Stop The Nonsense: The Vikings Are For Real

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Published: October 14, 2009

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... I would have said, "So what?"

If you were to tell me that Favre would be one of the top quarterbacks in the league at the end of week five, I would have replied, "Yeah, probably."

Everything the Vikings have done thus far in their season is what I expected. I expected Peterson to be near the league lead in rushing. I expected Favre to be one of the best overall quarterbacks. I expected the defense to be relatively stout.

Why does this seem like such a shock to people that the Vikings are being mentioned as not only one of the best in the NFC, but the NFL as a whole?

You immediately see the doubters proclaim that the Vikings have yet to face a worthy opponent. They don't deserve to be mentioned among the Colts and Giants of the NFL.

Keep dreaming fellas.

Not only has this Vikings team performed well, they've done so while giving more playing time to backups than any other team in the NFL and by a good margin.

Rarely do you see a ...

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