DECEMBER'S DEATH SPIRAL CONTINUES FOR THE VIKES

AS THEY ARE READY TO CRASH AND BURN

AND ALTHOUGH IT'S SOMEWHAT MYSTIFYING

IT'S NOTHING THEY HAVEN'T EARNED

CHICAGO'S BEARS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SPECIAL

AS THEY DISMANTLED THE VIKINGS MONDAY NIGHT

OTHER THAN PRESERVERE THROUGH A COUPLE MISTAKES

THOUGH THEY MOSTLY JUST DID THINGS RIGHT

MINNESOTA'S GROUND GAME HAS DISAPPEARED

AND THEIR DEFENSE RESEMBLES SWISS CHEESE

THE PASSING GAME DOES LOOK PRETTY GOOD

BUT IN THAT SYSTEM ITS ONLY A TEASE

THE WEEKS FOE THE NEW YORK GIANTS

STARTED THE SEASON OFF AT FIVE AND OH

BUT INJURIES AND INEPTITUDE CONTRIBUTED

TO JUST HOW POORLY THEIR SEASON COULD GO

ELI MANNING HAS SHOWN HE HAS FEET OF CLAY

WHILE THE REST OF HIS TEAM FLOUNDERED AS WELL

LOSING SEVEN OF THE LAST TEN GAMES

TURNED THIS POWERHOUSE INTO A SHELL

SO WHO WILL SHOW FROM EITHER TEAM?

WILL IT BE DR JEKYLL OR MR HYDE?

THE VIKINGS BETTER HOPE IT ISTHE FORMER

OR THEY'LL WIND UP LOSING THEIR PLAYOFF BYE

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MUCH LIKE OH SEVENS  PLAYOFF GAME IN THE SNOW

THE PACKERS DISMANTLED THE SEAHAWKS TEAM

ONCE GREEN BAY'S GUYS GOT ROLLING

THE GAME WENT AS SMOOTHLY AS A DREAM

SIX TOUCHDOWNS FROM THE RUNNING BACKS

WERE AN ODDITY FOR THIS PASS-HAPPY BUNCH

AS GRANT, JACKSON AND EVEN AHMAN GREEN

HANDED SEATTLE THEIR PROVERBIAL LUNCH

AND IT WASN'T LIKE THE DEFENSE WAS RESTING

AS THEY 'LOOSED THE DOGS' ON MATT HASSELBECK

INTERCEPTING FOUR OF HIS PASS ATTEMPTS

AND THREE TIMES NAILING HIM TO THE DECK

SO JUST WHERE ARE THE PACKERS HEADING

NOW THAT A PLAYOFF BERTH HAS BEEN SECURED?

THIS WEEK IT'S OFF TO PLAY THE CARDINALS

WHERE A VICTORY IS FAR FROM ASSURED

KURT WARNER HAS PROVED THAT YET AGAIN

AN OLD SIGNAL-CALLER CAN HAVE GREAT SUCCESS

ESPECIALLY WITH A TEAM THAT PROTECTS HIM WELL

AND DOESN'T LET HIM SUFFER TOO MUCH DURESS

FITZGERALD AND BOLDIN REEL IN HIS TOSSES

WHILE THE BACKS CAN MOVE THEM ON THE GROUND

THE CARDINALS ALSO CAN BOAST A FEROCIOUS DEFENSE

THAT WON'T BE EASY TO PUSH AROUND

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WHILE THE VIKES ARE WATCHING THEIR BYE WEEK HOPES

FADE LIKE A CHEAP SHIRT IN THE SUN

THE PACKERS ARE NEEDING TO GET PAST THE CARDS

TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM FOR THE POSTSEASON RUN

                       Carl "Gator" Nelson

            Packers 'verses' Vikings: A Poetic Perspective

                    www.PackersversesVikings.com