THE CHICAGO BEARS TOOK AN EARLY LEAD
IN THE METRODOME LAST MONDAY NIGHT
AND FOR A TIME IT LOOKED LIKE THE VIKINGS TEAM
WOULD GO DOWN WITHOUT MUCH OF A FIGHT

BUT THEN THE VIKING DEFENSE STIFFENED
AFTER A LONG RUN HAD LEFT THEM HARRIED
AND AFTER FOUR TRIES FROM FIRST AND GOAL
THE BEARS' OFFENSE WAS READY TO BE BURIED

THEN WITH THE VIKINGS STARTING ON THEIR ONE
AND NINETY-NINE LONG YARDS TO GO
A YOUNG MAN NAMED BERNARD BERRIAN
PULLED IN A RECORD-SETTING TOUCHDOWN THROW

THAT SCORING PLAY, AFTER THE GOAL LINE STOP
CRUSHED THE LIFE FROM THE CHICAGO BEARS
AND AS THE GAME'S FINAL GUN WAS FIRED
THE VIKINGS FOUND THAT FIRST PLACE WAS THEIRS

THIS WEEK THEY HEAD OFF TO DETROIT CITY
TO FACE A LIONS TEAM LOOKING FOR IT'S FIRST WIN
SO FAR DETROIT'S BEEN THE NFL'S SPEED-BUMP
A ROLE THEY SHOULD FULFILL NICELY ONCE AGAIN
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THE PACKERS PLAYED THE PANTHERS TOUGH
AND BOTH TEAMS PUT ON QUITE A SHOW
WITH GREEN BAY TAKING THE LEAD LATE IN THE GAME
THEN LOSING IT AFTER AND AMAZING DELHOMME THROW

CAROLINA DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL
THEY JUST CAME AND PLAYED GOOD BASIC BALL
WHILE THE PACKERS ALSO PLAYED THEIR NORMAL GAME
WITH AN AWFUL RUSHING DEFENSE LEADING TO THE FALL

IT'S FUNNY HOW PERSPECTIVE CAN CHANGE THE PERCEPTION
OF THE SHARED FIVE AND SEVEN RECORD THIS WEEK
THE PACKERS FEEL THEIR HOPES HAVE BEEN CRUSHED
WHILE THE TEXANS FEEL THEYRE PLAYING AT THEIR PEAK

THE TEXANS HAVE FOLLOWED A CONSERVATIVE PLAN
SINCE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK INJURED HIS KNEE
THIS IS THE WEEK HE COMES OFF THE BENCH
BRINGING A LEVEL OF PLAY DIFFICULT TO FORESEE

STEVE SLATON AND ANDRE JOHNSON WILL PROVIDE
THE HOUSTON TEAM'S OFFENSIVE PUNCH
AND AS WELL AS THE TEXANS DEFENSE CAN PLAY
GREEN BAY'S LINE HAD BETTER PACK THEIR LUNCH
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THE VIKINGS SHOULD CRUISE THROUGH THIS GAME
UNLESS THEY'RE SLOWED BY THEIR BIG HEADS
AND SINCE THE PACKERS LET FIRST PLACE SLIP AWAY
THEYLL JUST PLAY TO EARN RESPECT INSTEAD