joke goes…the only two things to make 60 thousand people in one building scream Jesus Christ are Billy Graham and Tavaris Jackson. As an open apology Tavaris…anything you threw at Williamson should be removed from your stat sheet. I think passes to him should be wiped off the books like a passed ball in baseball when the catcher screws up.
Here’s just one of several examples
4. Childress
Let’s hope the last time Childress was involved in a call about the offense was with Brett Favre. Bevell knows his crap and let’s just please leave it to him. At the beginning of last season Childress told the media he put a note on his clipboard to make sure to give #28 at least 20 touches. That’s one of those lines I’d really hope he’d keep to himself. That’s like when someone has to write a reminder on the mirror in the bathroom: Remember to wipe ass. How do you have a player like that and you have to write yourself an idiot note in order to get him involved in the game. Is it possible that other teams were schemeing more about how to get him out of the game than we were to get him into it. Either way…kick-ass offense and mustache aside…If he doesn’t have a great year there is a good chance his days are numbered. Marty ball was almost initiated last year if AP hadn’t gone off for 296. You’ve hitched your fate to numero 7 and the both of you have a put up or shut up year ahead of you.
5. Favre
I know I had talking about it but at this point it’s still a point to bring up. I think the tampering charges all but eliminated even the most remote chance Ol’ #4 would’ve suited up in Purple and Gold and marched into Lambeau on a night he would’ve had his number retired and trouncing his former team leaving Ted Thompson and a significan part of the population of Wisconsin questions god in tears. I only mention him as part of a season preview because let’s look at the rest of the division… Bears…defense is solid, offense wouldn’t put up 30 against Eden Prairie…Lions…Kitna may have beaten us last year even when god interviened and cured his concussion but apparently god left him out to dry the last 6 weeks of the season…and of course the awful Pack. The team that taught me how to hate. I think if Favre hadn’t said anything and just rode off into the sunset I’d be a little more worried about the Packers. With that trainwreck of whether he plays or not it’s just left that team in shambles. At the first sign of weakness those loyalists who are now humping Ted Thompson’s leg after siding with management are going to be questioning if he made the right move by send El Savior of Cheese packing.
Overall:
I can’t honestly say what I’m happier to see…the packer collapse like a dying star or the Vikings rise to greatness. Both are going to be phenomenol to watch. I’m prediciting 12-4 in the regular season but holding judgement back on the playoffs. The AFC will be vicious with Indy and the Pats battling it out again. The Pats have the easiest schedule in the league (thanks dad) and the Colts are definately a threat to lose in the AFC Championship any year. The Cowboys are definately the team to beat in the NFC but we’re a bye week away in Cabo away from a trip to Tampa.
The 2 Undeniable Truths of the upcoming season:
- McKinnie will get arrested
- AP will remind me there is a god and he wants me to be happy
Strap it up and let’s go Purple!!!!
2 Comments
August 1, 2008 at 3:05 am
Just some commentary on the Vikes current situation…
The only thing I find entertaining about Favre possibly playing with the Vikes is knowing that it will make the Packer fan’s skin crawl. Other than that there isn’t much difference between a 20 something QB that throws int’s and a 40 something QB that throws int’s…besides the fact that one gets reprimanded for it and the other is just “playing the game like a kid.”
Which brings me to my next point. Packer fans are quick to make fun of TJack and the Vikes because he is young and undeveloped, but they claim their future is in good hands with a guy (Rodgers) who has less actual game experience than TJack….
August 12, 2008 at 1:33 am