MONDAY'S GAME WAS TO BE A QUARTERBACK SHOWDOWN
AS BRETT FACED OFF AGAINST RODGERS AND THE PACK
BUT THE GAME NEVER QUITE GOT TO THAT LEVEL
AS FAVRE'S GAME SIZZLED WHILE AARON JUST GOT SACKED

IT SEEMED THE VIKES COULD DO NO WRONG
EITHER ON OFFENSE OR WHEN DEFENDING
AND THE PACKERS WERE BATTERED INTO SUBMISSION
NO MATTER HOW MUCH EFFORT THEY'D BEEN EXPENDING
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THE VIKINGS NOW HEAD OFF TO PLAY THE RAMS
WHOS OH AND FOUR RECORD IS THE VIKES' MIRROR IMAGE
THIS IS A GAME THAT COULD DETERIORATE QUICKLY
TO A LEVEL THAT RESEMBLES A HIGH SCHOOL SCRIMMAGE

WHILE THE RAMS WILL GIVE THIS GAME ALL THEY CAN
THEIR PLAY LEAVES MORE THAN A LITTLE TO BE DESIRED
STEVEN JACKSON REALLY IS THEIR ONLY OFFENSIVE STAR
AND HIS PERFORMANCE IS STEADY IF NOT INSPIRED

WILL AN IMPROVING ST LOUIS DEFENSE HAVE ENOUGH
TO SLOW THE MINNESOTA JUGGERNAUT?
OR WILL ADRIAN PETERSON AND HIS MATES
LEAVE THE ST LOUIS TEAM DISTRAUGHT?
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THE BYE COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME
FOR THE PACKERS TO RE-EVALUATE AND REGROUP
FOR WHILE THERE WERE GOOD PLAYS HERE AND THERE
MOST OF THE GAME THIS TEAM LOOKED LIKE, WELL, POOP

IS IT THE PLAYERS WHO SOMEHOW HAVE REGRESSED?
OR THE SCHEMES THAT LEAVE THEM SO EXPOSED?
THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR THE COACHES TO FIX THIS
BEFORE THIS TEAM AND THE SEASON WIND UP HOSED

THE DEFENSIVE TEAM IS VERY TALENTED
IF ONLY THEIR TALENTS WEREN'T BEING MISUSED
NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY TO THEIR STRENGTH
IS LEAVING THE PLAYERS FRUSTRATED AND CONFUSED

THE OFFENSIVE LINE PLAY IS TRULY THAT
AN OFFENSE TO THE HISTORY OF THE PACK
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS OR THE TALENTS
TO AVOID GIVING UP MULTIPLE RODGERS SACKS

ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS IN THE WHOLE MESS
IS THE PLAY OF THE PACKERS' QUARTERBACK
AT TIMES HE'S LOOKED LIKE AN ALL-PRO
OTHER TIMES HE JUST WINDS UP ON HIS BACK

EVEN THE PACKERS' RECEIVING CORPS
HAS PICKED UP A BAD CASE OF THE DROPS
TED THOMPSON AND MIKE MCCARTHY
HAVE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT STOP
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GAMES LIKE MINNESOTA'S AGAINST THE RAMS
ARE CALLED "TRAP GAMES" FOR A REASON
WHILE THE PACKERS WILL TRY TO FIND THE METHOD
TO SALVAGE THE REST OF THEIR SEASON
                      Carl "Gator" Nelson
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