BRETT FAVRE'S RETURN TO LAMBEAU FIELD
SHOULD CREATE AN ENORMOUS KERFUFFLE
WILL HE RUN OFF THE FIELD VICTORIOUS
OR LIMP OFF WITH A LOSER'S SHUFFLE?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN ONCE AGAIN BRETT TAKES LAMBEAU FIELD
WILL IT FEEL LIKE THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS A CHAMPION
OR THE PLACE HE COULD BE FORCED TO YIELD?
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MINNESOTAS TEAM PLAYED PRETTY WELL LAST WEEK
AS THEY FACED THE DEFENDING SUPER BOWL WINNERS
THEY RAN AND PASSED BETTER THAN PITTSBURGH
TIL BREAKS AND MISTAKES MADE THEN LOOK LIKE BEGINNERS

BRETT HAD BEEN PLAYING AN OUTSTANDING GAME
USING HIS WISDOM AND TALENTS TO THE MAX
THEN HIS COMMITTING TWO LATE TURNOVERS
STOPPED THE VIKINGS TEAM COLD IN THEIR TRACKS

WHILE DISAPPOINTING, THIS WASN'T A TRAGEDY
FOR REALITY SAYS THAT NO ONE GOES UNDEFEATED
WITH THE FAR MORE IMPORTANT FACTOR BEING
JUST HOW WELL YOUR TEAM COMPETED

THE STEELERS PROVED THAT THE VIKINGS ARENT PERFECT
AND THAT GAMES COME DOWN TO MAKING THE PLAYS
NO MATTER HOW WELL IT SEEMS YOURE DOING
ITS JUST NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH ONE DAY

THE QUESTION NOW FACING THE VIKINGS IS
WILL THE LOSS LEAVE THEIR CONFIDENCE SHAKEN?
FOR THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST WEEK TO WONDER
IF THEIR ABILITIES AND PLANS ARE MISTAKEN

DON'T THINK THE PACK'S NOT BEEN WATCHING
AS THE VIKES HAVE FOUND WINNING'S NOT SO EASY
AND THOUGH THEY'RE SAYING ALL OF THE RIGHT THINGS
MINNESOTAS PLAYERS HAVE GOT TO BE A BIT QUEASY
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FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE PACKERS TEAM
HAS SEEMED LIKE AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
THEY'VE SCORED FIFTY-SEVEN AND GIVEN UP THREE
(AGAINST SECOND-RATE OPPONENTS OF COURSE)

THE BROWNS AND THE LIONS BEFORE THEM
NEVER REALLY HAD A CHANCE IN THEIR GAMES
AS THE PACKERS TOOK CONTROL AND BEAT THEM UP
WHICH WAS OF COURSE THEIR ULTIMATE AIM

FOR THE PACKERS HAD COME OUT OF THEIR BYE WEEK
KNOWING THEIR CONFIDENCE HAD BEEN BADLY SHAKEN
FACING THESE TEAMS JUST WHEN THEY DID
GAVE THEIR PRIDE A CHANCE TO REAWAKEN

IN TRUTH THEY HAVE MADE SOME SERIOUS STRIDES
AND ARE REALLY BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE A TEAM
THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN AWFULLY STINGY
AND THE OFFENSE IS PICKING UP STEAM

THE PACKERS CAN AT LAST RUN THE BALL
AN ABILITY THATS BEEN LONG-AWAITED
AS THE BACKS FINALLY CAN FIND SOME HOLES
THAT THEIR OFFENSIVE LINEMEN CREATED

AARON RODGERS HAS BEEN QUITE GOOD
ACCORDING BOTH TO WINS AND THE RANKINGS
AND IF THE OFFENSIVE LINE CAN KEEP HIM UPRIGHT
THE VIKES' DEFENSE IS IN FOR A SERIOUS SPANKING
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THIS IS NOT TO SAY THE VIKES ARE THE BROWNS
OR THAT THIS GAME IS AN EASY GREEN BAY WIN
FOR MINNESOTAS TEAM IS VERY EXPLOSIVE
AS DEMONSTRATED AGAIN AND AGAIN

THEIR RUNNING GAME IS STILL PRETTY POTENT
THOUGH PETERSON'S NOT BEEN RUNNING ROUGHSHOD
AND IS HIS TOUGH-GUY ATTITUDE AND PERSONA REAL?
OR IS IT REALLY JUST AN ELABORATE FACADE?

EIGHT IN THE BOX IS ALWAYS THE KEY
TO KEEPING "ALL-DAY" UNDER A HUNDRED
AND IF THE PACKERS CAN BLITZ AND HURRY FAVRE
GREEN BAYS COACHES WILL NOT HAVE BLUNDERED

BOTH TEAMS' ROSTERS ARE SOMEWHAT BATTERED
WITH BIG-NAME PLAYERS WINDING UP BENCHED
MOST OF WHO WILL STILL FIND THEMSELVES AT GAME'S END
WITH ACHING MUSCLES AND COMPLETELY TENSED

JARED ALLEN AND PALS WILL BRING ALL THEY'VE GOT
AGAINST A PACKERS' LINE THAT'S SOMEWHAT DEPLETED
KNOWING FULL WELL THAT IF RODGERS HAS TIME
HIS PASSES WILL SURELY BE COMPLETED

THE PACKERS' GAME IS GOING TO HINGE
ON THE PLAY OF THAT PATCHWORK OFFENSIVE LINE
A UNIT THAT HAS TAKEN CRITICISM
BUT CAN'T REALLY SAY THEY'VE BEEN MALIGNED

OF COURSE THE HOME TEAM WILL BE COMING AS WELL
DOING THEIR BEST TO GIVE FAVRE SOME HURRIES
FOR WHEN HE'S PRESSED HE'LL MAKE MISTAKES
-NUMBER ONE AMONG COACH CHILLYS WORRIES
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THIS GAME WILL BE FILLED WITH EMOTION
AND THE PLAY WILL BE ROUGH AND UNCOUTH
UNFORTUNATELY FOR BRETT AND THE VIKINGS
THE PACK WILL DRAIN HIS FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

                  Carl "Gator" Nelson
Packers 'verses' Vikings: A Poetic Perspective
       www.PackersversesVikings.com