THE SILENCE FROM BOTH GREEN BAY AND MINNESOTA FANS
IS A TRAGIC COMMENT ON THE WAY THIS SEASON'S GOING
USUALLY BY THE TIME THE SCHEDULE IS HALF DONE
ONE OF THESE TEAMS' FANS WOULD BE LOUDLY CROWING

BUT THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT FROM THE NORM
AS NEITHER TEAM HAS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
THEY'VE BOTH FALLEN SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS
AND THE FANS ARE WONDERING WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT

LAST WEEK'S GAMES WERE TRULY A CASE IN POINT
OF HOW BOTH TEAMS' SEASONS HAVE GONE
MINNESOTA WENT WEST WHILE GREEN BAY WENT EAST
BUT IN BOTH CASES EVERYTHING WENT WRONG
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THE VIKINGS' DEFENSE HELD STRONG AND FAST
KEEPING THE 'NINERS FROM THE END ZONE
BUT THE VIKING OFFENSE SPUTTERED AND STALLED
LEAVING THEIR FANS TO SHUDDER AND MOAN

BRAD JOHNSON FUMBLED TWICE AND THREW A PICK
WHILE THE RUNNING GAME COULDN'T GET ON TRACK
ONCE IT LOOKED LIKE THEY'D SCORED ON A PASS
BUT A PENALTY BROUGHT THE FOOTBALL BACK

MINNESOTA COULDN'T MOVE THE BALL
AND THEY CERTAINLY COULDN'T SCORE
THEY ONLY MANAGED A MEASLY FIELD GOAL
WHILE THE 'NINERS KICKED ONE AND THEN TWO MORE
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THE PACKERS TOO FACED A TRYING TIME
AS THEY FACED THE LOWLY BUFFALO BILLS
THEY OUTGAINED THAT TEAM SO MASSIVELY
THAT GREEN BAY'S FANS WERE HAVING CHILLS

LATE IN THE GAME THE PACK WAS RUNNING WELL
WITH A FIRST DOWN AT THE ONE-YARD LINE
KNOWING A SCORE WOULD FORCE A TIE
AND THE GAME WOULD TURN OUT JUST FINE

FOR WHATEVER REASON McCARTHY CALLED FOR A PASS
IT WAS TIPPED AND WENT HORRIBLY WRONG
FOR THE BILLS PICKED IT OFF AND THEN RAN IT BACK
AND ANY CHANCE GREEN BAY HAD SAID "SO LONG"
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SO WHO WILL WIN THIS WEEK'S GAME?
THE ANSWER ISN'T VERY CLEAR
BOTH TEAMS' STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES BALANCE OUT
THOUGH NEITHER EXACTLY INSPIRES TOO MUCH FEAR

BRETT FAVRE SHOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE
FOR UNLIKE HIS VIKINGS' COUNTERPART
HE CAN STILL THROW THE BALL DOWNFIELD
FOR HIS ARM IS AS STRONG AS HIS HEART

SO WHILE THE VACUUMS ARE CLEANING UP
THE TURF AT THE HUMPHREY METRODOME
THE VIKES WILL BE LICKING THE LOSER'S WOUNDS
AS THE WINNERS BOARD THEIR PLANE FOR HOME

Green Bay lost to the Buffalo Bills 24-10
Minnesota lost to the San Francisco Forty-Niners 3-9