all you fair weather fans can go fist yourself
by Toes110 on Jan 29, 2010 7:57 PM CST
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to sit and listen to all these fair weather fans bitch and moan about the vikings and there short comings this year... as a life long vikes fan, it means nothing to me when someone who just jumped on board this year wants to complain about our team... did we blow it big time in the biggest game of the year? yes.. do we have a history of always coming up short at the wrong time? yes.... but it is our choice to remain as the vikings faithful... and by faithful I mean fans who watch every sunday, win or lose and cheer for the purple... not jump on when we are dominating and then by gone as soon as they come up short... We have a terrible history of these "so called" fans.. dont get me wrong I was as shocked and pissed off as anyone else when purple moses threw that INT... but the whole TEAM lost not our QB who had guided the ship the whole season.. and I for one want him back... I hated him for 16 years, and was actually against him coming here.. But he won me over, after seeing how good of a locker room guy he really was, and the passion in which he brings to the game.. So as I was saying before.. all of the loyal die hard vikes fans... SKOL......... all you fair weather fans..... go fist yourself
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I too
Hated Favre with passion..He has won me over too…no, we dont need fair weather fans,, Win or lose, Go Vikings….Now as to Childress, cant see ever being a Chilly fan…We win in spite of him
+2
chilly does do good in drafts and getting us good players though.
i do bleed purple, just can not get enough even with a sb win go vikes
by new york viking on Jan 30, 2010 6:03 AM CST up reply actions
+3
I was one of those that thought Brett was past it, couldn’t believe that he would come to the Pack’s biggest rival, but hey he won me over. You could not fault him for anything this season. He kept us in the running all season long and through that game. If he decides to retire then that is fine. I have faith in Chilly and his team to find the right QB for us and as long as everyone else (and that includes coaching staff) comes back next season we will be ready! Skol Vikes!
Agreed....
Dealing with Chilly can be hard as a vikings fan….. when it comes to the draft and Free agency I think he has done a incredible job keeping this team competitive, and fresh.. however, on the flip side… some of the play calling, and mental errors have been too much for me…. th 12th man……………………………………………………. AAAAAJSKLJDFASKL:FJKL:SDFJDKLFJDLK:JFKL:DFJ ……. damnit,,,,,,, sorry for that, had to scream a little….
For real!
Chilly should be relegated to being in charge of player personnel only. He makes too many boneheaded playcalling mistakes last week. Favre should’ve put his foot down on Chilly earlier in the year. Too bad the offense really came alive in the 2nd half of that Chicago game. If we had that killer instinct all year we wouldn’t be here wondering what the HELL HAPPENED last week!!
This post smells of self-reflection
Who are these “fair weather fans” you are so eager to call out? I have seen some grieving here and there, as well as some definite bitterness. But on the whole, I think we Vikings fans have responded very maturely and appropriately to the latest loss. Now that the dust has settled I’ve seen pretty wide spread positivity in regards to the reflection on our season. Are you sure you didn’t create these anti-fans in some sort of self-reflective way? Are you really just trying to fabricate an external target for a problem that might be to painful to deal with internally? If you are, I wouldn’t blame you. We all deal with grief in our own unique ways.
can I please have
some of what your smoking….. you know damn well that MN sports teams have a ton of fair weather fans… The vikes, and the twins especially….. what you dont remember when we were in danger of black outs because no one was supporting the vikes, or when they were talking about contracting the Twins because of lack of interest…. alot of MN sports fans are around when things are going well, and the gone the minute things turn south… so no this is not a self-reflective way of dealing with a “painful problem”….
by Toes110 on Jan 30, 2010 6:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ok, I see now
I thought this was in response mostly to posts made on sites like this. You’re not necessarily speaking to fans on this site as you are to fans who attend/don’t attend the games and wear/don’t wear the jerseys. That makes more sense now.
But I’m still going to disagree with the sentiment that just because one stops going or has never gone to Vikings games it means they are “fair weather”. Personally, I only go when I can afford it. If I happen to be able to afford it when they’re winning, great. But if that also occurs when they’re losing, I’ll still go. But thats just me. Obviously, on the whole, we are a fair weather state if measured just by one variable alone. The lack of stadium interest.
I have always agreed with Jayrome007 in this regard
In fact, I find self-aggrandizing, back-patting uber-fan posts of this nature to be totally annoying (not to mention unfair and inaccurate).
