THE VIKINGS BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF
AT THE END OF LAST SUNDAY'S GAME
FOR TO HAVE LOST TO DENNY AND THE CARDS
WOULD HAVE CAUSED THEM NO END OF SHAME

MINNESOTA PROVIDED JUST A GLIMPSE
OF HOW THAT OFFENSE HAD BEEN ENVISIONED
BUT FOUR HUNDRED YARDS PASSING BY THE CARDS
AGAIN PROVES THE VIKES’ DEFENSE NEEDS REVISION

WHILE MINNESOTA FLIES OFF FOR THIS WEEK'S GAME
WONDERING WHY LAST SUNDAY WENT SO RIGHT
AN UNHAPPY CHICAGO BEARS TEAM WILL AWAIT THEM
THEY'LL BE FEELING SURLY AND READY TO FIGHT

ALTHOUGH THE BEARS TOOK A LOSS IN THEIR LAST GAME
IN THE NFC, THEIR RECORD IS UNSURPASSED
AND WHILE THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING A BIT OFFENSIVELY
THE CHICAGO DEFENSE IS CERTAINLY FIRST CLASS

CHESTER TAYLOR IS GOING TO HAVE TO EARN HIS YARDS
AND BRAD JOHNSON WILL FIND IT HARD TO STAY UPRIGHT
UNLESS THE MINNESOTA DEFENSIVE SHIP CAN RIGHT ITSELF
IT WILL BE AN UNHAPPY GROUP FLYING HOME SUNDAY NIGHT
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IT WAS WINDY, COLD AND SNOWING MONDAY NIGHT
MAKING IT ALMOST FEEL LIKE A LAMBEAU GAME
THE PACKERS GOT SOME BREAKS AND THE EARLY LEAD
AND MADE HOLMGREN'S SEAHAWKS LOOK SOMEWHAT LAME

THEN IN FOURTH QUARTER IT HAPPENED
AS REALITY REARED ITS UGLY HEAD
THE SEAHAWKS TOOK GOT THE LEAD ON A PASS PLAY
AND FOR THE REST OF THE GAME THEY LED

THE PACKERS COULDN'T RUN THE BALL ALL NIGHT
AND AS IT TURNED OUT COULDN'T STOP THE RUN EITHER
IF ONE TRIED TO FIGURE WHICH UNIT IS BETTER
BETWEEN OFFENSE AND DEFENSE THE ANSWER IS "NEITHER"

THIS WEEK THE NEW YORK JETS ARE COMING TO VISIT
A TEAM WITH TROUBLES BUT THAT'S SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
THEY CAN RUN SOMEWHAT AND HAVE A GOOD QUARTERBACK
AND A DEFENSE BASED ON DISGUISES AND MOVEMENT

THERE'S FEW REAL STARS ON THE JETS' ROSTER
BUT WORKING TOGETHER THEY ARE A FORCE TO BEHOLD
THE PACKERS WILL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OR THEIR FAITHFUL FANS
WILL SHOW THEM MORE THAN THE TEMPRATURE'S COLD
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THE BEARS WON'T CUT THE VIKES ANY SLACK
AND THE VIKINGS WILL FIND THEMSELVES DOMINATED
WHILE A PACKERS’ WIN- THOUGH UNLIKELY
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN WOULD BE CELEBRATED