Lets see where we stand about 6 games in. We will have played some good teams and see how we fared. Personally I like flying under the radar but with Bret & AD thats like standing on the corner naked. You are going to get noticed & arrested. The team needs to just stay focused and pile up the wins. It doesn’t matter how we get them. Ranked 2nd or 16th are just opinions. What do you think the ranking of the 87 Twins would have been. There is only one goal. Take care of the little goals one at a time.
Win the division,get home field, play well in the playoffs, win in Miami. Lets enjoy the ride along the way. As Vikings fans what do we have to lose that we haven’t already lost in the past anyway.

At least he moved us up to the top half, if just barely.

I think the only teams you can make a legitimate argument for ranking ahead of the Vikes so far are: BAL, NO, NYG, NYJ, ATL, PIT, and IND. Maybe PHI, considering they’re on QB#2.

Great job Gonzo. Even got linked by SI.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/teams/minnesota-vikings/

They will all be on the trash heap in 4 days anyway.

To be fair, wondering (and worrying) what will happen when we have to throw, and/or when we play a team that is not at the bottom of the rankings, is not that outlandish a question. If it is, then there are many regular posters at this site who are guilty of it too.

Rankings are fine and all, but when the year is over where do the teams end up? The answer to that question is what matters. My preseason prediction was that the two SB teams would be the Vikings vs. the Ravens (much like one ranking has them 1 and 2). This is not easy for me to say since I am a Packers fan. Some of you probably know that since I declare that every time I post something on here (which probably isn’t necessary anymore).

I find it absurd that rankings occur this early in the season. Yet fans like to see them because they want to know where their teams stack up according to the “experts”. It gives them a reason to smile or complain. Either way, they read them. In the end, that is what the writers want. Gonzo reads the rankings, and I’ll venture a guess that most of you read them too.

Oh, as for my prediction in the SB?

I have the Vikings winning big, by 14 points. So far, Favre’s arm has not had to throw 40 times a game and Peterson hasn’t had to carry 30+ times a game. The Vikings are playing for the long haul. I expect them to play deep into the playoffs. Their only challenger will be the Saints. No AFC teams match up against these two NFC teams right now.

By season’s end, you might see a race for MVP between Brees and Peterson…and surprisingly Favre (who sets career highs for completion percentage and lows for INTs with a high # of TDs). At first I thought he might throw few TDs, but I’ve changed my mind. This team is going to throw it at the goal line. Opponents will not know what to expect. That is why the Vikings will win it all. Favre.

Every year it’s the same story, a team starts out the season and the only thing people have to say is “they beat 2 teams with lsoing records last year”. First off you can’t compare last season to this season, it’s over, it’s in the books. Each season is it’s own as well as each team.We made a change at quaterback in Minnesota and now everyone is screaming Super Bowl champs……I’ll wait until it actually happens. The Bears beat the champs from last year, and the Patriots couldn’t score a TD in their loss, that should tell you something right there. Let’s see how people fare against the Browns and Lions come midseason. How good would the “experts” look if one of the division leaders lost to a Detroit, or Cleveland team. I prefer to think that the proof is in this years performance and note last years or the previous 3 years. Sorry I have been on winless teams one season only to have the same team and 95% of the original players come back the next season and win championships. However I sure as hell never ran around after the first 2 games claiming we were the best.

If Favre completes 70% of his passes this year, we win the Super Bowl hands down…..he is doing his job right now by just turning and handing it off to AP and completing the 3rd and mediums…..I hear people say that we beat two crappy teams but yet I see teams like GB who lost to the Bengals at home…..im not worried about the purple people eaters im just getting buckled up for an exciting ride into Febuary

..or better yet, to get deep into postseason…they still need to shore up pass protection and run D… but i think it will get better as season goes.

stats for the vikings? I have to think they rank pretty high in efficiency there. Not to many get to the 15 and kick a field goal drives.

like they say “at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter who does what, the bottom line is, who won?”

I’m a little leery of the Vikings having to throw to win. Even with Brett Favre. Did you see the quick slant to Shiancoe inside the 10 yard line, last Sunday? Shiancoe has Childress’s ridiculous “hook-stop-and-catch” so ingrained into him that the pass was almost intercepted because Favre actually led Shiancoe, and Shiancoe had hooked and stopped. In order to have a good passing game, the receivers are going to have to unlearn Childress’s “hook-stop-and-catch” passing philosophy.