People are allowed the freedom of expression and part of that is the ability to cheer however the heck they want to cheer. If that means I get fed up with the constant bumbling in big games and decide not to watch for a season, so be it. That’s my right as much as it is yours to wave your blind optimism in everyone’s face too.
Each to his own as each of us sees fit. I think (and have learned from some great folks on this site) that positivity and hope are the way to go but I’m not about to rip on someone for feeling negative or down, too.
People invest themselves (probably too much) in this team – so I’m not surprised when they get fed up for a while or too upset to watch a game or two (or even more). Big deal, that’s their right to do so. Worry about yourself, rather than what others are doing. ;)
That’s the pro-tip of the week.
Sorry but...
What an asinine post. Go fist yourself? Nice! That’s a Grade A Vikes fan there! Because people want to have a legitimate discussion about what went wrong (and something did go wrong or else we’d be going to Miami) they’re fair weather fans? Get off the high horse dude!
by littledubs on Jan 30, 2010 10:05 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Recd for the Chip Carey Referance
I love Twins Baseball and Minnesota Vikings Football.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Jan 31, 2010 11:15 AM CST reply actions
Fair-Weather Fans
I think the Cows have more fair-weather fans than any other NFL team though. Nation-wide bandwagon jumpers, it’s legendary and grotesque.
The Vikings aren’t so much lumbered with fair-weather fans, as we are with fans who have been infected with a fatalistic doom complex. Too many years of disappointment have led a lot of otherwise great fans to cringe in anticipation of the blow to their hearts, year after year. It sucks, and nothing will cure it except a Super Bowl victory.
I try not to argue much with them any more because, quite frankly, they irritate me and when I’m depressed about a Viking performance, they make the situation 10 times as hard to bear and recover from. That’s why I’ve been lately avoiding the DN during games, I don’t want naysayers around me when I’m cheering my favorite team and trying to enjoy a football game.
Like vikingsfanfrom afar quotes, it’s the man in the arena that counts, not the critics in the stands. Even if the Vikings lose, it’s important that they don’t quit before the game is over. That they keep fighting, even when the cause is lost, is part of what makes them great.
Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!
I will admit...
I have always been a fan of the Vikings, but this year, I became an even bigger fan.
However, I’ve never been the fan who gives up on his team due to losses.
We hit our late-season losses and people were jumping ship. I was being optimistic.. I was thinking, well okay the Cardinals beat us playing a near perfect game..
Than I was thinking, okay, the Carolina Panthers beat us, because we maybe were over confident and playing flat. Not to mention we were slipping and falling. We couldn’t get much going. Keep in mind the Panthers went forward and dropped 40+ points on the Giants as well (When it mattered to the Giants to WIN to make the playoffs).
Than we lost to the bears.. Its hard to win games on the road.. Not to mention on grass, and within our own division in the cold weather. But that 2nd 1/2 come back was epic.. Even though it wasn’t enough.
I loved the beating we put on the Giants, and found it great that we got the chance to be fortunate enough to still fall into the #2 seed.
I’m happy that the Saints/Vikings game was close versus a complete blow-out. I’d hate to see how many haters would come here if we had lost 44-0…
We’d be a laughing stock, no doubt.
At least the game was close, and to a point, where it almost seemed as if we deserved it but only pissed down our own legs and lost it. Vikings beat themselves, not the Saints beating the Vikings.. And I am sure the Saints KNOW that too.
Agreed.....
We as vikings fan seem like we always have this fear of downfall, or how somehow some way things are all going to implode… which it seems like they always do… and yes we kicked the piss out of the saints in every aspect of that game…. except the Fuukking turnovers,, and the stupidity of the 12th man….. but I have faith in our vikes…. someday…. it will happen for us
They Don't Understand..
The fair weather(wagoners) is what make me sick. There are some people that I work with that are the same way. They are only a Packer fan if they are going good. I picked my team in 95 or 96 and will stick with the Vikes til death or alien invasion(whatever comes 1st).
The wagoners do not know what a true fan is. A true fan sticks with your team regards win or lose. I like your post. I agree with everything that you said.
SKOL VIKINGS
My 2 cents
Favre is possibly the best thing the vikes had going this year. I just want to say that the last minute interception wasn’t a bad decision by favre. He knew the vikes needed 15 yards in order to get a chip shot field goal. He knew that no one on the vikings roster was gonna hit a 56 yard field goal. He took a chance and let our guys try to make a play to win the big game. I would gladly have that guy back for as many years as he is willing and able to play.
you are a moron
if you think that wasn’t a bad decision. 15 yards? 5 would have at least given them a shot. And just because 15 yards would be nice, that doesn’t give you license to make a horrendous throw like that. It is OK if you think Favre didn’t lose the game, but don’t go out of your way to apologize for him.
