2008 Wildcard Week

Vikings 10 - 6
Packers 6 - 10

January 04, 2009

 

Well, it's that time of the year, when as Packers' fans we've just got to admit it, the fat lady has sung  and all we can do is wait for next year. Meanwhile as the Vikings are crowned as Division Champs for only the second time this millennium, they are having trouble selling out their stadium...will wonders never cease?

THE PACKERS DISPATCHED THE LIONS AS EXPECTED            
ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T AS EASY AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
AND THE DETROIT TEAM GOES INTO THE ANNALS OF FUTILITY
AS THE TEAM THAT COULDN'T GARNER A SINGLE WIN

THE PACKERS BROKE THEIR OWN LOSING STREAK
ONE THAT WENT BACK FIVE WEEKS INTO THE SEASON
THIS PACKERS TEAM WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTING
THE COACHESS TASK IS TO FIND AND FIX THE REASON

WHILE NOT PERFECT AARON RODGERS PLAYED PRETTY WELL
AS HE AND THE RECEIVERS OFTEN CONNECTED
BUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND THE RUNNING GAME
DIDN'T PLAY UP TO WHAT HAD BEEN EXPECTED

THE DEFENSE TOO HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS
AND AT TIMES JUST LOOKED LIKE A MESS
WHETHER TEDDY GETS OFF HIS BUTT AND FINDS SOME STUDS
REALLY IS NO MORE THAN ANYBODY'S GUESS
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WHEN THE GIANTS CAME TO MINNESOTA SUNDAY
FOUR STARTERS REMAINED ON THE SIDELINE IN STREET CLOTHES
AT HALFTIME THE STARTING QUARTERBACK SAT DOWN AS WELL
LEAVING THE VIKINGS' WIN A LITTLE TARNISHED I SUPPOSE

OF COURSE IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER IF THEY WON
SINCE THE GIANTS WERE SET AS THE NUMBER ONE SEED
AND THE BEARS HAD ALREADY FINISHED THEIR SWAN DIVE
BUT THE VIKINGS SURELY WEREN'T GOING TO CONCEDE

THEY TRAILED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE GAME
BUT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER THINGS STARTED TO CLICK
AND DESPITE SOME TYPICAL CLOCK MISMANAGEMENT
WON THE GAME WITH A RYAN LONGWELL KICK

WHILE MINNESOTAS PLAYERS ARE QUITE EXCITED
BECAUSE WINNING THE DIVISION IS SUCH A THRILL
SUNDAY WE'LL SEE THE VIKINGS FACE THE EAGLES
PROVIDED THAT THE METRODOME GETS FILLED
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COMING AS THEY DID FROM OUT OF NOWHERE
FOR A WHILE THE CARDINALS WERE A FEEL-GOOD TALE
BUT THE ATLANTA FALCONS ARE A FORMIDABLE GROUP
AND THIS WEEK THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FAIL

TO SAY THE CHARGERS HAVEN'T BEEN PRODUCTIVE
WOULD BE AN ATTEMPT TO DENY THE FACTS
BUT THE COLTS AND PEYTON MANNING ARE WAITING
AND IT SEEMS SAN DIEGO'S TEAM IS GOING TO GET SMACKED

THE RAVENS AND DOLPHINS WINNER IS REALLY HARD TO PICK
FOR BOTH TEAMS ARE PLAYING VERY WELL
BUT BALTIMORE'S QUARTERBACK IS STILL A ROOKIE
AND HIS BEATING PENNINGTON IS JUST TOO TOUGH TO SELL

FACING THE EAGLES IN THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR
IS A TASK THAT MOST TEAMS WOULD NOT DESIRE
AND THE VIKINGS ARE GOING TO FIND OUT SUNDAY
THE EAGLES TEAM SIMPLY IS ON FIRE

                  

 

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