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To: Resolute Conservative

The problem with the Vikings -- speaking of Fran Tarkenton -- is that being Minnesotan, they were too enamored of "Minnesota nice" to ever air the ball out downfield the way Kenny Stabler used to.

It's like the Twins -- despite being among the best hitting teams in baseball, like, forever (Killebrew, Tovar, Carew, Oliva), they never won; so the Vikes, with some of the best receivers in the NFL over and over, never did more than rinky-dink 5- and 10-yard passes.

That's what makes Adrian Peterson so amazing: the Vikings winning with a running back? Maybe Tom Clancy's plot in The Sum of All Fears is more realistic than I thought. (The Vikes were in the Super Bowl due to a running back, when the nuke blew it up.)

Cheers!

65 posted on 12/31/2012 8:35:48 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)

To: grey_whiskers

That’s what makes Adrian Peterson so amazing: the Vikings winning with a running back? Maybe Tom Clancy’s plot in The Sum of All Fears is more realistic than I thought. (The Vikes were in the Super Bowl due to a running back, when the nuke blew it up.)

I recall the Vikings in the 70’s winning with a running back by the name of Chuck Foreman.

86 posted on 12/31/2012 9:30:48 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)

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