... team I'd always respected, the Vikings, became my second team behind my hometown team, the Chicago Bears, the one team we in Chicago could always get behind, could unite in support of.

But in those years, I saw, while the Bears went to the Super Bowl behind the rushing of Thomas Jones and one of the only salvageable seasons Rex Grossman could put together, the Vikings seemed stuck in neutral behind bad coaching, an offense that was bad in the final stages of Daunte Culpepper, and Mr.Hard Hands, the "prize" from the idiotic Randy Moss trade, Troy Williamson.

Fast forward to December 28, 2009.

The Minnesota Vikings are one of the elite teams in the NFL behind the passing attack of Brett Favre (THAT'S something you'd never t...

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