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Yeah we got that league going again, but I think its already filled up. Frankly I'm not looking forward to that since I get my ass kicked every year. I hope I get Brady #1 so my curse ruins his season! LOL

As for the purple, its already a bad omen that they're having all these injuries. I have a bad feeling All Day is gonna get his knee shredded.

AFC

EAST:
1. New England Hatriots 15-1*
I'm still savoring their mighty fall on that glorious early February night. But now its back to the reality that nothing has changed. They will still cheat all the time, they will still get every call, ESPN's blowhards will slurp them up again, and to top it all off they have the easiest schedule you'll ever see a defending super bowl team have. I'm just guessing they'll lose on of the 2 or 3 possible losses.
2. Buffalo Bills 8-8
They seem to be on the right track, aside from laying down like dogs against the cheaters twice. It'd help if they had a home field advantage anymore, but now they're outsourcing home games to Toronto.
3. New York Jets 6-10
It may not sink to the Unitas w/Chargers or Namath w/Rams depths, but if you think Favre's gonna come in and resurrect this squad you're higher than Chong. Mangina will probably be fired at season's end.
4. Miami Dolphins 2-14
I suppose Pennington could net em a better record than this, but even if he's ok there is nothing here. I think Big Tuna will right the ship in time, but even if he were stalking the sidelines 2008 would be hopeless.

NORTH:
1. Pittsburgh Steelers 10-6
Not much Steeler love out there it seems. I don't know why. The offense should be improved as Big Ben has some new weapons, and the defense should bounce back.
2. Cleveland Browns 9-7
I don't think last season was a fluke, but now there are real expectations. And is Jamal Lewis reliable? I they get the defense shored up they may live up to the hype.
3. Baltimore Ravens 6-10
It was time to jettison Billick and start fresh. The defense has faded though, and while Troy Smith might be pretty good, they might put Flacco on the fast track.
4. Cincinnati Bengals 5-11
I wash my hands of them. They keep getting in trouble, they never fix the defense. I feel bad for Carson Palmer, cause his career is going to waste.

SOUTH:
1. Indianapolis Colts 10-6
Injuries are a concern and they will take their toll, but I just can't see them surrendering their hold on the division yet. Especially not in Dungy's last year.
2. Tennessee Titans 10-6
I always underestimate them and they surprise, so now we'll try the other way. Its a big year for Vince Young.
3. Jacksonville Jaguars 10-6
A gritty team that's now had some playoff success too. They have no receivers but the defense is stout.
4. Houston Texans 7-9
I'd really like to predict a playoff berth, but they just don't fit among the other 3 teams yet.

WEST:
1. San Diego Chargers 13-3
The divison should be a breeze, even if Merriman ruins his knee.
2. Oakland Raiders 9-7
My surprise team of the year. Nice offseason moves. Russell will, I think, be very good, and last year's Vikes showed what adding an instant start runner can do. But if crotchety old Al doesn't let Kiffin coach then forget everything I just said.
3. Denver Broncos 6-10
I'm still not sold on Cutler and don't expect to be this year either. Don't nderestimate letting Elam go. He won half their games last year.
4. Kansas City Chiefs 4-12
Not that I mind, but why did they trade Jared Allen?

NFC

EAST:
1. Dallas Cowboys 11-5
An original pick. I don't think they'll be super dominant all the way, but they have most of the pieces. Pacman is irrelevant really. Marion Barber has a huge year.
2. New York Giants 10-6
These guys save football and now get written off by everyone. Not me. I love these guys. Eli won a super bowl, so I don't see him regressing now. Yeah the DL losses hurt but they have depth.
3. Philadelphia Eagles 9-7
I'd be glad to predict a playoff run, but you just cannot count on McNabb to stay healthy a full season.
4. Washington Redskins 7-9
They fed off emotion to make the playoffs last year. They won't have that this year, and going from Gibbs to Zorn is just not an upgrade.

