IT'S A CUSTOM FAMILIAR THOUGHOUT THE WORLD
BUT IT'S MOST COMMON IN THE MIDWEST
WHEN QUESTIONED, MEN ROCK ON THEIR HEELS
AND HOOK THUMBS UNDER SUSPENDERS OR THEIR VESTS

THOSE QUESTIONS ARE USUALLY FAMILIAR ONES
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR...
"SO-THINK THE PACK CAN BEAT THE VIKES..."
AND "DO YA WANNA BET SOME BEERS?"

YES IT'S TIME FOR FOOTBALL TO RETURN
WITH ALL THE MYSTERY EACH NEW SEASON BRINGS
THIS YEAR FOR OUR TWO FAVORITE TEAMS
THERE'LL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT MANY THINGS

BOTH TEAMS ARE BRINGING IN NEW COACHES
AND OF COURSE NEW COACHING STAFFS
THE CONFUSION THAT COULD RESULT
HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR A LOT OF LAUGHS

THE VIKINGS' ROSTER HAS MARKEDLY CHANGED
WITH DAUNTE'S TRADE PERHAPS THE MOST TRAUMATIC
ALTHOUGH THE COMMENTS HE MADE TO THE PRESS
MADE THE SITUATION SEEM SOMEWHAT MELODRAMATIC

BRAD JOHNSON WILL NOW BE AT THE HELM
DOING THE THINGS HE DOES THE BEST
READING DEFENSES AND THROWING SHORT
LETTING HIS RECEIVERS DO THE REST

AT RUNNING BACK TOO THERE ARE CHANGES
AS LAST YEAR'S STARTERS ARE LONG GONE
CHET TAYLOR AND TONY RICHARDSON HOPE
TO PROVE THAT IT'S THERE THEY BOTH BELONG

THEY'RE REALLY NOT VERY FAST OR ELUSIVE
BUT THEY HAVE WHAT THE WEST COAST OFFENSE TAKES
THEY'RE SMART AND CAN CATCH THE BALL
AND DON'T MAKE TOO MANY BAD MISTAKES

THE RECEIVERS CALLED NUMBER ONE AND TWO
REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBERS THREE AND FOUR
BEFORE KOREN ROBINSON GOT ARRESTED AND THEN CUT
AND NATE BURLESON WAS ALLOWED TO GET OUT THE DOOR

THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN RESHUFFLED
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO DO
THE VIKES BOUGHT A COUPLE OF FREE AGENTS
ALTHOUGH THAT'S REALLY NOTHING NEW

THE DEFENSE IS FILLED WITH QUESTIONS
ALTHOUGH IN PRESEASON THEY'VE LOOKED QUITE TOUGH
AGAIN THE VIKES ARE COUNTING ON FREE AGENTS
TOUTING THE ﾑCHEMISTRY' AND ALL THAT STUFF

MONDAY NIGHT THE PREDICTING ENDS
AS THE VIKINGS HEAD OFF TO PLAY THE ﾑSKINS
THEY'VE WON THIS GAME THE LAST TWO OF THREE
CAN THEY POSSIBLY DO THAT ONCE AGAIN?

THE REVOLVING DOOR SPUN IN GREEN BAY AS WELL
WITH SOME NOTABLE NAMES "PACKING IT IN"
MAYBE THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THERE IS SUCH A PURGE
AND WE WON'T HAVE TO AGONIZE SO MUCH YET AGAIN

THE QUARTERBACK POSITION IS SOLIDLY FILLED
AS BRETT HAS RETURNED FOR ONE MORE TRY
ALTHOUGH UNLESS THAT O-LINE CAN COME TOGETHER
MANY MONDAYS HE'LL WONDER "WHY?"

AHMAN GREEN WILL AGAIN CARRY THE FOOTBALL
RETURNING FROM AN INJURY-IMPOSED LEAVE
HE'LL HAVE TO PROVE THAT HE STILL HAS HIS SPEED
BEFORE A LOT OF FANS WILL ABLE TO BELIEVE

THE WIDEOUTS ARE PRETTY UNDISTINGUISHED
WITH APOLOGIES TO NUMBER EIGHTY, "DOUBLE- D"
ALTHOUGH THE ROOKIE GREG JENNINGS ' PLAY
HAS REALLY BEEN QUITE ENCOURAGING TO SEE

THE DEFENSE HOWEVER STRUGGLED JUST A BIT
(THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY WHEN TRYING TO BE POLITE)
SO THEY RECEIVED THE BULK OF THE ACQUISITION ATTENTION
HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE GUYS WILL FIT IN JUST RIGHT

THERE ARE A LOT OF ROOKIES ON THIS TEAM
AS TED THOMPSON TRIES TO PROVE THAT YOUTH IS SERVED
BUT IF THIS TEAM CAN'T COME TOGETHER SOON
ANY CRITICISM WILL BE WELL-DESERVED

OVERALL IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A LONG YEAR
BUT LIKE THE SAYING "THAT'S WHY THEY PLAY THE GAMES"
NO ONE CAN KNOW JUST HOW THESE GUYS WILL DO
UNTIL THEY BECOME A TEAM INSTEAD OF SINGLE NAMES

THE BEARS START THE SEASON AT LAMBEAU FIELD
WITH COACH LOVIE SMITH FIRMLY IN CHARGE
HE PROMISED WHEN HIRED HE COULD BEAT THE PACK
AND HE HAS AND SO HAS BEEN LIVIN' LARGE

THE VIKES WILL HAVE THEIR HANDS QUITE FULL
BUT THE REDSKINS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PREVAIL
WHILE THE PACKERS WILL TRY TO UPSET THE BEARS
HOWEVER THEY PROBABLY WILL FAIL