Here’s some Queen for my man Tarvaris Jackson. Under Pressure live from Wembley Stadium in 1986.
With Jared Allen in the fold T-Jack is now officially under a lot of pressure. In a Strib poll today nearly 30% of Viking fans who responded think the team is now a Super Bowl contender. I do agree the Allen trade will make the Vikings solid defense even better, but its still a big jump from missing the playoffs to Super Bowl contender. With the exception of your occasional Trent Dilfer or Jeff Hostetler it’s pretty rare a team with such below average QB competes for the championship.
One thing for sure, it was a joy coming to work today and facing my Viking fan friends and co-workers. There’s nothing like being a Packer fan in Minnesota. The retirement of Favre and the Allen trade has upped the confidence of Viking fans a wee bit. I have one question: why would a rebuilding team give up such a talented young player with such popularity? Do they know something the Vikings don’t?
Here’s a prediction: There will be a game late in the year that the Vikings really need to win. The defense will be stout but the offense will sputter. The Vikings will have a late lead. A more experienced capable quarterback on the other team will lead his club to a late game drive to score the winning touchdown. On this drive the Vikings defense will be unable to get pressure on the QB. People will be wondering where Jared Allen was on the final drive— the defense will be exhausted from being on the field all day because of too many three and outs. Tarvaris and the offense will be unable to mount any offensive threat. It’s inevitable.
Note: Each day over the next seven days I’m going to share some of the fond memories that have made baseball my favorite sport and a big part of each summer.