NORTH:
1. Minnesota Vikings 9-7
There are enough warning signs for a whole league. T-Jack's injury prone. AP is great but he was shut down late last year and Chilly seemed clueless as to how to fix it. They have some other injury problems. McKinnie is out 4 games. Overall the first third of the schedule is brutal. Plus I just don't trust Childress. But its hard to see the defense not being outstanding with Jared and the Williams wall and the linebackers. And the receivers are better, so maybe AP will have a little less of a burden.
2. Green Bay Packers 8-8
I could see the whole team rallying behind Rodgers, but he's a downgrade. He just is. Plus this team did overachieve last year to begin with.
3. Detroit Lions 8-8
Is 8-8 a surprise team? Well I do think they have a chance to do something since Martz is gone. They have a lot of offensive talent(Kevin Smith ain't just a great director but he could be a heck of a back), and the defense has improved.
4. Chicago Bears 3-13
The defense is not near what it used to be. This thing could get ugly with Orton and Hester and...who???

SOUTH:
1. New Orleans Saints 11-5
The key is if Reggie Bush is used right and has a resurgent year. If he does this team will outscore almost everybody. And they'll have to.
2. Carolina Panthers 10-6
Every year the Panthers underperform, but here I am again predicting a good year. Delhomme stays healthy we hope, Stewart will be a good new back, and Peppers is probably pissed last year was so bad.
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-8
Overachieved last year, and they all got another year older.
4. Atlanta Falcons 6-10
The Turner/Norwood running game will make them awfully competitive, and now they have a coach who wants to be there. But they're handing the reins to a rookie QB who I don't think will ever be that good.

WEST:
1. Seattle Seahawks 10-6
Every year they win. And with Holmgren retiring there will be extra motivation.
2. Arizona Cardinals 8-8
Whisenhunt wants Leinart's career to flame out for some reason, and pinning all your hopes on an ancient Kurt Warner is risky. This team will tease a little as it always does.
3. St. Louis Rams 6-10
Injuries decimated my super bowl pick a year ago. They probably won't be hit as hard, but they've got a lot of key guys who are old. if THIS is Jackson's breakout season they could be a wild card contender though.
4. San Francisco 49ers 2-14
Ugh! Remember when this franchise was elite for 20 years? They're hopeless, its gonna be years before they are contenders again.

AFC WILD CARDS: Titans & Jaguars
AFC PLAYOFFS:
Steelers over Jaguars
Colts over Titans
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Colts over Hatriots (PLEASE!!)
Steelers over Chargers

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP: Colts over Steelers (the Colts fare better without the bye week, and by January the injury bug is hopefully gone and they can roll)

NFC WILD CARDS: Giants & Panthers
NFC PLAYOFFS:
Seahawks over Panthers
Giants over Vikings (although the Vikes do own Eli)
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Cowboys over Giants
Saints over Seahawks

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP: Cowboys over Saints (if Romo and the boys get that first playoff win, the pressure will be off a bit, and frankly they are the only team with a high quality O and D in the NFC)

SUPER BOWL XLIII

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS over DALLAS COWBOYS
(I still think the perfect finale for Dungy is possible...or the cheaters will go 19-0 this time and I'll be cursing the league forever. It all depends on the football gods!)

twigskin

PACKERS 24
VIKINGS 19

True, I did expect the Vikes to lose this game, but this was far uglier than I expected.

Last year the Vikings had a playoff berth in hand, only to piss it away with 3 dismal displays of offense to close the season. This opener was pretty much as bad. Yes, AP was rock solid, but that was it. Tarvaris Jackson was pretty bad. He made a few good plays with his running, but how many throws of his went right into the ground? Then he also badly overthrew on several passes. And the clinching int was an atrcious pass. Yes, the offesive line is hobbled some, but it was able to clear space for AP and Chester. T-Jack just blew it.

The defense held up ok, but they were far from being the impressive unit they should be. They barely got to Rodgers. They let Grant gash em towards the end. They lucked out as a couple scores were called back by penalties. But they did hold late and gave the offense a chance to go win it.

Next week's gonna be very interesting, with 2 0-2 teams with high aspirations. But if things don't improve, we could be looking at an 0-5 disaster in the making.

twigskin

COLTS 18
VIKINGS 15

I saw it, but I didn't believe it. I didn't believe it what I saw.

Yes, I picked a loss, and an 0-2 start. But this one was a stunner for me. The Vikings were a DOMINANT team out there for about 3 quarters of football. Their all star defense was amazing, suffocating Joseph Addai, and making life rather miserable for Peyton as well.

But that motherfucker Tarvaris Jackson...oy!!!

