Strong Start for the Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are one of the favorites in the NFC to represent the conference in the Super Bowl. This is even truer now that Brett Favre is the Vikings quarterback.

All that season to be a distant memory because the Vikings are off to a fast start with Favre playing very well. If Favre can stay healthy for all 16 regular season games and the playoffs the Vikings have a great chance at becoming Super Bowl champions.

Adrian Peterson is the best running back in football; he is explosive and a game breaker without question. The Vikings have an outstanding running game with “All-Day” Adrian Peterson and a very good wide receiving core with Chester Taylor, Percey Harvin, Bernard Berrian, and Sidney Rice.

Favre doesn’t have to make the spectacular play every game for the Vikings to win – which he did against the San Francisco 49er’s to help the Vikings win the game in dramatic fashion.

The Vikings franchise hasn’t had this good of a team since the 98′ Vikings went 15-1 with WR Randy Moss, QB Randall Cunningham, RB Robert Smith, WR Chris Carter, and DT John Randle. The team was upset in the NFC Championship game to the Atlanta Falcons in overtime. Hopefully, the 09′ Vikings can avoid such a fate.

While the rest of the Vikings team is very good, the team will only go as Favre stays healthy. Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels are good quarterbacks, but are they Super Bowl worthy? Many wouldn’t think so.

If Brett Favre can limit his interceptions and “manage” the game more then he use to, hand the ball off to Peterson regularly, the Vikings should play well into January this season.

The Minnesota Vikings hated Bret Favre but he can be their hero if he manages to help them win a Super Bowl come February. He’s off to a very strong start and it doesn’t seem like he’s hated in Minnesota anymore.

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