Regardless of how you feel about favre, the vikings, or anything football related, that was a bad decision.
No need for name calling
Just because someone has a different opinion than you, doesn’t make them “Morons”. Grow up!
You know Favre was pretty beat up by that point in the game. He was playing on a sprained ankle, so running really wasn’t an option for him.
It was a bad pass, but if Rice would have caught the ball, I’m sure we would be saying Favre is a great QB, and he won the game for the Vikings…right?, I know I’d be saying that. :)
If that would have been a complete pass, Longwell would have had a far better chance of making the FG to win the game. 50yrd FG’s are not easy to make, (even for R.Longwell). Especially in an environment like the super dome, during the NFC Championship game. It was a bad throw, but I think Favre was just trying to make a play.
If Favre couldn't give
his all because he was hurting he should’ve let TJ come in to scramble for the first. I’m sure he wanted to be out there and felt he could go on, but at some point he needs to take a second to think of what’s best for the team. I could care less how much of a warrior/competitor he or anyone else is if it’s costing the team.
That's the coaches decision there.
We all know Favre isn’t going to remove himself from the game.
All in all, they shouldn’t have had the 12 man in the huddle penalty….IMO
Hah
KC612 are you serious? TJ in the last play of a game like that? I’m sorry I can’t beleive you’d even say that.
I knew you'd get a
kick out of that one, but in all seriousness he couldn’t have done much worse.
hahaha
nobody could have done worse. There really isn’t anything worse that could have been done on that play.
I actually thought T-jack should have come in on the goal line earlier in the game, after the pass interference got us a first and goal at the one. Favre, who was lake on handoffs all season, was even worse with his ankle hobbled, plus the Saints knew we weren’t going to try to throw with Favre’s ankle. with Jackson we wouldn’t have had to worry about the handoff, plus he gives you the bootleg option. Honestly, we should have been doing that all year. I know there was a big to-do about taking Favre out of games, but he was tired at the end of the year. Jackson could have gotten 50 more snaps this year and it wouldn’t have hurt us. Plus, we could have put him in to shake things up, and it wouldn’t even have to be a wildcat thing. He can go under center. If favre comes back (i hope not), I think the vikings have to seriously consider finding ways to limit the time he spends on the field, otherwise the playoffs will be a disaster again.
sorry for the sudden rant. that’s why we’re here though I guess.
TJ in the shotgun
would’ve had them guessing after facing a pocket passer the entire game.
well I will say it couldn't have been worse
UNLESS TJ throws an INT. Then Chidlress has his house fire bombed.
No!
It was a bad decision. It doesn’t matter if he was hurt, if he got hit…even if the pass had been completed, it was still a terrible decision in that situation. It doesn’t matter if that has worked before. In that situation, it was terrible. It was a stupid thing to do in that situation. You don’t throw away a chance at a field goal unless you have something safer than throwing across your body into heavy coverage…while injured.
I’m sorry I called heavyset a moron. Withdrawn.
It was a bad decision
It wasn’t a bad decision so much to try to complete the ball — it was 3rd down, they were out of Longwell’s effective field goal call, and it was really iffy (including to Favre himself, on his gimpy ankle) that he could get at least 8 yards (5 to get back to LOS plus 3 to get within reasonable FG range). It was a bad decision to throw to Rice. It’s too bad he didn’t see Berrian. Or that another play wasn’t called where there was at least one receiver on the left side of the field, so the secondary was more spread out (NFL Network Inside the Huddle did a breakdown of this play, and used a high angle camera to illustrate some of the weaknesses of the formation). But … c’est la vie.
Brett Favre is a human being, and human beings make bad decisions. In every game, every plaeyr makes a combination of good and bad decisions. Despite that final play, I think overall he had a good game.
[cue Packer “misanfavres” …]
I think Brett Favre
’s mistakes go beyond human. He has an incredible track-record of playoff mistakes. How many mistakes does on player get before people are willing to call him out? I think Favre went over that line a long time ago.
