Vikings can go down in their Boats

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If Brees plays the way he did for the last 3/4s of the SB then it should
be a good night for us. We looked very nervous on O during the NFCCG
a little conservative perhaps.
All those folk going tonight , have a blast and don`t forget to pack the kleenex.

Loved the segment last night. In my opinion, our offense will look better due to the fact we will Heath Evans back on the field. I think this will be a key component to the game. I know we had Dave Thomas in for a fullback, but I think Heath will do a better job. I expect are short yardage runs will be better. I like him as a lead blocker. I think he might help keep some of the pressure off Drew in the pocket. I also think he is one more weapon that the Vikings will have to account for as a possible check down for Drew. This will help spread out the defense as long as we are effective in the first part of the game.

I didn’t sleep well last night. I haven’t been this excited since you know the Superbowl. When I got in my car this morning for work, my music player randomly picked a Fat’s domino song “Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans” and yes I do know. I wish I was there tonight with friends and family. Time is taking its sweet time today.

So while Vikings fans seem to think/believe that we played to the best of our abilities last year in that game, anyone who watched the Saints all season knows we could have done oh so much better. As a result I feel there is some serious underestimation going on over at the DN

Uh … exactly who at DN is saying this, that the Saints offense played to the best of their abilities in that game? You make it sound like everyone is saying that. Well, I “live” there and I can’t remember anyone saying something specifically like that.

Got a bit of a chip on your shoulder there? lol

p.s. an oh the irony … you accuse Viking fans of not allowing that your offense played as well as it could … but in the very same paragraph you say “I prefer to think is that while our D did what they were best at, creating ‘takeaways’” … doing exactly what you accused us of! Is it perhaps not possible that our offense did not play as well as it could of? Is it totally inconceivable that we shot ourselves in the foot on occasion, and that those occasions had nothing to do with your super-de-duper defense? That maybe that offense could play better too … like, oh, you know, manage to do a handoff from QB to RB without the ball dropping on the ground (seriously, are you gonna call botched handoff a “defensive takeaway” and not an offensive turnover, when there wasn’t a Saints player anywhere nearby when it happened?

LOL. Pot calling kettle black! Priceless!

What the Vikings don’t realize is, our offense in NFCCG did not click on all cylinders. That was not typical Saints offense football.

What I would love to see tonight, is the offense on fire, for instance, like the New England game from last season. Or the Giants, Philly, Miami game.

 When our offense is hot. There ain’t no defense out there that can stop them. FACT!

  Oh and have a look at this little clip regarding Adrian Peterson, “Guarantees victory over the Saints” Promises are meant to be broken right?

We need to shut him down big time tonite!

Here’s link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/news/Graham_Bensinger_InDepth/21803048#news/Graham_Bensinger_InDepth/21803048

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Of course the Saints D created turnovers, and props to them. Did the Vikings fail to protect the ball? Um, well yeah pretty much. I don’t see why one of these facts contradicts the other.

Of course the Saints O wasn’t hitting on all cylinders. Did the Vikes D shut them down like no other team last year? Um, well yeah pretty much. Again… no contradiction.

The Vikes don’t commit the turnovers if they’re playing Cleveland, and the Saints rack up 500+ yards if they’re playing Seattle. No matter how good we all think our team is, they’re playing against some pretty talented athletes who are doing everything to beat them, and I guarantee those competitors will influence each others level of success.

As much as this game is totally flavored by the last, it really can’t possibly resolve any unsettled issues from that game. The real difference will be that we can all look forward to a different competitor next week and stop thinking about each other. Tonight’s victor will claim vindication, the loser will tip their hats, and the NFCCG will still be what it has been for seven months… history.