Pro Football Talk Gives Award to Jared Allen; Earth Still Rotating on Axis

thinks that Jared Allen plays dirty, then all they’re showing is their jealousy of the fact that he wears the Purple and Gold instead of their team colors and are still kicking themselves that their team didn’t get off their ass and make the deal for him that the Vikes did. Jared is classic old-school with a twist. How many players would have played through injuries like he did to help their team in the stretch run to the playoffs? Not many. Congrats Jared. May this award be the first of many more in your career.

you listen to too many of these so-called sports “experts” without checking out the facts. I don’t know where you get this “three DUI’s” accusation…well, maybe I do. A sports reporter asked him about his “three DUI’s” and he corrected her. It was two. So maybe you know about the third one that the rest of us are unaware of? If so, please enlighten us. DUI’s have become a joke for law enforcement just like raising the drinking age back to 21. It all boils down to $$$$. Find a way to rip the public off for more money on fines, lawyers, etc. Before long, all it’ll take is a sip of beer to have someone arrested. Also, just because the No Fun League fines a player for something doesn’t mean they’re guilty. A Viking player was flagged for a facemask penalty in a game this year which the replay clearly showed he didn’t commit. Guess what? He got fined anyway so there goes your argument on “the NFL wouldn’t have fined him if he hadn’t”. Why wasn’t the Detroit player fined for the dirty hit on Allen at Ford Field? Why wasn’t the Chicago player fined (or flagged) for the late hit on Gus at the Metrodome? You’re either some Johnny-come-lately Viking fan who doesn’t pay attention to what goes on in a game or just some troll coming over here to start s***. But you seem to have all the answers…so tell us, name all the dirty hits that Jared did this year (without the help of the "experts")…and you better be ready to back it up.

Not that I had any doubt that I would love this mullet-sporting phenom, but is there any way besides leading us to a SuperBowl that Jared Allen could have made a better impression on the fans and the organization in his first year with the team?

I’m 23 years old and I love him not like a brother or close friend, but as if he’s my son. By week 4 I found myself roping the calf with him when not at the dome. I invite you all to start doing the same, although I’m sure a few of you already do.

“If they’re a fan of an NFC North team, remind them that Jared Allen spent at least one matchup against each of their teams in 2008 causing their team’s quarterback to thoroughly soil themselves for four quarters of play”

Unless, of course, you’re Dan Orlovsky of the Lions. Then you just run out of bounds in your own end zone, because you’re a dope..

…was it bad to have a DIRTY, stud, defensive end? I hope he’s punching people in the Adam’s apple, kneeing groins, and judo chopping throats. All whilst yelling “Captain Insano shows no mercy!”

Seriously though, he’s a freakin lineman. They’re expected to play dirty.

with a badly separated shoulder for much of the last quarter of the season and still playing at an extremely high level really set a tone for the team overall. He was playing with the aid of painkilling injections (which wore off by the mid-2nd qtr) too.

Everyone makes mistakes. Some people repeat mistakes. The goal is to learn from them and it looks like Jared is on his way. The Vikings are very lucky to have a beast like him on the team. I believe he is the one reason our pass defense improved last season. It was great to see him get the sack/fumble/fumble recovery last night. There for awhile it seemed the Vikes were the only NFC players doing anything, except of course for the Minneapolis native. As a season ticket holder, that voice message from Jared announcing the time change for the Falcons game was awesome. I wish I would have saved it.

I have a man crush on JA! Seriously though, he is a world class athlete, and a good sport. he plays with a lot of intensity and trash talking on every single play. Kind of reminds me of a younger John Randle. They both loved to trash talk, were huge competitors, and had a knack for finding the QB.