Its as clear as day that the Vikings would be 2-0, and on their way to the playoffs and possibly the super bowl if they had even a middle of the road QB. They have lost 2 games, and the starting QB is the culprit in both defeats. Today was especially embarassing. 5 field goals only, despite a routinely stellar game from AP, and consistently good field position in the 1st half as the D was killin it. But when your QB is running around like an idiot, and missing basic throws by 10 yards, and NEVER converting a third down...man, you take even one of those 3's and make it a 7 and they win. I have never heard louder boos for a home team player in my life. The fans here HATE Jackson, and deservedly so.

Childress is stuck. He's hitched his coaching career to this guy, and Frerotte is not exactly the answer, so switching passers is not really an option...unless they give Daunte Culpepper a call. I'm still confident the Vikings will crawl themselves back, just as they did last season. However, I was banking on Green Bay taking a big step back, and I didn't think the Bears would be any factor at all. So 9 wins won't cut it. They'll need 10 or 11 to win the division, and I don't believe Jackson can lead them there.

WEEK 2 MUSINGS....

I don't know what to think about the Cheaters "win" over the Jets. It was not exactly great football. Mangina expertly played the part of Belicheat's bitch again. They made the geezers on defense look in their prime. They made Matt Cassel look like a guy not making his 1st start since Clinton was still president (oh happier times). Favre was lousy. But they "won" without Joe Monta...er, Tom Brady, so maybe its ok. And the Jets stink, so beating them woulda been possible even if the Hatriots had wanted to play fair. The Jets barely beat Miami last week, who were bombed by the Cardinals. And the Cheaters squeaked by KC, who were crushed at home by Oakland.

Sucks to be the Chargers. Yeah, they did get screwed by the refs, but to lose again in the final minute is brutal. Props to Shanahan for going for 2.
Pittsburgh took care of Cleveland, who define overhyped. They are just a mess right now. I'm so happy to have Derek Anderson on my fantasy team.
Buffalo pulled off the upset at the Jags. Jags have Indy next week and could be 0-3. If the Cheaters have any competition in the east it'll be the Bills. But I'm not sold yet. They started 2-0 in '03 and looked like the afc's best team and then spent the rest of the year getting the shit kicked outa them.
The Titans beat the sorry, pathetic Bengals. Gosh I'm so glad I have TJ and Ocho on my fantasy team. They're right there with the Chiefs, Dolphins and Rams as the worst team in the league.
Lane Kiffin saved his job temporarily, and we saw the first signs of McFadden greatness. Al Davis should just die already, seriously.

The Giants show no signs of super bowl hangover so far, and Eli keeps up his streak of playing great on the road. Yes, I know it was the Lambs. Gosh, I'm so glad Stephen Jackson's on my fantasy team! Linehan's gone real soon.
The Skins came back to beat the Saints. Didn't Bush learn to not taunt the opponent after the '06 nfc championship?
Tampa smoked Atlanta. Arizona is 2-0 for the 1st time since I was in 7th grade. And Seattle looks like a disaster, losing the home opener to Gilbert O'Sullivan and the Niners. When Viking castoff Billy McMullen is playing receiver you're in bad shape.
The Panthers came back to beat the scrappy Bears. I think the Bears may be a tough out all year, they're back to making big plays on defense and special teams. I think the Vikes can win next week, as long as they cover Steve Smith.
And the Packers struggled with Detroit, final score notwithstanding, but that was through no fault of Rodgers, who looks quite good so far.

twigskin
(how ironic that Charlie Weis suffered almost the same injury that Brady suffered)

What better way to inch back into this thread of mine then to celebrate a sunday afternoon which saw the Vikings clinch their first division title since 2000, and which also saw the sorry ass cheating Patriots ELIMINATED! Sports Illustrated was right. This IS the best sports year ever!

VIKINGS 20
GIANTS 19

So ok, the lay person who might stumble onto this thread, or one with no knowledge of the NFL, has not followed the season. I left off way back in September. The short Viking recap is this:
Mediocre for 2 months, with only a nice win at New Orleans(aided by refs) and a win over Detroit the refs gave us too. Then Adrian Peterson put the team on his back and single handedly gave them a late win against Green Bay. A bad loss at Tampa Bay, courtesy of Gus Frerotte(whom statues yell at to move his ass), was followed by a 4 game win streak(Jacksonville, a stirring whoopin of da Bears at Metrodome, again barely squeaking by Detroit, and then a win at Arizona, the latter 2 thanks to a resurgent Tarvaris Jackson). Last week they coulda wrapped it all up, but they handed a game to the tough Falcons.
Meanwhile the Bears got every break imaginable with back to back OT wins over the Saints and Packers. So the Vikes had to win today, or hope the Bears lost at Houston.

