Its taken me all week to recover from the beating the Vikings took last Sunday. Ive also been at a loss for words and thats saying a lot for me. So whats wrong with the Vikings? Everything but I narrowed it down to what they might be thinking. Maybe Vikings players believe that theyre in a touch football league. In touch football you are extremely limited in the physical contact that you can make with an opposing player. Thats how I believe the Mike Tice led Offensive Line is playing. Theyre too afraid to make contact with the an opposing player. I also believe that their defense thinks along the same lines. In the touch football games that I played in, you had to make a two handed touch on the opposing players body. The way the Vikings are playing and tackling, theyre probably not aware that in the NFL you must tackle the opposing player. Mike Tices led Minnesota Vikings are pathetic. ESPN.com thought that the Vikings were a legitimate contender to win the Super Bowl because they got rid of Randy Moss. They thought the Vikings would be more focused on team effort. We named ESPN.com our dummy of the week because of that thinking (you can visit our dummy of the week at www.itstherightway.com/dummy.html). ESPN.com seems to have been all hype and no substance when it came to the Vikings. We knew the Vikings would be awful this year without Randy Moss. They may be a focused team but theyre a team that plays together terribly. They are collectively pathetic. There are three positive aspects to the season so far. They are: 1) The Vikings are about to play their best game of the year and have their best chance of coming up with a victory. The reason is that theyre entering their bye week and wont be facing an NFL team this Sunday. They may have a team scrimmage and some part of their team may win. 2) The Vikings play in the worst division in the NFL. The combined amount of victories for the division is a whopping 3 games. The division's record is 3 wins and 11 losses. We believe if the Vikings can win six to seven games then they can win the division and make the playoffs. Thats a complete joke. 3) The Packers have a worse record then the Vikings. They have the worst record in the division. At 0-4 the Pack look like melted cheese out on the field. This puts a huge smile on Vikings fans faces. The only thing that Im certain about this year is that this has been the worst four games that Ive ever seen. There has been a complete break-down from top to bottom. Something drastic needs to be done and done quickly. |
