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You can complain about the refs or the OT rules all you want but the Vikes have no one to blame but themselves. Huge turnovers in scoring opportunities and poor game management at the end of the 4th.

I agree! Thanks to all the military personnel who serve our country! I teach the 6th grade and we brought in a couple of military branches to talk with the kids, Navy on Tuesday and Air Force on Thursday that talked about their experiences. After the Air Force Thursday, we expressed our disappointment in the students that not one had the thoughtfulness to even say thank you to either branch for all they do. Hopefully after our little chat many of them will begin to appreciate all that they have and thank those that allow us to to have the rights that we do.

One thing to remember, the defense in Denver was absolutly terrible. I live out in Colorado and listen to a lot of sports talk radio on my commute and of course there is a lot of discussion in regards to this. A lot of arguments swirl about the fact he hasn't taken his teams to the playoffs, etc. Some stats about Cutler jumped out at me, when the defense gives up less than 30 points he has won 2/3 of his games, when his defenses allow more than 30 he still has a better winnng percentage than a lot of other qb's (one example is eli was 1-16 or something like that in his games where that occured). Last year when the d allowed 30 or less Denver was 5-2, over 30 3-6. From what I've seen he has all the tools to be successful. If you told me to take my pick between Cutler or TE, I'd take Culter. However, I hope to be proven wrong. Just looked up 2007 games in when the d gave up 30 or less Denver's record was 7-3. Last 2 yrs his record is 12-5 when the d gives up less than 30 points.

You are correct, he was a redshirt sophomore this year. I'm a Penn State fan and I'm in the camp he should have took another year to develop. However, when you're slated to go in the top 7-15 picks it's hard to fault the guy. I hope I'm wrong and I hope he does great this year.

Bingo.

This is what the salary cap era is all about and that whole parity thing. I honestly don't know our salary cap situation but I don't think that is to bad from what I remember. You can't be scared to pay top players good money. If you don't pay your top players and let them walk, then you do become a "farm team." This is part of changing the culture back to a winning culture. What happens with Edwards if Evans walks? Perhaps he gets frustrated, they can't get another wideout of his caliber in here, his performance suffers, and that frustration leads him to walk at the end of his contract anyway. If you can find another wideout of his caliber than it's all a moot point. I like the signing, I think it goes back to changing the culture and direction of the franchise.

I know it's only week 4 but that game against Denver on December 21st could have some playoff implications for both teams.