He did have a fine game though, especially considering the injury. Again, my point has never been that he lost the game singlehandedly or anything, just that in that situation, he did the worst possible thing. Yes, the situation should have been/could have been different, but it wasn’t. For a guy that people fall over themselves to call the greatest, I expect better decision making from him. Just like I expect a guy like Adrian Peterson to be able to hold on to the ball.
You do realize that
… the only reason there was even a winning FG opportunity for Favre to let slip through our fingers in the first place was because he made a series of great throws to Sydney, Bernard, and Chester, to move us 50 yards in under a minute?
Here are the yardage gains from the four run plays on that drive: 0, 2, 0, 0
Here are the yardage gains from the four pass plays on that drive: 10, 20, 14, INT
And that in the previous championship game with Pack, the only reason that game went to OT in the first place — other than the Giants missing FG conversion — is because of Favre? Grant had TWENTY SIX TOTAL YARDS RUSHING that entire game!
Also remember this
no matter how much you think Favre stinks in the playoffs, he’s still BOUNDS better than are second and third choices…
I suppose
but I guess I’d rather we actually fix the problem than use a stop gap, especially a stop gap that happens to be our biggest rival player of all time, and one that I personally don’t like (not that that matters). But, of course, the Vikings have been using the stop-gap approach at QB for about 30 years, so that is a fairly meaningless comment on my part.
What good does it do for somebody to lead you right up to the cusp of a victory if he is going to mess it up. He has done it do many times now, it is really crazy. At least Marino (as an example) just played on bad teams, and when they lost in the playoffs, it was despite his best efforts. Favre is such a playoff choker. Sure, some of his Packer teams weren’t great, but come on! 6 ints vs rams, 4 vs vikings, game ending (essentially) ints vs eagles and Rams.
Also, his ‘great’ throw to Berrian was actually a pretty ‘bad’ throw that Bernard made a pretty great play on. Again, I’m not saying the entire game was Brett’s fault, I just feel like he is never held responsible for his mistakes, and he never has been, even though he has made more than any other “greatest” player of all time-type of guy.
In the era of free agency
Everyone is a stopgap.
You realize half the impact players on this team will be free agents after next year … right? You are advocating preparing for a tomorrow that likely won’t even be there. This team should be all about finding “stopgaps,” wherever they can be found. IMO.
Hey man here it is
Look at it this way 28 other teams are watching us. 28 other teams QB’s, RB’s and coaches have failed more often or earlier than we did. So yeah it stinks when you fail this close to the big game but in reality it stinks a lot less than failing in regular season. Only one team ever wins the whole shibang I wish it was us but I’m proud we were that close.
by Grime on Feb 3, 2010 8:45 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Of course he is and obviously you guys aren’t going to play Sage or Jackson over him because has a track record of making mistakes in the playoffs but there is no doubt he does indeed have a track-record of making mistakes in playoff games.
Puddn- Having no run game against the Giants obviously hurt our passing game but Favre had a relatively poor game as well. Really the whole offense kind of looked out of sync. Looking back on it now I really don’t think it was entirely Favre’s fault (like I previously had). The Giants won the battle in the trenches and obviously that effected our offense and defense.
For me I just look at that throw he made, and some of the other poor playoff games he had with us in the past, and really just feel kind of confused and disappointed. It was always so hard to watch Favre carve defenses up all year, only to make a crucial mistake when the games mattered most. It just seems like sometimes a switch gets turned off up there in his head and he does some things that make you wonder what the hell he was thinking.
by packallday555 on Feb 2, 2010 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
and I would say, for the record, that
our defense was the main reason we stayed in that game, not Favre. They played pretty great, especially in the second half, and the Saints second two TDs came on insanely short fields.
Back to question of the post, about fair weather fans
Do all the Favre lovers count as fair weather? I seem to remember people being pretty down on the Vikings until Brent was signed. And there were a lot of brand new season ticket holders out this year too. Wonder where they will be if/when he retires.
They'll be gone, we might keep .01%
And that’s cool, we will lose a lot more fans when we move to California or Oklahoma so don’t worry about it.
Favre has made his niche in NFL lore for living on the edge
“To attain excellence you must risk more than others think is safe.”
It just kinda cracks me up that some people get all over Childress for playing it safe all the time, then they jump down a players throat for trying to make a play. The game was not lost because of that play alone. We missed tackles. We fumbled. We didnt put enough pressure on Brees. The refs where blinded by Kim Kardashians ass. etc….
"We have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights for lordship. Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Odin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the werewolves themselves had come."
