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<blockquote data-quote="IPBprez" data-source="post: 20441" data-attributes="member: 51"><p>RYAN CAN MOVE IT IF HE LIKES...................</p><p></p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=keown/050906" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: cyan"><strong>DON'T BELIEVE THE VIKES' HYPE</strong></span></span></a></p><p></p><p>By Tim Keown (We oughta write this guy a collective letter)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">The NFL regular season begins this week, and it looks as though my fixation on baseball and cleaning the garage made me miss something vitally important: the sudden rise of the Minnesota Vikings.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Everybody is excited about the Vikings. It seems every expert has picked the Vikings to win their division, and several -- including John Clayton, the potentate of pigskin -- have picked them to go the Super Bowl.</span></p><p><img src="http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/pg2/2005/0906/photo/050906_culpepper_195.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Daunte Culpepper is pretty much a lock for MVP. Nate Burleson is ready to burst onto the national scene. Mike Tice won't have to sell those Super Bowl tickets this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Why? The Vikings were 8-8 last year and are working on a long run of second-half collapses, so they have that going for them. Their defense is better in that how-could-it-be-any-worse kind of way, so there's another plus.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">It appears the Vikings are taking on the role of trendy pick, the team that everybody -- all at once -- decides is the best bet to hoist itself into the public consciousness. It runs like a virus through the minds of the football cognoscenti.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Kind of like what has been said about the Seahawks for the past few years.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Of course, this time everybody could be right. Remember, betting against Clayton is like betting against Earth's rotation. He knows more about the Saints' long snapper than anybody else knows about Tom Brady.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Still, in trying to make up for lost time on the Vikings front, I investigated their apparent improvement, and found that it has something to do with Alex Rodriguez and teams' getting better immediately after superstars go somewhere else. The Texas Rangers figure prominently in the discussion, so there you have it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">If you choose to blaze your own path, consider this: The Chicago Bears' offensive line is vastly improved this year.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">SAY WHAT.......</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Speak up acolytes......</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IPBprez, post: 20441, member: 51"] RYAN CAN MOVE IT IF HE LIKES................... [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=keown/050906][size=7][color=cyan][b]DON'T BELIEVE THE VIKES' HYPE[/b][/color][/size][/url] By Tim Keown (We oughta write this guy a collective letter) [size=7]The NFL regular season begins this week, and it looks as though my fixation on baseball and cleaning the garage made me miss something vitally important: the sudden rise of the Minnesota Vikings. Everybody is excited about the Vikings. It seems every expert has picked the Vikings to win their division, and several -- including John Clayton, the potentate of pigskin -- have picked them to go the Super Bowl.[/size] [img]http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/pg2/2005/0906/photo/050906_culpepper_195.jpg[/img] [size=7]Daunte Culpepper is pretty much a lock for MVP. Nate Burleson is ready to burst onto the national scene. Mike Tice won't have to sell those Super Bowl tickets this year. Why? The Vikings were 8-8 last year and are working on a long run of second-half collapses, so they have that going for them. Their defense is better in that how-could-it-be-any-worse kind of way, so there's another plus. It appears the Vikings are taking on the role of trendy pick, the team that everybody -- all at once -- decides is the best bet to hoist itself into the public consciousness. It runs like a virus through the minds of the football cognoscenti. Kind of like what has been said about the Seahawks for the past few years. Of course, this time everybody could be right. Remember, betting against Clayton is like betting against Earth's rotation. He knows more about the Saints' long snapper than anybody else knows about Tom Brady. Still, in trying to make up for lost time on the Vikings front, I investigated their apparent improvement, and found that it has something to do with Alex Rodriguez and teams' getting better immediately after superstars go somewhere else. The Texas Rangers figure prominently in the discussion, so there you have it. If you choose to blaze your own path, consider this: The Chicago Bears' offensive line is vastly improved this year.[/size] [size=7]SAY WHAT....... Speak up acolytes......[/size] [/QUOTE]
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