A Weird Week
No one really knows what to think about this week's Cheese-PurpleQueens rematch. It's been really quiet and rather eerie. No real news out of Murderapolis or Lombardi Avenue.The closest thing to news was Randy "I make Chris Carter look like a team player" Moss spilling his guts to ESPN. The "official" word out of the locker room is that everyone is "past" the incident and it's now only a media-fueled controversy. I don't think even they believe it.
Still, it could be enough for them to unite under for 3 hours on Sunday. That's all they really need to "save" their season.
Folks seems a bit nervous in these parts. We all know that our defence sucks, and that we were just one play away from losing both of those games. One fluke, one drop, one penalty away.
The teams are so close in so many ways. I think everyone agrees that if the Vikings had any character, toughness, or intelligence that their offence would overwhelm the Packers.
But Vikings are deficient in all those categories and the Packers are not.
It all depends on who shows up to play. If the Vikes dig deep and look at this game as a chance at redemption, they could easily overtake the Packers. If they collapse in a disspirited heap, ...Packers by 2 scores. If they each play up to their normal abilities, ...Packers by 3 as the clock runs out.
I honestly have no idea what will happen.
Could the Packers come out tight and blow it like they did against Atlanta two years ago? Sure. Could the Packers whomp on the Vikings and put them away early? Sure.
My uneducated, probably incorrect guess is that BOTH teams will play poorly. The Packers will be unnerved by having to play the Vikings AGAIN. The Vikes will be expecting to lose somehow. I'd guess that Packer mistakes will give a short burst of life to the drooping Vikes. The Packers will be thinking "not again". It might be enough to steal the game.
We all know there is no football God, and that fact could be confirmed if the Vikes beat the Packers. If there is any team ever in the history of carbon-based life that deserves to lose, it's the 2004 Vikings.
But the world doesn't work that way. The Packers have to beat the Vikings, ...again. And my confidence level on that question is mighty low.
However, because I think it's possible for the Packers to not only win, but get up on the Vikes early and put them away, I'm going to roll the dice and predict a Packer victory.
Chesse nip bitches, 27-20.
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