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It was indistinguishable from what CP3 doesTexas is ranked 8th in the nation with a 11 pick right until his poor outing at Auburn 5St Louis had a dramatic rebound in 1999 winning 16 gamesSeattle would lose the next week to the Dolphins5 sacks the next year in a reserve role againHe had 738 rushing yards on the season and averages 50 Like Wigginton he was coming off a career best HRFB rate in 2008 21 Good on him for sticking with it thoughNo liger love children this time around Bengals maul Lions(Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell, also a Packer product, paved the way in that department: any savvy kicker knows 8 games inside a controlled-environment like a dome will really pad the stats and extend the career.) The sad reality for Vikings fans is they root for a quarterback they spent so much time, and energy, and heart hating. The Vikings are made up of Wisconsin football products: the aforementioned Favre and Longwell, plus head coach Brad Childress, an offensive coordinator with the Wisconsin Badgers for seven years, and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, a Wisconsin Badger quarterback and former Packer quarterback coach. True Vikings fans know the taxpayers will have to pay for a new stadium or a renovation of the Humpty-Dome in order to keep the team in Minnesota. Team ownership wants about $700 million from the public to get it done.That's a pretty scary number when considering the infrastructure issues Minnesota has faced in the recent past and will likely face in the future. (And, yes, it's a different economic climate than some teams recently faced when building or renovating their stadiums). I hope the Vikings play the NewOrleans Saints in the NFC championship game and lose. 
Why lose Because the hype for a new stadium will be even more fervent if the team gets to one game of the Superbowl and loses. Then the bandwagon fans who jumped on this year will be hyped to keep the team for another year. Most Packer fans would love to see the Vikings, their little brother expansion team, continue in Minnesota. Of course, even if the braids don’t make you look too fat or too girlish, Viking fans will always have a little burp in the getup a little indigestion.
Vikings fans will always remember all the years they hated, and protested, and jeered Favre, criticized him, thought he was a bad quarterback and spent millions of hours posting about his foibles and "lack of talent" on theInternet. No matter what Favre does for the Vikings, he’s no Bud Grant (Wisconsin native), no Kirby Puckett, no Joe Mauer. He's not one of your guys no matter how you try to make him so.Favre's a hired gun and, no matter how hard they try, Vikings' fans ain't theposse. They're just like those bankers in the old-time Western movies: weaselly, cross-eyed, writing the checks but always just sitting on the sidelines. By: Justin Curry (12/02/2009) Hello everyone and welcome to another IDP Wednesday.This week, I would like to simplify things a bit and really concentrate on one of the sections I've been bringing to you for the majority of this yearThe Favorable & Formidable Fives. So, with that said, here are the four charts, which will be followed by my analysis on what this should mean for a handful of players this week: Favorable & Formidable, Entire Year Favorable teams are ordered with the best team to play first and weekly opponent. RankDLOpp.LBOpp.DBOpp.1GBBALNOWASNOWAS2NYJBUFNEMIANYGDAL3NEMIAINDTENCARTB4JACHOUMIANEDENKC5SFSEACARTBSEASF Formidable teams are ordered with the worst team to play first and weekly opponent.
