What’s with Minnesota?

randy moss is a stud and you can't replace 5+ (whatever it was) years of chemistry overnight. in my opinion it was a mistake. the vikings will probably rebound a bit but i see them at 9-7 tops. as usual you cannot predict anything anymore though in the nfl today.

8-8 will almost certainly win the NFC North; and if a team won it at 7-9, I would not be shocked. That's why it MIGHT be a bit early for our trash-talk to be aimed at Mr. Smoot. I would REALLY be shocked if 8-8 or 7-9 would win the NFC East so he is probably still more likely to be on a division winner than any of the Redskins' players are. And division winners go to the playoffs no matter what their record...

The loss of Randy Moss is a big loss in Mnnny.

So is the loss of Matt Birk at center and having to play a rookie at guard next to the back-up center.

And so is the lack of ANY pass rush from the front four in the first two games. Remember how the Skins learned the lesson about what happens when the front four could not rush the passer back when Lionel Daulton and Jermaine Haley and that crowd were pretending to be NFL defensive linemen? Well, that lesson is now being taught to the fans in Minnesota. They'd be no worse off if Jesse "the Body" Ventura suited up and played some DT for them.

The only thing about the Vikes struggle, if we want to categorize it as such a thing so early, is that they've been playoff contenders year-in and year-out with some very talented teams and yet have produced nothing really. I don't how many times in the past five years or so the pundits consistently rate them as a team to make a run for the Super Bowl.

This could be, could be, the start of their decade of spiraling downard much like the Redskins did when Snyder took over. This may be the last we see of Tice and company if things don't improve this season.

Smooty may have, as they say in the financial world, bought high and sold low!

I didn't get that pick either.

The Vikes and Cards were media darlings in the preseason and the two trendy picks for having big seasons. Of course there's still 14 games to go and anything can happen, but I don't see it.

i remember last year, the saints AND seahawks were finally going to get it together, the cards were going to win their division and the vikes were going to improve greatly... basiaclly the same thing happened this year with the predictions, and they're just as wrong....

srta reminds me of the clip of behrman picking the bills/49ers superbowl matchup like 5 years in a row...

The Vikings have a tendency recently of starting hot and finishing cold, so maybe the trend is reversed this year?