I didn't enter the dome confident today at all. No sane person should, on the 5 year anniversary or the Nate Poole 4th and 26 catch, or the 33 anniversary of the Drew Pearson push-off. I expected doom...and doom looked to be here with the score 19-10 Giants in the 4th quarter. I had turned to anxiously following the Bears game score on my cell phone. (Brad Childress refused to let the score be shown on the scoreboard, a cowardly move, I felt)
The Giants sat Eli down at halftime, so we were being handled by David friggin Carr. The defense was not its usual self today. There were missed tackles galore, and this was with Brandon Jacobs deactivated. But they held em to field goals mostly. The Vikes offense was average. AP wasn't etting off as usual,though for some reason they kept running him wide which drove me nuts. He broke one long TD, enough to secure the first rushing title in franchise history, but he was not stellar. Jackson wasn't either. He threw a terrible pick in the endzone, and gave his weakest showing since coming back off the bench.

But a few receivers got open, including Berrian for a TD. And despite some typically awful Childress-led clock managment, they were able to win it on a long Longwell field goal. And the Bears lost anyway.

I did lots of scoreboard watching of course. The early game I was most invested in was of course Bills vs Hatriots. I had no real belief Buffalo would show up. The Bills were once 4-0 but fell apart completely, save for last week's upset st Invesco. And the Bills got shut out by the most fraudulent 11-5 team you'll ever see. I'll get back to them.

I also had my eye on the Lions quest to go 0-16. I have no personal hatred for the Lions. The only team I actively root against is New England, but I'll admit I really wanted them to finish 0-16. And Green Bay finished em off.
The NFC south race also was at stake in the early games. Carolina had a huge lead at New Orleans but needed a last second FG to win. Boo to Saints WR Lance Moore btw for quitting his route on the final pass from Drew Brees that coulda set the passing yardage record.
Atlanta got an unexpected fight from the pathetic Rams but ended up winning.
The stunner was in Tampa, where the once 9-3 Bucs collapsed and were eliminated by losing at home to hapless Oakland. Cadillac Williams also blew out his other knee and likely saw his career end.

The rest of the early games were kinda meaningless. The Colts shut out the Titans for their 9th straight win. Peyton Manning is your MVP for sure. I mighta voted for Peterson but his fumbles cost them the Atlanta game. The Steelers crushed the utterly sad Browns, but did lose Big Ben. No surprise. Anyone who's seen the Steeler pass protection this year knew Ben was a bad injury waiting to happen.
As for the Browns, Crennel is fired after his overhyped team went 4-12 and didn't score a touchdown in the last 6 games. Wow!
The late games that no one cared about saw the Niners finish up 7-9 and earn Singletary the head coach job for good. Mike Holmgren went out with a whimper at 4-12.

But after I picked upmy playoff ticket, it was hurry home to see the big late games...and oh please oh please see the Dolphins and Ravens win.

The Ravens won easy, as I think everyone expected. But could Miami finish off the rebound from 1-15, and beat the choking dog Jets and win the AFC east, thus ridding us of the Cheaters???
YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
The poetic justice of Chad Pennington winning in the Meadowlands is delicious, although the Jets were their own worst enemy. They scored 3 measely points on the Seahawks last week! When Favre and them beat the Patriots last month I thought they had slayed the dragon(the dragon that cheats), but they tanked it after that, while the Dolphins surged. I didn't like having to root so hard against Favre in what could be his last game(for real this time), but I could not stomach another undeserved playoff berth for Belicheat.
Already we have all this whining about how an 11-5 team isn't in the playoffs. Would we have had such crying is the Dolphins had lost and been a 10-6 team left out? No! FUCK THE GOD DAMN PATRIOTS! They got what they deserved, just like they did in the last super bowl. 11-5? Who the hell did they play? A cupcake schedule. They fattened up their record by beating/cheating teams like Seattle, St.Louis, KC, Buffalo and Oakland. When they played legit teams(Indy, San Diego, Pittsburgh), they lost. The only playoff teams they beat were Miami(who also beat them), and then there was that joke of a game last week where Arizona gave maybe the single worst effort in NFL history. The Lions woulda beat em by 28 points that day. The Hatriots season worked out quite well for me. It proved Tom Brady is nothing but an overhyped pretty boy. Cassell put up numbers similar to every Brady season except '07 despite being a backup since high school. Or if you wanna look at it a different way, it proved that the BeliCHEAT system is alive and well, that any player would perform the same due to Billy's cheating. And they STILL didn't make the playoffs.

