The Best Loss I Can Remember

Singletary is spot on -

"I don't want to see you looking at the floor!" he barked, while at the other end of the tunnel Brett Favre was basking in the glory of his game-winning 32-yard prayer-and-a-half to Lewis, the Vikings' fourth receiver. "You didn't steal nothing! You didn't do anything wrong! We will see them again! In the playoffs! Hold your heads up! Don't you look down at the floor for nobody! You have nothing to be looking down at the floor about! Pick your heads up, put your shoulders back and let's rock!"

Yesterday's game was great. Going in Minnesota, losing Gore at the very beginning of the game, and still outplaying the Vikings. Two big special teams plays virtually cancel each other out. People will talk of Farve's greatness. Let them. He chucked up a hail mary pass and got lucky. That's what happens when you give an NFL team three chances to come back. Yes - I don't agree with the running the ball into the line at the end of the game. I believe in ball control, possession, and sticking the knife in the other team's belly at the end and not allowing them to get the ball back. You want to break the will of another team, that's how you do it. And we have the team to do it. Shaun Hill is not a comeback quarterback like Montana or Elway. What he is, however, is a conservative quarterback, a "game manager," if you believe what you read. We can trust him to throw the ball and get first downs without making back-breaking mistakes. We have Bruce and Davis who are both possession receivers - Davis with his speed and size and Bruce with his perfect route running. We take the ball with 4:32 left in the game and should not let the other team get it back. And especially not twice. And I'm willing to bet our young team does not make this same mistake twice.

As to Farve - let him bask in this glory. I do not fear this guy at all. If you want to see late game heroics, you should watch the end of the Cincy-Pitt game. Palmer drove his team down TWICE against Pittsburgh's defense to score touchdowns in the 4th quarter. And they were real drives. Not two dump off passes we have them and a hail mary. Vikings will implode this year, despite having the best running back (and player) in football and a great defense. Why? You can't win with an idiot coach and a crappy quarterback. You can perhaps win with one or the other, but I'm guessing a first round playoff exit.