THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS ARE BUILDING MOMENTUM
FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS A POSTSEASON RUN
WITH MUCH IMPROVED DEFENSE AND QUARTERBACKING
FILLING THE SPACE BETWEEN PETERSON'S RUNS

THE FORTY-NINERS STARTED THIS SEASON
WITH THE EXPECTATION OF BEING A CONTENDER
BUT BAD LUCK'S PROVIDED INJURIES AND MISTAKES
AND THAT HAS TURNED THIS TEAM INTO A PRETENDER

LAST YEAR THE NINERS EXCELLED AT RUNNING THE BALL
WITH FRANK GORE GRINDING OUT FIRST DOWNS
THIS YEAR THAT RUSHING OFFENSE IS NOT ENOUGH
AND THEY'RE FACING CRITICISM INSTEAD OF RENOWN

THEIR DEFENSE HASN'T FARED MUCH BETTER
WHICH HAS THE VIKINGS PLANNING A BIG DAY
WHILE THE NINERS' DEFENSE WILL DO ALL THEY CAN
EVEN IF IT'S TO ONLY GET IN A.D.'S WAY

EVEN THE WIDE RECEIVERS HAVE BEEN BEATEN UP
WHILE AT QUARTERBACK IS OLD-TIMER TRENT DILFER
WHOSE HISTORY AGAINST THE VIKES BEGS JUST ONE QUESTION
"HOW MANY PASSES WILL THE VIKINGS PILFER?"
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THE PACKERS CAME HOME FROM DALLAS
SORE FROM MORE THAN MERELY LOSING
THE NEARLY INDSTRUCTABLE BRETT FAVRE
WAS SIDELINED WITH ARM NUMBNESS AND BRUISING

IT WAS A FITTING END TO A DISAPPOINTING GAME
CONTAINING EVERY POSSIBLE MISTAKE BUT A FUMBLE
AS ON OFFENSE DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS
THE PACKERS JUST SEEMED TO STUMBLE

THIS WEEK IT'S BACK TO THE 'FROZEN' TUNDRA
WHERE THE OAKLAND RAIDERS WILL BE THE FOE
WITH BOTH TEAMS' QUARTERBACKING A LITTLE SUSPECT
THE RUNNING BACKS WILL DETERMINE HOW THIS GAME WILL GO

RYAN GRANT'S THE GO-TO GUY FOR GREEN BAY
AND QUITE A JOB THIS YOUNG MAN'S DONE
WHILE IT JUSTIN FARGAS FOR OAKLANDS RAIDERS
WHO SHOULDERS THE LOAD WHEN ITS TIME TO RUN

THE RAIDERS WILL PLATOON THEIR QUARTERBACKING
BETWEEN OL' JOSH MCCOWN AND JAMARCUS RUSSELL
ALTHOUGH DRAFTED NUMBER ONE IN LAST APRIL'S DRAFT
HE'S JUST GETTING A CHANCE TO SHOW HIS TOUCH AND MUSCLE

BRETT WILL BE THE GUY UNDER CENTER FOR GREEN BAY
AND SINCE THE PACKERS WON'T WANT HIM TO THROW DEEP
THE RECEIVERS WILL HAVE TO RUN AFTER THE CATCH
IF THOSE BIG PLAYS THEY WANT TO REAP
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COMPLACENCY IS THE VIKES' MAIN FOE THIS WEEK
AS THIS IS THIS KIND OF GAME THAT GIVES THEM FITS
WHILE THE PACKERS SHOULD RUN PAST THE RAIDERS
IN A GAME THAT SHOULD PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHT HITS