Vikings vs. Chargers

Vikings vs. Chargers

"Battle of the . . . "

Nevermind, its just preseason

Installment three of the preseason . . . season. The Minnesota Vikings invite the San Diego Chargers to the Twin Cities this Friday. As you remember the Chargers are not that bad of a team. They did make the playoffs last year and had a pretty decent chance at getting by the New York Jets, until Nate Kaeding missed a last second field goal. He was a rookie, so all Charger fans should cut him a little slack. He kicked great at the Univeristy of Iowa and should develop into a long term player like Andersen and Anderson. The point being, this is not a scrub team, which happend to run us to death a few years ago.

On that note, we do have a better defense this year than back in 2003. Keep a close eye on the Vikings defense in the first 2 quarters, see how they play, see how they handle a great running back. If they can step up, lick their wounds from last week, and basically play like they belong in the NFL, we may see a sign of good things to come this year. Also keep and eye on the secondary as the Vikings once again have to prove to thier fans that they deserve to be on the field. Brian Williams, we are looking at you.

It will be intersting to see how many of the special team screwups from last week will be on the front lines. I would tend to think that if the same mistakes happen this week, as happend last week, we might see a few faces gone.,

Also, pay close attention to Dante and the reiciveing corps. They are going to be the make or break squad this year in our run to the Super Bowl. If they look as they had the past few games, I think we can start to make reservations in Detroit. If they look bad, tough times are in store again this year.

"Go Vikings, lets win the game. Go Vikings . . . la la lala. V-I-K-I-N-G-S, go Vikings skol."

Even if it is preseason, its still football.