The purple wheel has shrunk

The NFL has by far, the biggest fan excuse wheel when compared to the other major sporting leagues. Major League Baseball followers have the usual 'pitching and hitting' ups and downs to fall back on. Us NHL folks rely on the hot-cold scorer and/or hot-cold goaltender to point the blame. And finally the NBA...well I am not sure what angle those fans take on organizations and players since it is a one-of-a-kind 'individual' sport camouflaged as a 'team' sport. But NFL fans have hundreds of yards of reasons as to why their favorite team did not win it all.

Following suit, the ViKings fans are indeed the crowned kings in this area when it comes to spinning that wheel. It's the same garbage after every season, only the names and dates are changed. Suddenly however, that wheel has shrunk ten-fold with the signing of the second coming, quarterback Brett Favre.

It became official late this afternoon when the seasoned veteran signed on the dotted line, shortly after hundreds of delusional fans packed around Vikings Winter Park headquarters hoping to get a glimpse (or something) of the newest Minnesota purple when he rolled into town...(get a life guys and gals). And with that signing, a big sigh of relief from the leader Childress, as he now has #4 to thank for a contract extension that he will soon be offered. Never mind the fact that our local team just acquired a 39 year old that still has a questionable injury and only just weeks ago stated that he is not prepared to endure a long 16 game schedule. Remember the tears a few years back...to steal a great line from KFAN, 'the Ego has landed'.

And what about the two sorry saps who have been competing for weeks with the goal of earning the starting job? T-Jack and Sage should now be looking to slide out of town, and rightfully so. The amazing part to this side story is the fact that the ones in charge of this team and organization actually have to look these two players in the eye while keeping a straight face. Booty, the other quarterback in the system, was kind enough to give the newest ViKing his jersey number. Or maybe he simply gave him his jersey, knowing that his departure is near.

The ViKings big wheel has always had a big space marked 'QB', which is usually where it lands after a strong and painful spin. Now that space has been removed, what remains are only a few excuses. Funny, but it seems that this organization has really screwed up that 'guy under the center position' worse than our beloved Risebrough did with his unrestricted free agents.

About the only way ViKing fans are going to recover from this gap in the wheel is not winning the Lombardi Trophy, but instead a large quantity of some fresh excuses so that the wheel can once again regain its former size.