The Brett Favre saga has officially begun once again and Minnesota as the Vikings will have their three-time NFL MVP under center for one more season and one more shot at a Super Bowl title.
Last season the Minnesota Vikings were impressive to say the least as they proved all the doubters wrong with an inspired run all the way the NFC championship game against the eventual Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.
Even though they fell just short against Drew Brees and company in overtime in the NFC championship game, the Vikings took the Super Bowl champs to the limit and could have very well been playing in the Super Bowl if a play or two had gone their way.
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So despite not being able to make it to the Super Bowl last season, Brett Favre and company have high hopes of playing just as good if not better this season as they will have the same team relatively intact and a legitimate shot at winning a ring at season’s end.
Obviously, Brett Favre was the key piece to the Vikings’ puzzle coming into this season in order to get back into Super Bowl title contention, but even though a lot of attention gets paid to the Minnesota offense with Favre, Sidney Rice and arguably the best running back in the game in Adrian Peterson, the Vikings defense has been a huge part of their success and will be x-factor for this team moving forward.
With a solid defense, which is widely considered one of the top two or three in the league, the Minnesota Vikings can maintain leads and not put so much pressure on the offense to produce 30+ points per game just to contend with the best of the best in the league.
One of the key parts of the defense is the presence of arguably one of the best defensive ends in the game in Jared Allen. With Allen constantly putting pressure on the opposing quarterback, the Vikings defense just seems to click and Minnesota always has a great chance to win the game.
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Another vital part of the offense that the Vikings added during the 2010 NFL Draft was running back Toby Gerhart. Last season with Stanford, Gerhart just blew up and made a name for himself as one of the best backs in the country and came second in the voting for the Heisman trophy just behind Alabama’s running back Mark Ingram.
Even though Gerhart probably won’t play a huge part in the Minnesota Vikings offense in his rookie year, like Percy Harvin did last season, there is a possibility he could become the team’s third down back like Chester Taylor was last year.
Needless to say, I believe the Vikings have gotten much better on the offensive side of the football as they have gotten a boost in running game and will have Brett Favre under center with one goal on his mind of winning his second Super Bowl title before he walks into the sunset as arguably one of the best quarterbacks of all-time.
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