Pretty lol for Packer fans to be talking smack after they put on such a show in the playoffs. Not that I expected any better.

On our 2nd td drive (Rice's TD) I am pretty sure everyone in the world knew we were going to run a bubble screen to Harvin on 2nd down once he was the only one split out wide.

QF lolz

Well, now you all know how it feels to get Favred in the playoffs. We all knew it was coming (Packer fans). And we all couldn't wait to see it happen. And then it did happen like it did for us so many years. It was so familiar it was scary.

The part that surprised me was that for about 10-15 seconds I did feel bad for Favre (but him only). It's got to be crushing. But at the same time I felt it was a fitting conclusion to what I thought was a bunch of BS all along. I don't care who beat who in the regular season or who made it longer in the playoffs -- my Super Bowl has been won.

Also the Saints D should really get arrested for elder abuse after the licks they put on Favre.

lol @ people who can't take a little ribbing from a rival team. I mean Vikings fans are pansies but come on...

It was familiar, team breaks down and Favre makes one play that is bad and he blew the game. You are 100% correct in your analysis.

I don't think Favre played a great game but I think he had the better game of the two QBs, which is pretty crazy. The Saints caught their Int. chances and the Vikings dropped theirs.

lol seriously?
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...ligaments.html
Looks like we will need to draft some dbs.

Btw as a former Chiefs fan I love Jared Allen. But one of the knocks was that he disappears late in games and in big games (the few we had with him). I think with the Chiefs he had something ridiculous like 85% of his sacks in the first half. I kept waiting for him to do something big yesterday and it never came. One big Allen strip or sack in the right place could have been the difference in the game.

I don't get it though because it's obvious he has a great motor and never takes plays off. But it's almost like he makes his living catching O-lineman napping when they are taking plays off. Which doesn't happen as much in big games or crunch time.

Suzzer,
They were chipping him all game and he still got a lot of pressure. Brees is really really good at evading pressure.

I saw him bull rush his guy into Brees' face a couple times, but I didn't notice him come around the outside once. I could have missed it though.

I think the truth might be that teams have learned how to shut down good pass-rushing DE's when it really matters. Their probably will never be another DE close to as dominant as Bruce Smith/Reggie White.

I have no numbers to back this up but imo it has been close to the opposite (since joining the Vikings). I've also heard Allen say he is much more confident in the 4th quarter because opposing LTs tire more than he does.

I thought both Allen and Edwards, ****, the whole DL played a good game yesterday.

yeah, Allen gets a ton of attention from the other team every single play. When they dont, thats when hes getting sacks. lol at Dallas putting Witten on him 1 on 1 for one play last week. All the attention he gets makes it easier for the other linemen to make plays, and it also makes it so we dont have to blitz much.

I had a chance to watch the replay on NFL network last night. I don't know if it was all of the Basil Hayden I had consumed to calm my nerves and inevitably dull the staggering pain that was yet to follow on Sunday, but I did not remember just how many chances we actually had to win this game.

A couple that stand out are of course when Leber made a play on the ball that may or may not have been picked had he let it go. That is just bad luck as he was making a play on the ball and didn't realize that Tyrell was in position to possibly make the pick. I say possibly because later on Tyrell literally had a slow moving football in his grasp and couldn't hang on to it. Griffin was almost in position to make a sweet int that probably would have been returned but alas that was not to be either. Overall the defense played awesome and shut down one of the most proficient offenses in the last 15 years

On offense we absolutely dominated time of possesion and total yardage despite turning the ball over a rediculous number of times. So many Red Zone opportunities were blown by unlucky turnovers but I still wasn't worried as we were destroying them on offense and shutting them down on defense. If only Favre leads Percy a little more on the crossingfade, or if only AP jukes Sharper when he is the only man to beat, etc. etc. I am now convinced that Favre is Wolverine incarnate and I have nothing but love for the warrior and I really hope he is back next year. Sure he made a poor throw at the end of the game but this game was decided by Red Zone turnovers and of course the officiating.

