THERE ARE MORE SUBPLOTS IN SUNDAY'S JAGUARS GAME
THAN THE VIKINGS HAVE SEEN IN MANY YEARS
BEGINNING WITH FINDNG A WAY TO NOT COLLAPSE
LIKE THEY DID SUNDAY AGAINST THE BUCCANEERS

THE VIKES DOMINATED THE FIRST HALF OF THAT GAME
BUT THE SECOND HALF ONLY BROUGHT THEM PAIN
AS TAMPA'S QUARTERBACK TOOK COMPLETE CONTROL
THOUGH HE'S THIRTY-EIGHT AND WALKS WITH A CANE

EX-VIKING COACH MIKE TICE RUNS THE JAGS' OFFENSE
AND HE'D LOVE A CHANCE GET EVEN FOR BEING FIRED
WHILE WILLIAMSON WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT COACH CHILLY
OVER A GRUDGE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONG RETIRED

THERE IS TURMOIL AND DEEP UNCERTAINTY
ALL ALONG THE VIKINGS' DEFENSIVE LINE
AS THE TACKLES ARE FACING DRUG SUSPENSIONS
AND AT LEAST ONE END IS PAYING GIGANTIC FINES

NOT TO BE LOST IN ALL OF THIS UGLY MESS
IS PETERSON GETTING IN HIS COACHES' FACE
ALL AT THE TIME THE VIKES REALLY NEED TO FOCUS
TO REMAIN VIABLE IN THE DIVISION RACE

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FACING THE JAGUARS WOULD SEEM A GIFT
AS JACKSONVILLE ISN'T DOING ANYTHING VERY WELL
ALTHOUGH THE VIKINGS WIL HAVE TO WATCH THEIR STEP
TO AVOID THEIR TYPICAL LATE SEASON HELL

LOVIE SMITH BECAME THE BEARS' HEAD COACH
BY SAYING THAT HE KNEW HOW TO BEAT GREEN BAY
AND WHILE HE'S DONE PRETTY WELL UNTIL NOW
THE PACKERS UNDID THAT STATEMENT LAST SUNDAY

THERE WASN'T MUCH THAT THEY DIDN'T DO WELL
AT LEAST FROM THE PACKERS' POINT OF VIEW
NOW AS THEY MAKE A TRIP DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS
THEY'LL KNOW JUST EXACTLY WHAT TO DO

THE SAINTS HOWEVER ARE A HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE
WITH A PASSING GAME THAT'S SECOND TO NONE
WITH DREW BREES FIRING OFF DEEP PASSES
AND REGGIE BUSH CAMING BACK TO HANDLE THE RUN

THE SAINTS RECEIVERS ARE A TALENTED GROUP
AND THEY'VE GOT AN EXTREMELY TALENTED TIGHT END
UNLESS THE PACKERS LINE GETS DEFENSIVE PRESSURE
THEY WILL PROVE QUITE A HANDFUL TO DEFEND

THE PLAY OF GREEN BAY'S OFFENSIVE LINE IS KEY
AS THEY HAVE TO KEEP AARON RODGERS ON HIS FEET
AND AS LONG AS THEY GIVE RYAN GRANT SOME HOLES
THE PACKERS' RUNNING GAME WILL BE LOOKING SWEET

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WITH ALL THE ADDED BAGGAGE THE VIKINGS FACE             
IT WILL BE HARD FOR THEM TO STAY ON TASK
WHILE THE FATE OF THE PACKERS IS IN THEIR OWN HANDS
WHICH IS ALL THAT ANY TEAM CAN ASK

                 Carl "Gator" Nelson
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