THE VIKINGS DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO
WHEN PLAYING A TEAM LIKE THE DETROIT LIONS
THEY TOYED WITH THEM JUST A LITTLE BIT
THEN PULLED AWAY WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

AT LEAST THAT WAS THE WAY THAT IT APPEARED
BUT IN ACTUALITY WAS THAT THE CASE?
AT THE HALF THE VIKINGS ONLY LED BY SEVEN
WHILE THE LIONS WERE COMING IN FULL CHASE

BUT IN FACT THERE NEVER WAS ANY QUESTION
BECAUSE THE LIONS ARE JUST TERRIBLE
ITS UNCLEAR JUST WHAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO
THAT WOULD MAKE WATCHING THEM EVEN BEARABLE

THIS WEEK THE SEAHAWKS ROLL INTO TOWN
BRINGING WITH THEM A RECORD OF THREE AND SIX
AND A REALLY LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS
THAT FOR YEARS THEYVE BEEN TRYING HARD TO FIX

THE ONLY REALLY INTERESTING PART OF THIS MATCHUP
IS THE MEETING OF THE OLD MASTER WITH ONE OF HIS STUDENTS
AS MATT HASSELBECK WAS DRAFTED BY THE PACKERS
AND THEN MOVED ON WHEN IT APPEARED TO BE PRUDENT

BUT THE VIKINGS WONT WAX SENTIMENTAL
AS THEY PUT HASSELBECKS TEAM SQUARELY IN THEIR SIGHTS
AND WHEN THEY BRING THEIR TALENT TO BEAR ON THESE GUYS
THEY WILL SIMPLY HAVE THEM DEAD TO RIGHTS
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THE PACKERS WELCOMED AN OLD NEMESIS LAST WEEK
AS THE POKES BROUGHT THEIR FLASHY RECORD TO GREEN BAY
FULLY EXPECTING TO PUSH THE HOME TEAM AROUND
BUT THE PACKERS DID THE PUSHING MUCH TO DALLAS DISMAY

ITS NOT QUITE CLEAR WHAT FUELED THE PACKERS DEFENSE
BUT IT WAS SIMPLY AMAZING TO WATCH THEIR PLAY
AS THEY MANHANDLED TONY ROMO AND THE COWBOYS
LEAVING THE TEAM AND THEIR PLANS IN DISARRAY

THE ONE BLACK SPOT WAS GREEN BAYS OFFENSE
IN PARTICULAR THE PACKS POROUS OFFENSIVE LINE
BUT NO MATTER HOW BAD THEIR PERFORMANCE IS
THE COACH WILL STATE HE THINKS THEY PLAYED JUST FINE

THIS WEEK THE FORTY-NINERS COME TO TOWN
LOOKING TO REDISCOVER THEIR WINNING WAYS
LAST WEEK THEY BROKE A FOUR-WEEK LOSING STREAK
BY SHOWING THE BEARS HOW DEFENSE SHOULD BE PLAYED

THIS OF COURSE WILL PRESENT PROBLEMS FOR THE PACK
STILL SEARCHING FOR A WAY TO SAVE AARON RODGERS LIFE
LOOKING FOR THE COMBINATION OF OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
THAT WILL DECREASE HIS PAIN AND STRIFE

THE NINERS OFFENSE HAS BEEN LESS THAN CONSISTENT
DESPITE HAVING AN EXCELLENT RUNNING BACK
ITS LACK OF CONSISTENCY IN THEIR PASSING GAME
THAT ALWAYS STOPS THIS TEAM IN ITS TRACKS
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THE FACT THAT SEATTLE MUST NOW PLAY THE VIKINGS
HAS TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE A SACRIFICE
WHILE THE IF THE PACKERS WANT TO EARN RESPECT
TEAMS LIKE THE FORTY-NINERS MUST PAY THE PRICE
                    Carl "Gator" Nelson
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