I used to know Pete Morelli's home telephone number. No joke, I worked on one of his loans and now I wish I had written it down just in case I cannot beleive that these guys are paid as much as they are and yet still can show complete incompetence and be asked to return year after year. Again I didn't recall just how ****ed we were at the end by the inept crew. I know that in the fourth quarter the penalty count was 8 to 2 with Saints being penalized 88 yards to our 10. Now, did the officating crew decide to even it up ? Who knows. There were 3 booth reviews in OT that were conducted. Pierre Thomas lost his grasp on the football when diving over the pile on 4th and 1 and Chilly actually did something right and called a timeout so the booth could reveiw the play. He clearly lost posession of the ball ; Therefore, Forward progress should not have been awarded and he would have been short of the first, Vikings ball. The PI on Leber was about as bad a call as I have seen, and finally they rule that the Saint's receiver( can't remember , Meacham I think ) made a catch when he clearly did not have control of the football enevitably leading to the FG.

Chilly !!! what can you say ? I know that we shouldn't see A.P. on the sidelines during the NFC championship game unless he is hurt ,regardless of how may times he has coughed it up. It is ironic that Tahi was the 12th man in the huddle because Chilly was trying to out smart his opponent by disguising our personal only to out Chilly himself. GG Chilly !!

^^^

I DVR'd that replay last night, and I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch it. Having been there live, I was completely heartbroken. I fear that watching it on TV and seeing close-up replays of everything you talked about will only make it worse.

Good thing is - the DVR isn't going anywhere. Someday I'll bring myself to watching it.

Yeah I remember watching the replay of the 08 Championship game Packers v. Giants. I think I waited a good month though. Getting Favred is painful.

nfl admits missed 15 yd brady rule on favres 1st pick:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playof...ory?id=4868880

also missing rings 98 vikes is on youtube too, i know it wasnt awhile ago so if you havent seen that you should. ITS NOT TOO PAINFUL!

I agree with everything in Barasso's post, however those challenges shouldn't have been overturned. They were all close spots on the field, but were not conclusive on the replay.

the first 4 parts were fun to relive. it's funny watching rookie moss TD passes because it looks like defenders are a) moving in slow motion, b) can't adjust to balls in the air c) make plays on the ball even when they're facing it. that must be testament to his super freak status. that he can be behind safeties on so many bombs testifies to cunningham's arm as well. i like the carter clip about saying to Johnson "you can't come back"

the last part was rather sad. i was in 6th grade for that game and probably didn't care about defense much so forgot randle even was injured. was a really nice story about him working his way up from an undrafted free agent. His son went to my elementary school, pretty sure that makes me his stepson.

can't decide if i would've rather been a bengals fan or vikings fan the last 20 years

I'll never forget Moss on the sideline of his first game vs the Bears yelling "THEY CAN'T JUMP WITH ME", and he was soo right

Watched this for the first time today, was a little painful. Still got goosebumps watching some of those highlights. That was a kick ass offense. I remember watching that draft and putting up pictures of Moss in my room the day after from the newspaper.

In the past 10 years, Minnesota had arguably the top three athletes in their sport that could single handedly change a team game with Moss, Garnett, and Santana.

moss yes...garnett no. maybe top 5, but never #1. same with santana. i mean mauer is obviously better, even

Garnett was MVP one year and deserved it at least one or two other years imo. Go look at stats for the 2004 season and the playoffs and you might change your mind. I am of the opinion that he has always been better than his stats indicate because of all the little things he does that dont wind up in the stats.

I watched that missing ring show too. Awesome memories, but in the end it was so sad. I almost forgot how good John Randle was. One guy they didnt really mention in that show was Eddie McDaniel. He got hurt in the Atlanta game and probably wouldnt have played if we had gone to the super bowl. It would have been really tough to beat Denver with our defense as banged up as it was.

Bryant McKinnie, kicked out of the Pro Bowl. Nice one, sir.

with even remotely competent GM, MN is a major force from 2000-07 and wins at least 1title

Garnett from 95-07 was better than Kobe, and only Shaq and Duncan were better

And Mauer is better than Santana, but in baseball the only position that can affect the game single handedly is the pitcher, that's why I went with Santana.

classy individual What a loser. I wish we had a professional LT.