As for who the Vikings would play, that was no contest. Philly mauled the Cowboys. I'm glad Philly made it in, and not just cause I think it gives the Vikes a better chance at a playoff win. Dallas...what a collapse. This was an NFL season of collapses really(Dallas, Denver, Tampa & the Jets, not to mention the Bills, Packers and Redskins, who all looked like playoff locks earlier on). Frankly, Dallas' overhype got on my nerves all year.

And tonight the Chargers, who were all but dead at KC a couple weeks ago before a furious rally, completed an unthinkable run to an 8-8 division title. Once again Denver suffers the "Curse Of Plummer", as again they gag it as punishment for the way they ran Jake Plummer out of town.

PLAYOFFS:
I could see all 4 road teams winning in the wild card round. Officially the Vikings are the only home pick for me, and that's without a lot of conviction. I think Atlanta crushes Arizona, Baltimore will beat Miami, and the Colts will beat the Chargers.

twigskin
(skol vikings skol )

EAGLES 26
VIKINGS 14

No failure in Minnesota sports surprises me anymore, but my god! Can I just ONCE go to a sporting event in this town and not be totally disgusted by what I see?

For all the accomplishments of a 10-6, division winning season, to come out in a home playoff game and lay a turd like this just eradicates all the progress this team seemed to have made.

The crowd was deafening. The defense was fired up. The Eagles are still an erratic team capable of imploding. But one final time this season we are reminded that Brad Childress is our head coach, and that he has tied all the team's hopes to a pathetically weak QB psition.

I'm not gonna say that Tarvaris Jackson was the lone reason for the defeat. But he's tops on the list. The pick six he threw to Samuel...you CAN'T do that. And he's lucky there weren't a couple more going the other way. He drops a snap to essentially end the game. He throws passes right into the ground. He reverted right back to being the mess he was early this season. Now we can no longer even praise him for turning the corner. He hasn't. He WON'T. He should ever again be anything but a backup quarterback. Now, I am not saying that putting in Frerotte would've been solving anything, but its an indictment of Chilly that he HAS no good options at the most important position on the field.

The defense let em down some today too. The tackling on the Westbrook TD was awful. But at numerous times today the Eagles were deep in their own end and the defense let em get a few first downs and change field position.
And the special teams gave up a long return that handed em 3 points. All season they did this.
And naturally there were coaching blunders, especially the end of the first half where they gave the Eagles a shot at more points.

The game was 16-14 for most of the 2nd half, but I just never felt like the Vikings were gonna come through. And now the season is over. 10-6 and a division championship is ok. Its on par with my expectations, but the fact is that aside from at QB this team has everything it needs to win a super bowl. But it won't for long. Guys get older, Peterson won't be elite forever, its just the nature of the position he plays. Stars vanish in the blink of an eye. One has to think back to the preseason, when they had tried to get Brett Favre. Would he have proved to be the missing link? Yes he had problems in NY, but he didn't want to be there in the first place.

Fact is, solving the QB position will determine if this team will ever contend for a super bowl.

RAVENS 27
DOLPHINS 9

I only saw the 1st half, but clearly the Ravens dominated. One wonders how Brian Billick kept missing the playoffs with this team. Ed Reed might be the best player in the whole damn league. The Dolphins weren't ready. They wildly overachieved this year, and did their part for the greater good by keeping the Hatriots out of the playoffs. Now go be at peace.

