The Vikings are having a really good season. With a win against the Lions on Thanksgiving
ten days ago, the division lead is three games.
A victory against Atlanta today would basically clinch a playoff
spot. Everything is going well…and it’s
quiet on the drama front concerning this team.
Too quiet.
That old familiar feeling is beginning to creep up on us
again. It’s a feeling that is all too
familiar to Vikings fans and a question we have all asked from time to time;
how will the Vikes let us down this year?
We lost Sam Bradford after one game (Bears game doesn’t really count)
because his knee decided to break down.
We lost Dalvin Cook in week four to an ACL injury. And yet the team is 9-2, in second place in
the entire NFC with only those red-hot Eagles who never lose ahead of them.
I feel like this is the position all of us wanted to be in,
but we all secretly dreaded it at the same time because the other shoe always
drops on this team. You need look no
further than the heyday of the Vikings.
This team made it to four Super Bowls in the 70s and I don’t need to
remind you what happened in those games.
This year, Minneapolis hosts it.
I have not personally even entertained the thought of the Vikings
actually playing in their own Super Bowl for good reason.
The best option is to continue taking things one game at a
time. At this point, Vikings fans should
just be happy the Packers aren’t leading the division. Let the media make the comparisons to 2009
and, much to our chagrin, bring up Gary Anderson, Blair Walsh, and Brett Favre
throwing across his body in the Bountygate game. Unfortunately, until we win a Super Bowl,
those three things are the legacy of the Vikings.
Thankfully, we have five games left of regular season
football to just sit back and enjoy a 9-2 season that could turn into something
more. Let’s go get those dirty birds
today.
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