SUNDAY'S GAME OUT IN THE MEADOWLANDS

WAS A MASSACRE OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE

AS THE VIKINGS' OFFENSE SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS

WHILE THEIR DEFENSE RACKED UP THREE

MANNING AND THE GIANTS WATCHED HELPLESSLY

AS THE VIKINGS KEPT THEM STUFFED INTO A HOLE

CRUSHING ANY HOPE OF A COMEBACK ATTEMPT

AND NEVER RELINQUISHING CONTROL

THE VIKINGS NOW FEEL THE PLAYOFFS ARE IN REACH

WITH DETROIT BEING THE NEXT TEAM IN THE WAY

THE LIONS OF COURSE ARE LICKING THE WOUNDS

INFLICTED BY THE PACKERS ON TURKEY DAY

WHEN THESE TEAMS PLAYED BEFORE THIS SEASON

TO SAY THE GAME WASN'T PRETTY WOULD BE TOO KIND

AS THE LIONS WON THE GAME WITH A LONG FIELD GOAL

AFTER THE VIKINGS LET THE GAME GO INTO OVERTIME

DETROIT HOWEVER HAS LOST THREE GAMES IN A ROW

AND IF MINNESOTA WINS THESE TEAMS WILL BE TIED

AS ONCE AGAIN THE LIONS PULL THEIR USUAL COLLAPSE

AND WATCH THEIR SUCCESSFUL SEASON WAVE GOOD-BYE

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ON THANKSGIVING THE LIONS TOOK AN EARLY LEAD

AS THE PACKERS HAD AN INAUSPICIOUS BEGINNING

THEN AS HAS HAPPENED IN OTHER GAMES THIS YEAR

THEY RIGHTED THEMSELVES AND WOUND UP WINNING

MANY HAVE EAGERLY AWAITED THIS WEEK'S CONTEST

AS BOTH DALLAS AND GREEN BAY ARE AT TEN AND ONE

WHILE OTHERS HAVE BEEN DREADING THIS WEEK'S GAME

KNOWING THE SERIES' HISTORY HASN'T HELD MUCH FUN

LIKE THE PACKERS, THE 'POKES ARE A MIXTURE

OF TALENTED PLAYERS BOTH VETERAN AND YOUNG

BOTH HAVE TALENTED GROUPS OF RECEIVERS

AND THEIR QUARTERBACKS' PRAISES HAVE BEEN SUNG

IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE OLD SAYING GOES

"THIS GAME WILL WON OR LOST DOWN IN THE TRENCHES"

THE DEFENSES WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

AS WILL THE PLAYERS COMING OFF THE BENCHES

CAN THE PACKERS CONTAIN T.O. AND JASON WITTEN

AND SHUT DOWN THE DALLAS RUNNING GAME?

WILL DRIVER, JENINGS AND GREG JONES RUN FREE

OR CAN THE COWBOYS MAKE THAT GROUP LOOK TAME?

FOR ONCE THE CONTEST IS DESERVING OF ALL THE HYPE

AS "SUPER BOWL CONTENDER" THE WINNER'S ANNOINTED

THESE ARE THE BEST TEAMS THE NFC HAS TO OFFER

AND FOOTBALL FANS AREN'T GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED

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THE VIKINGS SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO WIN THIS GAME

WHICH GREATLY INCREASES THEIR CHANCES OF TANKING

THE PACKERS WILL HAVE TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL

BUT SHOULD MOVE UP IN THE CONTENDER'S RANKINGS.