As for next weekend, it looks good for the home teams, but watch out Tennessee. The Ravens are going to beat you!

twigskin

CARDINALS 32
EAGLES 25

The Cardinals are right. Nobody gave them a chance...but that was deserved. Anybody who saw this team get blown away by the Vikings(they made T-Jack into the offensive player of the week!), and give arguably the worst effort in sports history at snowy Foxboro could not have had any realistic expectations of a super bowl run. Now true, their run to the big game was not exactly a murderers row. Atlanta was wet behind the ears, Jake Delhomme had the worst game of his career, and today the Eagles turned back into the screwy Eagles of midseason. But the Cardinals, 9-7 though they were, took their two biggest flaws and have erased both in the playoffs. Now they can run the ball, and they can play pretty good defense. Kurt Warner has fully resurected his career, and he can thank emerging superstar Larry Fitzgerald, aka Fitzy. Fitzy is dominating the game at WR right now like I haven't seen since Randy Moss' rookie year. Even with his "greatest show on turf" Ram teams Kurt never had a receiver THIS uncoverable. I'm not sure what the Cardinals run says about the league now. It seems absurd that a 9-7 team that looked like unprofessional roadkill a month ago can now be NFC champions. But, cliched as it sounds, this is what makes the NFL so great, cause in the NBA this could never happen.
And I'm sure the McNabb bashing will return in force now. Well, every idiot who blames the loss on him simply did not watch the game(or, y'know, is a racist *cough*Limbaugh*cough*). Did Donovan fail to cover Fitzy? Did he drop all those passes, including the 4th down last gasp? Did he miss an extra point? I ache for the man, cause his own home town fans hate him out of sheer idiocy, and his legacy might now forever be as the guy who loses the big game.

STEELERS 23
RAVENS 14

The Steelers actually won a home championship game!!! I kid of course cause 2 of their losses had been to the cheaters so they don't really count, but its nice to see those fans witness a title in person. It wasn't without some uneasyness. The Ravens are scary. It cannot be undersold that they have a rookie qb and coach, yet were down only 2 points in the 4th quarter on the road in the AFC championship game. The Steelers let this happen too by leaving a lot of points out on the field. Limas Sweed would be a goat for life if they had lost after dropping that perfect touchdown throw. And the way they blew that field goal chance at the half.
This was another example of what a great football player Big Ben is. He strapped this team on his back 3 years ago and led em to the bowl. He did it again tonight, making play after play even as his putrid offensive line did everything but throw Raven defenders directly into him. The TD throw he made was crazy, and he also was stuck playing most of the game w/o Hines Ward. Not to rip my boy Eli, but see how HE wilted w/o HIS big wideout? Ben also had no running game to speak of, as Fast Willie was Slow Willie today.
Much credit to the Ravens, who I don't really like that much but do respect. Flacco will win a super bowl eventually, of that I have no doubt.


SUPER BOWL XLIII

Well, I'm a rock solid 3-7 with my playoff picks to this point, including 0 for 5 in the NFC, so I won't bother trying to pick the game strategically. Oddly enough I had my best pick record ever in the regular season.
I have picked against the Steelers NINE times this season, including all 3 Raven games. I don't know why, since I did pick them to win their division this year. But I'm gonna finish things as I began, and pick Arizona to win the super bowl. I will again pick Pittsburgh to lose.
I can justify this by assuming that Whisenhunt's knowledge of much of the Steeler offensive personnel will give him an edge in scheming against them. And also, a strong veteran QB is surely capable of outdueling the Steeler secondary.
It should be a really entertaining game though, and while it simply can't be as richly rewarding as last year's game was, it should still deliver a fun conclusion to a bizarre season.

twigskin

So today the new hall of fame inductees were announced:

BRUCE SMITH: One of the great defensive players of my lifetime; among the all time leaders in sacks; very deserving

ROD WOODSON: Also obvious. One of the top interceptors ever, won a super bowl with Baltimore.

DERRICK THOMAS: LONG overdue. The dominant linebacker of the 90's.

RANDALL MCDANIEL: Great Vikings lineman. Yay!

BOB HAYES: Don't know that much about him actually. Longtime Cowboy, mostly pre-Staubach.

RALPH WILSON: I guess you found a team(the Bills) and own it for 50 years you probably earned induction.

Cris Carter was robbed again, as was Paul Tagliabue. John Randle was denied, but I'm not surprised. Andre Reed and Shannon Sharpe don't get in. No Richard Dent. No Russ Grimm.
Next year brings the certain inductions of Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith, plus the very worthy Tim Brown. Also Eddie George, who I don't think is worthy, and Gary Anderson, who no Viking fan would EVER vote for!

twigskin