Race for NFC North goes on, but Minnesota Vikings hold all the ...

Ben Leber marveled at the wacky finish Monday night, as the archrival Green Bay Packers blew a 14-3 halftime lead in Chicago and cost the Vikings a chance to secure the NFC North title.

[Danny Boy]

The Queens may hold all the cards but Da Bears have 2 things the Queens do not have...coaching...and heart......the Queens will fold like a wet blanket on Sunday...anytime in the past how many years? when they have been faced with a must win game they choke, no other way to put it...what was it, 2004 when they lost a playoff spot on the last play of the season to the lowly Cardinals..then last season they had a prime time match up against the Redskins to secure a playoff berth and were clearly outcoached from the opening kickoff...this has much the same feel..plus Klink has not a clue on how to get a team up for a big game...Queens lose by 10, Bears win....and the worst thing of all...Zygi will term the seasona sucess and let Baldy run this team into the ground for yet another season ( sigh)....have a nice winter fans...
Spring training is less than 2 months away!!!!!
Go ahead and rip me all you homers but you can't argue with history...or Klink's ignorance, you just can't.....

[kris]

watching the bears get massively outplayed shoudlnt be considered "heart" on their part and lovie was severely outcoached last night it as they were last thirsday against the saints.Typically nothing goes right for the vikings"who the f..k fumbles 7 times in one game? I believe however that the giants will play pretty much like any other week and we could lose ( I think we won't) i think the texans are going to win because unlike the last three weeks the bears have to travel to a team that was just embarrassed by the raiders and should probably take care of their home turf against a team they are better than Merry Christmas to all and go vikes

[Stubby]

Forget history how about the here and now. You forgot to mention one other thing the Bears have. Orton. That will be what keeps the bears out of the playoffs. A 48.7 QB rating against a crappy D. Wow, I'm so impressed. Special teams won it for you not the offense.

Love the coaching comparison. Face facts, Lovie sucks just as much as Chilly does. He just stands there looking confused.

[xHP ni naD]

well isn't that special? kind of poetic in fact. once again the queens win just enough games to suck us back in and once againn they choke. but thats what losers do , they choke. tis not the MVP fault.( MOST MISRIBLE VIKING PLAYER peterson) he's a viking just doing what vikings do. they choke, they lose, and they S*U*C*K. come sunday, the Giants with nothing to play for will pull thier starters early and shread us with thier 2nd and 3 rd team. or worse we'll kick thier ass from end top end and lose because we make one fatal mistake at the end, a ref blows a call, of just because god hates us. whatever the cause we'll lose. counbt on it. on the other hand the giants might throw the game because it will be nice to have a team in the playoffs that you know will choke when the pressure is on. i mean why let a team like the bears that have heart in the playoffs when you have the looooooser queens so ready to drop to thier knees and grope you zipper....and ofcourse the best part of all is Wilf's love affair with Klink insures us of many more loses to come. OH BOY. excuse me while i blow my brains out

[Jack]

It is painfully obvious the Vikings don't want

play in the postseason. For a team that controled thier own destiny

they looked very back. I hope they don't think they can beat NY

[Mad Dog Gus]

Don't even think the Giants will roll over and play dead.....

They'll show up and want to take it to the Vikings big time (revenge for last years game and the fact that they don't roll over for any reason).

Playoff atmosphere against the defending champs. The Vikings are in for a brutal contest.

Tarvaris, Adrian, and Bernard will be so focused on not fumbling, they may not be mentally ready. If, by the 2nd quarter, things aren't going right, Childress shouldn't hesitate to go with Frerotte, Taylor, and Rice. There will be no tomorrow.....no more excuses!

[Gin]

Minnesota is in big trouble! The game the Vikings should have won was the game played Sunday against the Falcon. Every year it's the same old stuff with this team (underachieving), waiting and hoping for another team to set them up. The Falcons needed a win on Sunday, just like a host of other teams, and the Falcons succeeded in their goal/quest and delivered. I remembered that season when the Vikings went 15-1, home field advantage, and lost to the Falcons, season ended. Here we go again, one victory and playing on your home field, and you caugh up the game. After that beating the Giants took from the Vikings last season, you just know the revenge factor is on.

[notanostrich]

Ben Leber "...because I feel we need to win..." Really? You've got to be kidding me. Here I thought like everything else in life, a win doesn't matter, that things are just given to those who wait. Blows my mind, too. Anyway, here we go again. See you guys next year.

[Danny]

TJack will NOT lead this team to the playoffs this year and maybe never........despite his improved play he is a turnover waiting to happen.....

[magscredit]

Kinda like reliving the baseball season, and we all know how that turned out.