-from Bram Stoker's Dracula
by NMVike on Feb 10, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Check Longwell's record...
He can hit it from 52 yards, which is where it would have been spotted for the boot.
The problem is, to get that range, the ball has to be fairly low as it’s launched, which makes it more susceptible to the block. The closer we got, the better Longwell could do in keeping it out of the Saint’s reach. Favre wanted to give him as much margin as possible…
Was it a bad decision? Maybe. 5 yards would have made a significant difference for Longwell, 10 would have iced it. Favre could have ran it and been safer, but the clock was also running. Throwing it meant better clock management.
I think that if he hadn’t been injured, on his throwing arm, just a few plays earlier, he would have made that throw. The football didn’t come out with it’s usual power, and I don’t think it’s because he couldn’t have done it, had he not been nailed to the turf on that arm earlier.
Doesn’t matter… in the end, it didn’t happen, and it doesn’t matter who’s fault it was, or why… the Vikings had lots of chances to put an extra 3 points on the board, and they blew them by turning the ball over. They did it to themselves and it’s time to move on. I think a week of weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth is about the limit.
Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!
just a clarification
It would have been a 55.5 yard kick, not 52 yard, if that last throw by favre would have been (for example) thrown away. On the other side, I’ve heard that Longwell told the coaches that he though his distance that night was 53 yrads.
Listening to BF’s post game presser, he says that he knew they needed to pick up some yards on that play. so i think that was the mindset of the entire team as they broke huddle. they were good with counting on longwell’s leg until they took the 5 yard penalty (hence the ultra conservative no-gain runs on 1st & second down); after it they need 2-3 yards back minimum.
Distance correction noted
I read the lead-in on a Favre interview where he admitted it was a bad decision on his part…
That being said, I agree that he played a great game and while it sucked, I really don’t hold him as accountable for the game loss. Mistakes happen, and I think this one was tied to that nasty hit he took a few plays earlier.
Also, Favre’s a consummate clock-manager. There wasn’t much time left on the clock and if he ran and got tackled, he might not have been able to stop the clock in time. Throwing it would have made it much more certain to control the clock and I suspect that was part of his calculation in going with that option.
Either way, I really hope Brett Favre returns to Minnesota this coming season.
Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!
I think most here have probably already seen it
But if not … the fanpost with pictures of Favre’s leg injuries probably answers why — in a moment that he HAD to make a play to pick up at least three yards — he was more confident in his arm that his legs (and ankles)
It was a team loss.
You win and/or lose as a team.
Agreed
The Vikings had a lot of opportunities to win that game.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"All morons hate it when you call them a moron." -Holden Caufield
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Feb 1, 2010 1:30 PM CST up reply actions
Your going to make a claim that it was Favre's fault?
It would be obvious prior to the 12-man huddle issue, Favre would of never needed to make that pass. They would or ran it for a hopeful few extra yards to help out Longwell.
They still had 1 timeout remaining. We were planning on running it one more time and hopefully gaining some extra yards.
And like others have said, if we didn’t have those turnovers, we probably would of been in a position to knee the ball out as the Saints would of been stopping the clock earlier in hopes to get the ball back since they would of been behind.
So easy to put the blame on the last offensive play of the game. So easy to blame the refs in OT. So easy to blame the Defense for not stopping them. How about blame the whole team for the turnovers. They dominated, or so it seems, in every other aspect in the team. The Secondary was a little suspect, but, other than that we did okay.
Peterson was getting good yards, he rushed for over 100 yards.
If your post was in reply to mine
I’m making the claim that the INT he threw contributed to the loss as much as Berrian, Harvin and AD’ s fumbles.
my only argument
was that is was a terrible decision. I don’t care who gets ‘blamed.’
But I do think we should be holding Favre to a higher standard than this. I’m sorry, but that was one of the stupidest plays I have ever seen. If he went into that play thinking he had to made a big play, well, he was wrong. He needed a couple yards. You’re just trying to get into a reasonable position for the field goal, and it is almost never a good idea to make the kind of throw that he made. Yes, he completes that throw sometimes, but 99% of the time it is to a wide open guy. If with some zing on that ball, Porter is going to make a play on it. It’s not like Porter came from across the field. He was pretty close.
Yes, a lot of bad things happened before the pass. We shouldn’t have been in that situation. But we were. We were in that situation, and Favre did the only thing he couldn’t do. There was no need to try to force a pass. Nobody can deny that we would have been better off trying a 56-yarder than giving the ball up. (None of this even takes into consideration that the best decisions were right in front of him…running, or berrian.)
