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Blitz him. Please do. He's top of the league against it. I've seen him burn a blitz in ways that would make Montana blush. Go watch the Rams film. You'll see it... I've seen it all year.

You have a problem. The entirety of the Vikings offense isn't even supposed to be here today. Fourth, fifth round picks. Undrafted guys. They're all grinders. Technicians. All they've ever known is by any means necessary. Lattimore's great... No doubt. And he wasn't the first time around. Harris (I think) was a disaster. But both our wide outs are top ten in contested balls. And Diggs... Well... Let's hope you're DC is smart enough to put Lattimore on Diggs.

there is skyway access. So if you get a hotel downtown, you really don't need to even go outside. But get a map. Those Skyways are a pain if you don't know where you're going. We had a family in from New York last summer for a Yankees game that spent two hours wandering around to get three blocks away.

Mall of America. There's a lightrail going from downtown right to the underground drop off at MOA that runs every ten minutes.

Afton Alps-skiing/snowboarding

Check out a show... There's always something from good bands in for a couple shows, the local scene is currently inundated with Irish folk/punk bands and a mediocre hip hip scene so I'd avoid that unless it's your thing, but there's plenty of other stuff.

Or you could do what we do when it's 5 degrees for a high out.... Drink... Like a lot.

Lol. We were breaking that down on a Vikes site yesterday. What a terrible two minutes of football. For the record, we don't care about bounty gate (I mean it's game week so it was a disgusting act that tarnished the game forever and why, oh, why won't someone think of the children), but truthfully we hate Brad childress with a passion usually reserved for Packers, and everyone should have seen the Favre meltdown coming a mile away. That man made a career of screwing us over, anyone who thought it wouldn't happen again wasn't paying attention.... But it's the artistry of it all that I appreciate.

As for your O-line, even with your guy out, our rush is the one area I've not been impressed with over the last month. Some say we've been playing conservative, and there might be something to that. All I know is if Drew gets 4 seconds to read the defense regularly, it's game over. Our secondary is as good as I've ever seen, on any team...ever, but even they won't be able to hold coverage forever. And it's Drew Brees.

However, I think the game is won or lost on the other side. Our D, and Your O will punch each other to a stalemate 17-21 points. Can the Vikes score 24?

Whoever wins should get to the Superbowl, and unless it's Pittsburgh, win pretty easily. I'm not feeling New England like that this year, and the AFC is a creampuff Conference. Whoever comes out of the NFC will have earned it with blood and sweat every step of the way.

As a Vikings fan, I fear you guys, and I fear Pittsburgh. That's it, and the others aren't close. I wouldn't have even feared Carolina. That was as an extremely weird game, and, historically, we own Cam Newton.
Not to say I don't think we can beat y'all, I think we can and will, but you've got Brees. And when you have Drew Brees, anything can happen.