[Danny Boy]

magscredit wrote:

Kinda like reliving the baseball season, and we all know how that turned out.

very few similarities between the Queens and the Twins. The Twins are run by the cheapest man in sports history yet they manage to compete every year. The job they did in 2008 despite losing their top 2 players and team leader was tremendous...Gardenhire manages to WIN every game...Klink, he tries to coach to NOT LOSE...that is the difference....also, you can tell by watching, most of the Twins players enjoy the game and have fun, you can see it in their smiles...the Queens on the other hand, frequent night clubs, get into all kinds of trouble, ETC ( although they have been good lately) but any local sports fan can clearly see the difference...GO TWINS....

[40for60]

The Vikings DO hold all the cards, don't fool yourselves. I didn't want the packers winning last night, giving the Viking the back-in playoff spot, I want the Vikings to earn it.
Anyone saying that the Bears won with heart last night must not have seen the game. Mason Crosby cost GB that game, no two ways around it.
We actually match up pretty well against the Giants, they like to run the ball to set up the pass, we like to defend the run.
Anyway, one more week to go, then we will see who is right.

[oxboro]

Crosby missed one in the Vikings win 28-27 in NOV. so that means the Vikings didnt win that game with heart either..the vikes had a couple wins handed to them..even against the lowly Lions..

[Time for Chokers]

It's all in the Vikings hands - what an opportunity for the team with the biggest history of choking in the NFL! It's right where all the other contenders want it - in the hands of the Vikings. Come on Bobby Wade - talk about other teams choking. Come on Darren Sharper, run the mouth all week more than you;ll run your feet during the game. Come Adrian Peterson, get those loose butterfingers ready. I can't wait until the Huge Chokefest against the Giants this weekend! Get ready Viking fans for more of what you are used to.

[Archangel]

$h!t, reading most of these posts is almost more depressing than a Childress press conference! I agree with you 40. But you might as well keep it to yourself, boyo. By the looks of things very few posters are gonna wanna hear it. Happy Holidays to you & yours.

[40for60]

oxboro wrote:

Crosby missed one in the Vikings win 28-27 in NOV. so that means the Vikings didnt win that game with heart either..the vikes had a couple wins handed to them..even against the lowly Lions..

The Vikings clubbed the packers at home.
Gus was GB's most valuable offensive player that game, throwing pick after pick.
Your revisionist history is as lacking as your NFL IQ.

[40for60]

Archangel wrote:

$h!t, reading most of these posts is almost more depressing than a Childress press conference! I agree with you 40. But you might as well keep it to yourself, boyo. By the looks of things very few posters are gonna wanna hear it. Happy Holidays to you & yours.

You ain't kidding Arch, these losers come out of the woodwork like roaches with the lights off at every opportunity. I like to rail against the weak minded, kind of like shooting ducks in a barrel, but these idiots keep coming back for more.
A very Merry Christmas to you Arch, and I hope your family has a wonderful holiday season.

[Danny Boy]

Time for Chokers wrote:

It's all in the Vikings hands - what an opportunity for the team with the biggest history of choking in the NFL! It's right where all the other contenders want it - in the hands of the Vikings. Come on Bobby Wade - talk about other teams choking. Come on Darren Sharper, run the mouth all week more than you;ll run your feet during the game. Come Adrian Peterson, get those loose butterfingers ready. I can't wait until the Huge Chokefest against the Giants this weekend! Get ready Viking fans for more of what you are used to.

As i have said before, hard to hold onto the ball when your hands are wrapped around your throats....
As for the Bears having heart, well anyone can interpret that to mean whatever you want...bottom line is that they ( Bears) were faced with elimination and didn't give up...they blocked a kick when THEIR season was on the line, allowing them to live another day...the Queens?...they couldn't even recover a fumble......how sad.....winning , no matter how...speaks volumes of heart in the fact you never give up...the Queens, they have no heart, haven't for many years...and that fans, starts with the coach....

[Danny Boy]

40for60 wrote:

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You ain't kidding Arch, these losers come out of the woodwork like roaches with the lights off at every opportunity. I like to rail against the weak minded, kind of like shooting ducks in a barrel, but these idiots keep coming back for more.
A very Merry Christmas to you Arch, and I hope your family has a wonderful holiday season.

sounds like you are so much smarter than the rest of us, maybe you should start your own post...and leave this to the rest of us peons huh?....yea, another small man hiding behind his computer and trying to be someone that you'll never be.....
there is plenty of room for all sorts of people and comments, that is what makes America great....but , you , like so many others, when someone doesn't agree with you or think like you do then you label everyone as being less knowledgeable than you?....gimme a break, yep, small man syndrome all over again....

[Danny Boy]

40for60 wrote:

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The Vikings clubbed the packers at home.
Gus was GB's most valuable offensive player that game, throwing pick after pick.
Your revisionist history is as lacking as your NFL IQ.

we won 28-27,and that only becuz they missed a kick at game's end....yea, we sure " clubbed" them didn't we?....