Each individual fumble
not all fumble put together.
TO ALL THE VIKING FANS AND TEAM
TO ALL THE VIKING FANS AND TEAM
YOU’RE THE GREATEST
YOU ALL SHOULD BE PROUD YOU HAD A GREAT SEASON
I LIVE IN THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA AND A REDSKIN FAN SO WHAT I SAY NOW WILL NOT BE BIASED. AFTER READING A LOT OF THESE SPORTS BLOGS AND SEEING YOUR TEAM PLAY THIS YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS OF PLAYERS AFTER THE GAME. YOU FANS AND YOUR PLAYERS ARE THE GREATEST. I THINK YOU ALL SHOWED REAL CLASS THROUGHOUT ALL WITH THE DIFFUCULTY OF BRETT FAVRE COMING TO YOUR TEAM AND WITH ANOTHER HEARTBREAKING LOSE WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN SO CLOSE SO MANY TIMES. HOWEVER YOU ARE REAL CLOSE TO A SUPERBOWL CONTENTION RIGHT NOW IF YOU DO A FEW THINGS. RESIGN CHESTER TAYLOR AND GET MORE PLAYERS LIKE HIM HE IS SO VERSATILE AND SO UNSELFISH BLOCKING RUNNING AND CATCHING YOU CAN NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS LIKE HIM. DRAFT AS MANY OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AS YOU CAN. NO QUATERBACK WILL LAST A SEASON IF YOUR QUATERBACK TAKES A BEATING LIKE BRETT FAVRE TOOK IN THE NEW ORLEANS GAME. DRAFT AS MANY DEFENSIVE BACKS AS YOU CAN DUE TO ALL THE INJURIES YOU HAVE HAD THERE YOU WILL NEED THEM. OTHER WISE I SEE THE REST OF THE TEAM AS BEING SOLID. LET YOUR DRAFT PICKS PLAY THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY WILL LEARN AND YOU PICKED THEM THINKING THEY COULD PLAY IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. EVEN IF BRETT FAVRE DOES COME BACK ALLOW TAVARIS JACKSON TO PLAY HE IS A GOOD ATHLETE AND WILL LEARN AND DEVELOP. BE PATIENT I THINK YOU WILL WIN A SUPERBOWL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. THE COLTS ARE PLAYING WITH 2 ROOKIE WIDE RECEIVERS AND 2 ROOKIE DEFENSIVE BACKS I THINK YOUR TEAM IS AS OR MORE TALENTED THEN THEY ARE. AND SEE THEY ARE IN THE SUPERBOWL. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE VIKINGS PLAY NEXT YEAR.
Why the CAPS LOCK!? I actually wanted to read what you had to say but it was to difficult to do haha!
by packallday555 on Feb 4, 2010 3:30 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks mate appreciate your support.
Remember just because you live in DC doesn’t mean you can’t be a Vikes fan. Just ask DCPurple..
Grime is right - we are equal opportunity here....
Many converts have joined…and our fan base comes from near (anywhere in USA) and afar (throughout the globe)!! As an example from afar, I am in Dubai and a raving fan, follow the Vikings as possible anywhere I happen to be in my travels, and always try to get others to see the light (the virtues of becoming a Viking fan)….
I even assist those needing enlightenment like Packallday lol when required heehee….. ; )To give you an example of how cool this whole Viking fan business is, I had a childhood/school friend contact me the other day via facebook. He saw my comment on the 4 million fans page and one from the petition page to bring Favre back on that site…and came back to me via that social site…
So we have managed to touch bases again after oh I don’t know, maybe 20 years (maybe 25 even)….Great stuff and shows how the love for the Vikes can being people together! Cool stuff…and one of thousands of stories out there. Have I convinced you tzp yet, or do we need more backup lol?! SKOL!
I would rather be IN the Arena than watching from the stands...That is my life!
* Read Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" if you need further explanation...
by vikingfanfrom afar on Feb 6, 2010 1:37 AM CST up reply actions
No Respect
I’m a long time Viking season ticket holder and get zero respect because I keep insisting the Vikings need a young QB and should release Favre. I am the voice of reason but get treated like Rodney Dangerfield.
I'm sure Hannibal Lecter thinks he's the voice of reason as well
When he’s talking to all the other voices in his head.
It's a lot easier to love the Vikings when they win...
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